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The Ardent Standard

by Tracie Taylor

The Ardent Standard is for founders and business leaders who know something isn’t working, but the obvious problem may not be the real one. Hosted by Tracie Taylor, PMP, the show looks beyond the symptoms to uncover what’s really happening across your people, structure, systems, finances, and leadership. Expect practical, direct conversations that help you step out of the weeds, see your business more clearly, and focus on what actually needs to change.

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Episodes

  1. You Wrote the SOPs. So Why Is Nothing Different?

    You documented the processes, built the shared folder, and six months later the same problems keep happening. The usual conclusion is that the team won't follow process. In this episode, Tracie Taylor works backward from a set of SOPs that didn't fix anything, using the example of a construction...

  2. Revenue Is Up. So Why Does the Business Feel Broke?

    Revenue is up, the team is bigger, and money still feels tighter than it did two years ago. Most founders assume the answer is to sell more. In this episode, Tracie Taylor looks at why a business can be profitable on paper and still short on cash, and how the P&L and balance sheet work together…

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  3. Before You Hire a COO, Figure Out What You're Actually Hiring For

    You're stretched thin and sure you need help running the business. But a COO, a Director of Operations, an operations manager, and an executive assistant solve very different problems, and the overwhelm feels the same for all of them. In this episode, Tracie Taylor walks through how to figure out...

  4. How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Business

    You’ve hired good people, maybe even an operations leader, and every decision still ends up on your desk. In this episode, Tracie Taylor explains why that usually isn’t a delegation problem. It’s a decision-making problem: responsibility gets handed off, but the authority, boundaries, and...

  5. The Ardent Standard | Official Trailer

    Something in your business isn’t working. But the problem you can see may not be the problem you actually need to solve. The Ardent Standard looks beyond the symptoms to examine what’s really happening inside growing businesses, from people and structure to systems, numbers, leadership, and...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Ardent Standard is for founders and business leaders who know something isn’t working, but the obvious problem may not be the real one. Hosted by Tracie Taylor, PMP, the show looks beyond the symptoms to uncover what’s really happening across your people, structure, systems, finances, and leadership. Expect practical, direct conversations that help you step out of the weeds, see your business more clearly, and focus on what actually needs to change.

HOSTED BY

Tracie Taylor

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The Ardent Standard is for founders and business leaders who know something isn’t working, but the obvious problem may not be the real one. Hosted by Tracie Taylor, PMP, the show looks beyond the symptoms to uncover what’s really happening across your people, structure, systems, finances, and...

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The Ardent Standard has 5 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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The Ardent Standard is created and hosted by Tracie Taylor.
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