CEO Operating System™ | September 2026 Live Cohort

Your business grew.
But your role never changed.

You hired people. You built systems. You added software and AI. Yet decisions, questions, approvals, and problems still find their way back to you.

CEO Operating System™ helps CEOs and business owners examine why the business still depends on them and build a clearer way to lead, decide, delegate, and create ownership.

Live Cohort

Complete CEO Operating System training + live implementation

Four Live 90-Minute Sessions September 10, 17, 24 & October 1
  • Complete CEO Operating System recorded training library
  • Four live 90-minute implementation sessions
  • CEO Operating System worksheets, frameworks, and implementation tools
  • Leadership, revenue, team, delivery, and financial systems
$3,000
New participants

Already completed CEO Operating System? You do not need to purchase it again. Previous participants are invited to join the live sessions at no additional cost.

A question worth asking

Are you still the operating system of your business?

This does not always look like dysfunction. Sometimes it looks like being responsive, responsible, available, and deeply committed to quality.

Your team is capable, but they still wait for you to decide.
You delegate the project and somehow end up managing it anyway.
You hired more people but did not get the capacity you expected.
Your calendar is full, but very little of it feels like CEO work.
Every exception, approval, and difficult question comes back to you.
You added technology or AI and somehow created more things to review.
Your business will not operate differently while you operate the same way.
Why CEO Operating System exists

The answer is not simply to work harder, hire again, or add another tool.

A business becomes less dependent on its owner when leadership, decision-making, ownership, standards, and systems are intentionally designed so every road does not lead back to the CEO.

Hear Kristen explain why this shift matters and what CEOs need to examine differently.

How the live cohort works

Learn the framework. Then apply it live.

CEO Operating System combines the depth of the complete recorded curriculum with focused live implementation sessions.

1

The Complete CEO Operating System Training Library

New participants receive access to the previous CEO Operating System training recordings so they can work through the full teaching, frameworks, and foundational material.

The core CEO Operating System methodology has not been shortened or removed. The recorded curriculum gives you the depth of the original training.

2

Four Live 90-Minute Implementation Sessions

The live sessions are where we move from knowing to installing. We will examine what is happening inside your business now, identify where dependency is being created, and determine what needs to change.

September 10, September 17, September 24 & October 1

The four operating systems

We work on the business from the CEO's seat.

Session 1
September 10

The CEO Operating System

What has to change about the way I lead?
  • Clarify the CEO's role
  • Identify where decisions unnecessarily route back to you
  • Examine tolerations, boundaries, and leadership habits
  • Create greater clarity around ownership and authority
Session 2
September 17

Marketing & Sales Operating System

How does revenue generation operate without the CEO driving every activity?
  • Connect audience, brand, and marketing activity
  • Build more intentional marketing rhythms
  • Clarify ownership around campaigns and follow-through
  • Create a more consistent path from visibility to conversion
Session 3
September 24

Management & Fulfillment Operating System

How does the work move without me becoming the project manager and final checkpoint?
  • Clarify roles, ownership, and accountability
  • Strengthen the way systems guide execution
  • Reduce stalled work and repeated escalation
  • Create stronger client and team delivery rhythms
Session 4
October 1

Financial Operating System

How do I use the numbers to make CEO-level decisions?
  • Know the numbers that matter
  • Strengthen budgeting and financial visibility
  • Use dashboards, goals, and KPIs intentionally
  • Connect financial decisions to the way the business operates
The operating shift

This is not about becoming less involved.
It is about becoming involved differently.

When the CEO is the system

The CEO is the default decision-maker.
Delegation means assigning tasks.
Hiring is expected to create relief automatically.
Systems exist, but exceptions still require the owner.
AI creates more output for the CEO to review.

When the business has an operating system

Decision rights are intentionally designed.
Delegation includes ownership and authority.
People enter roles with clearer accountability.
Standards and systems guide execution.
AI has a defined role with human judgment and accountability.
And yes, we will talk about AI

But AI will not repair an operating problem.

AI can accelerate a clear business. It can also accelerate a confused one.

If ownership is unclear, decisions remain centralized, and every meaningful result still needs your approval, more technology can simply create faster confusion.

CEO Operating System helps you determine where AI belongs, who owns the result, where human judgment is essential, and how technology supports the operating model instead of becoming another thing for the CEO to manage.

Your implementation resources

The CEO Operating System Toolkit

The tools support the operating system. They are not the operating system.

CEO Leadership & Decision Frameworks
Delegation & Ownership Resources
AI & Automation Support
CEO Operating Rhythms & Checklists
From a CEO Operating System participant
“This is an excellent investment for both me personally and for my firm.”
Dana R. Wine
New or returning

Joining for the first time or coming back?

The live sessions are open to both new and previous CEO Operating System participants.

Previous Participant

Already completed CEO Operating System?

Come back through the framework with us.

Your business may have changed. Your team may have changed. Your role may have changed. And the operating environment around technology and AI has certainly changed.

Previous CEO Operating System participants are invited to join all four live implementation sessions and apply the framework to the business they are leading now.

Included
No additional investment.
New Participant Enrollment

CEO Operating System™

Complete CEO Operating System training + four live 90-minute implementation sessions + implementation resources.

$3,000

Already participated in CEO Operating System? The live sessions are included at no additional cost.

Frequently asked questions

Before you join

Is CEO Operating System a course or coaching program?

CEO Operating System is a guided implementation experience. New participants receive the complete recorded training foundation and join four focused live sessions designed to help apply the framework to their actual business.

When are the live sessions?

The four live 90-minute sessions are September 10, September 17, September 24, and October 1, 2026.

Why are the live sessions 90 minutes if previous CEO Operating System sessions were longer?

The complete foundational teaching already exists inside the CEO Operating System recorded training library and is included for new participants. That allows the live sessions to focus more heavily on implementation, diagnosis, decision-making, and applying the framework to the business you are leading now.

I previously participated in CEO Operating System. Do I need to purchase it again?

No. Previous CEO Operating System participants do not need to repurchase the program. You are invited to join the four live implementation sessions at no additional cost.

If I already completed CEO Operating System, why would I attend again?

Because the framework may be the same, but your business is not. Your team, revenue, responsibilities, challenges, technology, and leadership role may look very different today. The live sessions give you an opportunity to reapply CEO Operating System to the business you are leading now.

I already have systems. Is CEO Operating System still relevant?

The question is not simply whether systems exist. The question is whether decisions, ownership, standards, accountability, and follow-through can move without repeatedly routing back through the CEO.

Is CEO Operating System an AI program?

No. AI is part of today's operating environment, but it is not the operating system itself. CEO Operating System focuses on leadership, structure, ownership, decision-making, systems, revenue, fulfillment, and financial visibility, including how AI can responsibly support those areas.

What is the investment for a new participant?

New participant enrollment is $3,000. Previous CEO Operating System participants may join the live sessions at no additional cost.

The next operating decision is yours

You built the business.
Now build the way it runs.

Stop asking how to personally carry more. Start examining what has to change so the business can operate with clearer ownership, stronger structure, and less dependence on one person.

Previous CEO Operating System participant? Your access to the live sessions is included.