Organizational leaders are operating in a period of rapid, disruptive change, and many are struggling to keep up. COOs of mission-driven organizations are navigating this change, often working with limited resources and an ever-changing funding landscape. In 2025 and 2026, Nebo's Kate Ebner, CEO, and Nancy McGuire Choi, COO, spoke with over 40 […]
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“As a Chief Operating Officer, you can achieve outstanding results even in this complex time. Your willingness to grow on the job will determine how well you do.” - Kate Ebner, Nebo’s CEO and COO Roundtable Co-Facilitator The leadership demands facing today’s mission-driven COOs are almost unrecognizable with those of even five years ago. Yet, […]
At Nebo, we’ve been coaching executives for over two decades, and the Chief Operating Officer role stands out as the executive role “in flux” since the COVID era. In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world, we’re hearing our clients and partners, and our COO focus groups participants, describe the COO role today as “dynamic,” […]