TOP 10 Chief Operating Officers - 2020

Sometimes, when there is any saturation point, like market saturation, chemical experiment saturation, or even saturation in the thinking capacity of a human being, there is a dropdown of the respective phenomena. Taking an instance of a company, which is experiencing a significant fall in the market share, where its CEO, to uplift and balance the reputation of the customers, by increasing quality control, consults the Chief Operating Officer. In this case, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) gets instructions for directing the human resources department for hiring enough quality control experts. The power is then handed over to the COO for rolling out new product lines, who also gets the responsibility of production, research, and the few major segments ­ development and marketing. Placed at the second hierarchy of commandership of a company, an experienced COO says that it's the ability to lead an organization is a unique quality that they possess, exhibiting even during the toughest sharpest raindrops in economic growth or reputation of the organization. The COO also included that an experienced and successful COO also strives to locate communication gaps among different teams, and ensures those are rectified. It is of pivotal responsibility of a COO to communicate well to gain support from the leaders' panel of the organization. Some identifiable roles of a COO include determination of the areas where an organization can improve through data verification, and being transparent in providing feedback accordingly. By recognizing the best talents of the organization, and supporting them through investment in terms of training, a COO creates a pool of expert talent base for holistic growth of the organization. They also look after the welfare of the performers. In this issue, the CEO Insights magazine presents a list of `TOP 10 Chief Operating Officers - 2020', featuring such topnotch COOs who are at their peak of performance, helping their respective organizations to flourish in the corporate culture. The selected COOs define the role perfectly and the listing is prepared after thorough research and scrutiny by a team of industry veterans, CEOs and VCs, and the CEO Insights editorial board.