by Miss Hartle | Leadership, Operations, Project Management
A startup company can be very exciting, fast-paced, and often… a mess. You see the founder wearing too many hats, team members juggle roles without clear boundaries, and systems, if they exist, are patched together. It’s not unusual for a promising company to...
by Miss Hartle | Operations, Project Management
Projects don’t usually fail because people are lazy or incapable. In my experience as a Director of Operations and Project Manager, the real culprits behind project failure are hidden in plain sight; silent killers embedded in the way teams work, communicate, and make...
by Miss Hartle | Operations, Project Management
It sounds genius in a startup meeting:“Let’s have the designer manage the project too. They already know the deliverables.” Scrappy. Efficient. Budget-friendly. But fast forward two weeks, and your ‘design sprint’ is stuck in a group chat, timelines are toast, and...
by Miss Hartle | Operations
A Director of Operations’ Guide to Calm the Chaos and Take Back Control If you’re building something from the ground up, whether a scrappy startup or a fast-growing agency, you’ve likely faced this moment: every task feels urgent, and every decision feels like a...
by Miss Hartle | Leadership, Operations
You built it from the ground up. You wore every hat, pulled late nights, answered every email, pitched every investor, and probably even vacuumed the office floor. It’s your baby—your vision, your legacy. So it’s no surprise that letting go feels a bit like handing...
by Miss Hartle | Operations
Startups and growing businesses often find themselves caught in a whirlwind of good problems: rapid growth, new clients, expanding teams, and endless to-dos. But with that momentum comes operational chaos. Without structure, even the most promising company can stall....