Strategy Is a Choice: Aarti Bhatnagar on Leading with Intention

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/

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