Build Your Business Operating Model

July 8, 2024
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July 10, 2024
Sheryl Ryan
As your independent business grows, the burden of manual tasks, repetitive processes, and sorting through systems can become overwhelming, consuming valuable time and energy. This sprint is designed to help you build and execute a tangible plan to connect and automate your key processes into organized workflows so you can shift your time and energy to more revenue-productive activities.
For consultants, fractionals, and solopreneurs
This sprint is designed for independent business owners who have tools and systems in place for effective backend operations but are looking for ways to optimize their efforts. They’re organized in their client engagements but could benefit from streamlining their internal systems through process mapping, automation, and templates. Through this sprint, participants will be guided to think strategically about their processes and infrastructure, freeing up time and energy for higher-leverage activities.
What you will take away
  • Audit of current business processes with your operations process map
  • Clear action plan to improve your operational infrastructure
  • Improved systems architecture for sales, marketing, financial, and personal productivity systems
Sprint lead
Sheryl Ryan
As an operational strategist, Sheryl designs thoughtfully interconnected systems and deliver deep data intelligence to power scalable growth for early-stage tech companies. As a Fractional VP of Operations and independent owner of Infrastructure by Design, Sheryl advises client organizations from high-level strategy and growth initiatives to operationalizing the granular details that facilitate cross-team alignment and day-to-day execution. Sheryl draws on 20+ years of operations leadership experience at organizations like Teleflora, Fiji Water, Savings.com, Home Bay, Impact, Revvable, and GloballyHired.
SPRINT CALENDAR
Optimize Your Sales and Marketing Systems
July 8, 2024
Assess your current sales and marketing processes to identify areas where you can delegate, automate, or deprioritize repetitive tasks. Identify tools and templates that can help you run your business more effectively.
Boost Financial Systems and Personal Productivity
July 10, 2024
Streamline your budgeting and forecasting process and integrate your company's productivity tools. Finalize an action plan to execute operational improvements, effectively combining tools, templates, and automation.
Systems Implementation Workshop
August 1, 2024
Participate in an optional, hands-on tutorial to implement the systems, integrations, and automation designs from tools covered in the Optimize Your Operating Model Sprint.
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