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Aspiring Ops Episodes
A Clear Vision Leads to Clear Outcomes
Plan Your Work Then Work Your Plan
The Importance of Perspective in Strategy and Operations
Creating an Environment for Talent to Thrive
Leveraging Mission to Power Motivation
Investing in People to Amplify Process
Navigating Uncertainty in Creating the Chief of Staff Role
Harnessing the Power of Feedback to Align on Strategy
Making Effective Decisions while Embracing the Unknown
How a Transformation Office Can Help Unlock Your Strategy
Building a World-Class Operations Team
Fundamentals for Bringing Your Strategic Plan to Life
Fierce Prioritization in Strategy and Operations
Aligning on the 'Why'
The Balance of Efficiency and Culture in Operations
Building a Culture of Alignment and Ownership in the Chief of Staff Role
Introducing Process to Close Gaps and Accelerate Growth
Building a Culture on Data-Driven Decisions
Creating Opportunity through Courage and Confidence
Bringing Together the Subjective and Objective in Operations
Building and Letting Go as the Chief of Staff
Why To Hire A Chief of Staff Sooner Than Later
An Invitation to Serve
Thriving in Ambiguity
The Chief of Staff as a Point of Leverage
Providing Clarity in the Chief of Staff Role
The Emergence of the Chief of Staff and What Lies Ahead for the Position
Balancing Relational and Operational While Designing the Chief of Staff Role
How the Chief of Staff Helps Create the Weather
A Customer-Centric Approach to Operations
Harnessing the Collective Talents of Your Organization
Building from Zero to One
Move Through Influence, Not Authority
The Greatest Currency for a Chief of Staff
Building the Chief of Staff Role
Leading with EQ and Courage
The Chief of Staff as the Force Multiplier
The Unexpected Journey into Operations
Season One Recap and Trends Shaping the Future of Ops
Why Your Operating Framework Should Evolve with You
Why an Aspiring Chief of Staff Should Volunteer for Everything
How Operations Accelerates Growth by Removing Friction
Aligning Teams with Company Goals
How to Deliver Today, While Building for Tomorrow
Taking Risks and Checking Your Ego at the Doo‪r‬
How Calendly Drives Growth through Operation‪s‬
Blog Pages
10 Do's and Don'ts For 2024 Strategic Planning
Innovation Issue: New Hierarchy View & Tactics Upgrades
3 Tips on Closing Out 2023 Strong While Planning for 2024
When to Choose Pruners over a Chainsaw
Building a Community of Strategy and Operations Leaders
UPDATED: Countdown of the Top 5 Episodes of Aspiring Ops Podcast
Making the Most of Your Strategic Planning for 2024
Overcoming the Collective Sigh of Strategic Offsites
It's Time We Change The Status Quo of Reporting
Pros and Cons of the OKRs Framework
Shifting Focus from Net New to Customer Satisfaction
Helping Employees Prioritize What Matters
Introducing Tactics: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
Strategic Planning in Education: 5 Best Practices
Aspiring Ops Advice: Building a Culture of Operational Excellence in the Nonprofit Space
Announcing Elate’s Series A Round of Funding: Serving Strategy and Operations Leaders
How to Get Started Writing Objectives
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) vs. Key Result (KR)
4 Steps to Build and Roll Out Your Strategic Plan
4 Ways a Chief of Staff Can Lead the Transition from Strategic Planning to Execution
5 Steps to Transfer Momentum from Your Offsite to Company Kickoff
Part 3 of 3: The Role of Strategy and Operations in Dynamic Planning
Part 2 of 3: Elevate from Traditional Planning to Dynamic Planning
Part 1 of 3: Building the Case for Dynamic Planning
Why Traditional Strategic Planning is Broken
Announcing SOC 2 Compliance at Elate!
Strategic Planning Models: The Top 4 Strategy Models
Aspiring Ops Advice: Reinforcing Your Strategic Plan to Close Out the Year on a High Note
Aspiring Ops Advice: How to Optimize for Success with Strategic Initiatives
Why Partner with Elate?
What is a Strategic Plan Example?
What Are The Different Types of Strategic Planning?
What Is the Importance of Strategic Planning?
How Do You Write a 5 Year Strategic Plan?
What is Strategic Planning and Its Process?
What Are the 7 Steps of Strategic Planning?
Aspiring Ops Advice: What to Expect in the Chief of Staff Role
Aspiring Ops Advice: How to Amplify the Impact of Your Principal in the Chief of Staff Role
Aspiring Ops Advice: 3 Tips to Help Communicate Your Strategic Plan
Introducing Strategic Planning Tools and Process at a High Growth Company
Beginner's Guide to the OKR SaaS World
OKR Software for Startups: The Do's and Don'ts
Announcing Season Three of Aspiring Ops & On Deck Partnership
OKR Examples for Software Developers
Customer Success OKR Examples
New to Strategic Planning? Here's How to Make the Most of Your Session
The Most Overlooked OKR Best Practices
Three Keys to Effectively Implement OKRs
The Strategic Planning Tools for Today's Leaders
The SaaS Chief of Staff: Learnings from Season Two of Aspiring Ops
Product OKRs Your Team Will Love
Leader Over Company? The Importance of Choosing the Right Principal in the Chief of Staff Role
Planning and Setting OKRs
Settling the Debate Between OKR vs KPI
The Importance of Setting High Growth Software Company Objectives
Strategic Planning Software for Fall Planning
How to Track OKRs at a High Growth Company
Best Strategic Planning Software for High Growth Companies
Reasons to Finally Implement Your Operating Framework
Building OKR Templates for Employees
How to Build an OKR Dashboard
Three Ways to Improve Execution of Your Strategic Plan
Calendly's Mission Statement for Operations (And How You Can Apply It To Your Team)
Value of Creating A Successful Executive Scorecard
How to Create An Accountability Culture on Day Zero
How to Simplify the Strategic Planning Process
Three Reasons to Look Internally for Your Chief of Staff 
Two Warning Signs Your Startup Needs A Chief of Staff
Three Pieces of Expert Advice for Chiefs of Staff
3 Steps to Find the Right Strategic Planning Software
Why Early Employees Make Great Operations Leaders 
The #1 Ingredient a $3B Startup Looks For When Hiring
Tips for Managing Virtual Team Meetings
Don’t Lose Momentum After Your Company Kickoff 
Integration Spotlight: Elate + Salesforce
Integration Spotlight: Elate + QuickBooks
Integration Spotlight: Elate + HubSpot
Introducing #AspiringOps
Don't Start The Year with A Reporting Relapse
SaaS Metrics You Should Be Tracking This Year
It's Launch Day at Elate!
5 Sales KPIs You Should Already Be Tracking
The OKR Cycle: 3 Steps for Company Level Success
7 Metrics Every Seed-Stage Company Should be Tracking
Meet Elate: Sean Gibbens
Meet Elate: Phil Tarnowski
Meet Elate: Rob Wagner
Four Reasons to Tie Your Company Mission into Goals
5 Goal Setting Frameworks to Drive Growth
Case Study: Civic Eagle Measures What Matters with Elate
How to Effectively Incorporate Your Metrics in Leadership Meetings
If The 1998 Chicago Bulls Used OKRs
OKRs vs. KPIs: What's the Difference?
3 Tips to Drive Productivity This Week
5 OKR Best Practices for SaaS Companies
Case Study: California Closets Levels Up With Elate
Part 2: Adjusting Our Product Strategy
Part 1: Adjusting Our Product Strategy
OKRs for the 1998 Chicago Bulls
Case Study: PactSafe's Path to Greatness
Resources
Identify the Key Elements of Your Strategic Planning Process
Construct a Successful Strategic Plan
Define Your Strategic Planning Process Model
Model Your Strategic Planning Process
What are the Components of Strategies?
What is the Purpose of Strategies?
Introduce Successful Strategic Planning Techniques
Highlight the Importance and Benefits of Your Strategy
Emphasize the Importance of Strategic Planning
What is a Strategic Plan Framework?
Strategic Planning Techniques
Introducing Your Strategic Plan
Strategic Planning
Chief of Staff Software: Driving Alignment and Powering Growth
Prioritizing How to Run an OKR Meeting
Team Level OKRs: How to Make Your Operating Framework a Win-Win
Criticism of Performance Management
Company OKR
High Growth Strategic Planning
Company Alignment
Annual Strategic Planning
OKR Review Meeting
Annual Objectives Examples
The Case for Strategic Planning Software
Redefining Strategy Management Solutions
OKR Tracker Template
Chief of Staff Software
Strategic Planning Tools
OKR vs KPI
Business Performance Management Software
Annual Planning Offsite
Operations Management System Software
SaaS Chief of Staff
How To Run Leadership Meetings
Strategy Execution Software
OKR Software for Startups
How To Write Objectives And Key Results
How to Run an OKR Meeting
Simple KPI Review
OKR Examples Template
Company Scorecard
Strategy Management Solution
Best Practices for OKRs
Best Strategic Planning Software
Corporate Planning Software
Key Result Vs KPI
Setting OKRs
How to Track OKRs
Product OKRs
Strategic Planning Software
OKR Metrics
SaaS OKR Examples
Team Level OKRs
OKR Dashboard
How to Define Goals and Objectives
Personal OKR Template
OKRs vs. Balanced Scorecard
Collaboration Tools Meaning
Benefits of Continuous Performance Management
Benefits of Setting Objectives in a Business
Best KPI Dashboard Software
Software Company Objectives
The Best Team OKR Examples
OKR SaaS
Operations Software for Small Business
Operations Management Platform
Everything You Need to Know About OKRs
How to Track Your OKR Progress
Operations Management Software
OKR Best Practices
OKR Product
Operations Management Solutions
Implementing OKRs At Your Organization
Strategies for Effective Team Collaboration in the Workplace
Project Management Collaboration and Communication Strategies
OKR Examples for Chief of Staff
Operations Dashboard Software
Difference Between KPIs and Metrics
Best Collaboration Tools
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