AUDARA COLLECTIVE
You built a business.
Now it's running you.
The CEO Shift is a structured six-phase engagement that moves you from operational bottleneck to the leader your company needs.
THE PATTERN
Your company looks like a success story. Inside, it's a different situation.
The business is working. Revenue is there, the team is in place, clients trust you. None of that is the problem.
The problem is structural. Your company was built around you. Your team brings decisions to you not because they're incapable, but because that's how the business was designed to work. Every approval, every escalation, every relationship that matters runs through you.
That doesn't fix itself by hiring more people. It changes when the structure changes.
"She built a business and it's running her. That tension is the starting point."
SOUND FAMILIAR?
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You can't step away without
things breaking.
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Your team asks you to weigh
in on everything.
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You've tried coaches. Nothing
stuck.
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Growth has stalled because
you're the hub of every
decision.
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You know you need to step back.
You can't see how.
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You want to lead the company,
not run the day-to-day.
THE METHODOLOGY
Three ways to work with
Audara Collective.
ENTRY POINT
CEO Shift Intensive
A project-based engagement covering the first two phases: See and Define. You leave with a clear picture of where the bottleneck lives and a blueprint for what has to change. The starting point for most founders.
FULL ENGAGEMENT
Fractional CEO
The complete CEO Shift, all six phases. Dana works directly inside your business as a fractional CEO, leading the full transition from operational to strategic. Scoped through conversation.
ACCESSIBLE OPTION
Group Fractional
The CEO Shift methodology in a group cohort format, alongside other founders at a similar stage. For founders building toward the 1:1 engagement or who want to begin working through the framework now.
THE METHODOLOGY
The CEO Shift
A structured six-phase engagement with a defined beginning, middle, and measurable end. Not a coaching program. Not a set of frameworks you apply yourself.
The CEO Shift was built specifically for women founders of professional service businesses who are ready to build something that runs without them. The result is a company that operates without the founder's daily involvement, and an owner who finally gets to lead it.
01
See
Identify exactly where the bottleneck lives. Map what you own, what keeps coming back to you, and why.
02
Define
Build the blueprint for a business that doesn't require you in the middle of every decision.
03
Build
Create the systems, structures, and processes that support your team to deliver without you.
04
Plan
Develop the leadership roadmap and accountability framework your team needs to run without daily oversight.
05
Move
Execute the transition. Step back intentionally while maintaining quality and client trust.
06
Lead
Your business runs. You lead. This is the measure of success.
This is not coaching. This is operational leadership.
Dana brings twenty years of direct work inside companies. For the past six years, that work has focused on leading owners through the transition from running the business to leading it. Several of those founders have stepped out of daily operations entirely. Some have taken their companies to successful exits.
As co-founder of The Opus & Golds Group, Dana has worked with trades and service businesses ranging from under $1M to $100M+ in revenue. That range matters. She has seen what breaks at every stage of growth, and she knows what the path out of the bottleneck looks like at each one.
The CEO Shift was built from that track record. It is a methodology with a process, a timeline, and a result. Not a course. Not a framework you implement alone.
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"I went from approving every invoice and
answering every client email to leading a team
that handles it. That didn't happen with the
coaches I worked with before. It happened with
Dana."
FOUNDER, $4M PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Find out if the CEO Shift is right for where you are.
Not every founder is ready for this work. The CEO Shift is built for women running $2M to $10M professional service businesses who are stuck as the operational bottleneck and ready to change that.
READY TO TALK
Book a CEO Shift Intensive Discovery Call
A focused 45-minute conversation about where you are, what's keeping you stuck, and whether the CEO Shift is the right move. You'll leave with clarity, whatever you decide.
NOT READY YET
18 questions. Scored results. A clear picture of where you stand and what the path forward looks like for your specific situation.
Fractional CEO advisory for women founders of professional service businesses doing $2M to $10M in revenue.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
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