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Strategy Is a Choice: Aarti Bhatnagar on Leading with Intention

Strategy Is a Choice: Aarti Bhatnagar on Leading with Intention

Update: 2025-08-12
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In this episode, we sit down with Aarti Bhatnagar, former Chief of Staff at Change.org and Guild, and now executive coach and facilitator.

Aarti shares how she built a career as a generalist, navigated defining moments like company-wide layoffs, and discovered her superpower at the intersection of operations and people.

We dive deep into the role of the CoS in strategic planning, including:

  • How to drive alignment without formal authority

  • Common pitfalls in planning (and how to avoid them)

  • Aarti’s original C-FLEX Framework for effective strategy execution

  • Why owning your narrative is the most underrated leadership skill

Learn more about her work at Cadence Operators: https://cadence-operators.com/

Learn more about Chief of Staff Launchpad: https://www.chiefofstaff.network/chief-of-staff-launchpad?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=cos_podcast_aarti_bhatnagar

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Strategy Is a Choice: Aarti Bhatnagar on Leading with Intention

Strategy Is a Choice: Aarti Bhatnagar on Leading with Intention

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