88. Discovering Your Strengths
From The Operations Room: A Podcast for COO’s by Bethany Ayers & Brandon Mensinga
January 22, 2026 · 52 min · Season 2 · Episode 88
About this episode
The episode explores discovering personal strengths and fostering strategic thinking in leadership with guest Alicia Diamond.
In this episode we discuss: Discovering Your Strengths and Living The Life That You Want. We are joined by Alicia Diamond, COO and Transformation Leader. Love The Operations Room? Please support us by rating and reviewing it here . We chat about the following with Alicia Diamond: What happens when you stop waiting for “perfect clarity” and start sharing half-formed ideas with your team? How much operational value is lost because your best thinking happens outside formal meetings? Are your leadership decisions driven by energy and context — or by calendar availability? What if the real bottleneck in your organisation isn’t process, but permission to think out loud? How do you create space for strategic thinking when the operational noise never really stops? References https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-diamond/ https://aliciadiamond.substack.com/ https://www.aliciadiamond.com Biography Alicia has been the right-hand, “figure it out” partner to 5 CEOs as a 2x COO and 2x Chief of Staff. She's helped visionary CEOs across diverse industries to get their most transformative ideas unstuck and into action. Highlights include launching the Long-Term Stock Exchange and proving the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Bethany Ayers, Brandon Mensinga
Guest: Alicia Diamond
Topics covered
- strengths discovery
- leadership
- strategic thinking
- operational value
- team collaboration
- organizational bottlenecks
Keywords
- strengths
- leadership decisions
- operational noise
- strategic thinking
- team collaboration
- organizational bottlenecks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Operations Room, Lean Startup, a16z, Founders Fund, Collaborative Fund, Obvious Ventures
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