Kate Dwinell
Talk Systems To Me
This podcast exists because something broke in how online businesses scale and CEOs like YOU are paying the price. You don't need to be less chaotic and you don't need to become a systems person. And you definitely don't need to white-knuckle your way through the next phase of growth. You do need to stop being the pin holding everything together. This show is for established business owners who lead with vision, creativity, and momentum and are tired of being the firefighter, project manager, and ops brain inside their own business. Here, we talk about what it actually looks like to lead like...
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Episodes
Why Your OBM Can't Save Your Launch 05.07.2026 12:42
This episode is for CEOs who've already built momentum, have support in place, and are wondering why they still feel like every launch depends on them. We're unpacking one of the biggest misconceptions I see in the online business space: expecting an OBM to solve a problem that actually requires a completely different level of operational leadership. Because while a great OBM is invaluable, there'...
CEO Tax: The Cost of All Your Launch Decisions Running Through You 28.06.2026 14:51
This episode is for CEOs who are preparing for their next launch and wondering why every launch seems to require more of them, not less. We're unpacking one of the most expensive costs hiding inside your business: the CEO Tax. The time, energy, decision-making, and revenue lost when every launch depends on you being the plan, the system, the approval process, and the person holding everything toge...
How I Know A Launch Is Going To Be A Problem Before We Even Enter Pre-Launch 21.06.2026 15:31
This episode is for CEOs who've already built momentum, have launches on the calendar, and are wondering why every launch seems to become more complicated, more stressful, and more dependent on them as the business grows. We're going behind the scenes of how I audit a business before a launch ever begins - because the truth is, I can usually tell within minutes whether a launch is going to feel sm...
AMA: The Unfiltered Insight from an Ops Genius 14.06.2026 22:16
This episode is for CEOs, OBMs, and VAs who are trying to figure out what kind of support a business actually needs as it grows - and why adding another hire doesn't always solve the problem. We're diving into some of the most common questions I get from founders on sales calls, in DMs, and inside growing businesses every single week. Questions about support, systems, project management tools, hir...
Calling Your Clients Out (and why it's the most loving thing you can do) 07.06.2026 17:11
This episode is for CEOs, OBMs, and support roles who want relationships that actually create results - not just smoother communication. We're unpacking one of the most uncomfortable but transformative parts of operational leadership: telling clients the truth when they're the thing slowing themselves down. Because at a certain level of growth, elite support is not being agreeable all the time. It...
You're Not An OBM If You're Just Completing Tasks and Not Making Decisions 31.05.2026 14:05
This episode is for CEOs, VAs, and OBMs who are stuck in the frustrating cycle of everything still routing back to the founder - even with support in place. We're unpacking the hidden dynamic that quietly slows businesses down: when ops people are afraid to make decisions, and CEOs are afraid to release them. Because at a certain stage of growth, the problem is no longer whether you have support....
The Systems Behind The Operations CEOs Actually Keep + Refer 24.05.2026 14:49
This episode is for CEOs, VAs, and OBMs who want to understand what actually separates task support from true operational leadership. We're unpacking the shift that happens when an ops person stops simply completing tasks and starts thinking like someone who is responsible for the health, movement, and scalability of the business itself. Because at higher levels of growth, CEOs are not looking for...
What I Wish Every VA and OBM Knew About CEO Operations / Launching like a Real Company with a Real CEO 17.05.2026 12:31
This episode is for CEOs, VAs, and OBMs who are navigating the messy middle between "having support" and actually operating like a real company. We're unpacking what founders at higher levels of growth actually need from operational support - not just task completion, but anticipation, reliability, ownership, and infrastructure that allows the business to move without the CEO carrying every decisi...
Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Your Systems 10.05.2026 14:26
This episode is for CEOs who've already built momentum - revenue is coming in, your team exists, your launches are working - but something still feels heavier than it should. Not because your business isn't working. But because your systems haven't caught up to the level you're operating at. We're getting diagnostic in this episode. Not surface-level "get more organized" advice - but the real, spe...
Q1 Review: Lessons + Wins 03.05.2026 13:32
This episode is for CEOs who've already built momentum- revenue is coming in, your business is working- but you're starting to see where things still quietly depend on you more than they should. We're pulling back the curtain on what actually went down behind the scenes in Q1 inside my own business- the wins, the gaps, the moments that forced me to step back in, and what it revealed about where th...
The Hidden Payroll Leak Most Founders Don't Notice (but it tanks their profit margin) 14.04.2026 17:46
This episode we're unpacking the payroll leak most founders never think to look at, not bad ad spend, not a software subscription you forgot to cancel, but what you're actually paying your team to do versus what you think you're paying them to do. This conversation isn't about paying your team less or cutting hours. It's about understanding the difference between having a team, having tools, and h...
Launch like a CEO Mini Series: FAQ about Launches 09.04.2026 18:22
This episode we're unpacking the real questions that come up at this stage of growth- why launches still feel chaotic even when you have tools and SOPs, whether you actually need a bigger team to scale, how to know what should and shouldn't be on your plate, and why things keep falling back to you even when you try to delegate. This conversation isn't about hustling less or "getting better" at del...
Launch like a CEO Mini Series: Behind the Scenes of a No-Burnout Launch 07.04.2026 15:32
This episode is for CEOs who've already built momentum, your launches work, revenue is coming in, clients are getting results but every single time, you're left completely wiped out on the other side. Because your launches are still being held together by you. We're going behind the scenes of two real client launches, very different businesses, very different situations and unpacking what actually...
Launch Like a CEO: Why Service Providers Need Systems Too 22.03.2026 15:05
This episode is for service-based CEOs who aren't just launching, you're selling and delivering at the same time… and feeling the weight of that. You've hired support. You have a VA. You have help. But somehow, everything still routes back to you, client questions, team decisions, delivery issues and you're left holding both the front-end energy of the launch and the backend responsibility that ke...
Launch like a CEO Mini Series: Launch Systems That Scale 15.03.2026 16:44
You've probably had a launch that technically worked. The numbers were good. The clients came in. On the outside, everything looked successful. But behind the scenes? You were exhausted. In this episode, we're talking about the invisible reason so many six- and seven-figure founders feel completely drained after a "successful" launch: the business still depends on them to hold everything together....
Launch Like a CEO: What Actually Holds a Launch... 17.02.2026 24:38
Launching isn't supposed to leave you needing a full blown vacation. In this episode, we're unpacking why so many successful founders feel wrecked after launches that technically "worked." Not because their offer is wrong. Not because their audience disappeared. But because the business is still relying on their energy, memory, and nervous system to carry the weight. At a certain level of growth,...
Your Team Isn't the Problem... 09.02.2026 12:58
This episode is for CEOs who love their team… but feel quietly frustrated by them. If work is late, execution feels messy, and everything still requires your input, it's easy to assume you hired the wrong people. But most of the time, that story is wrong. What looks like a performance issue is usually a systems and leadership gap , not a people problem. We're talking about what actually happens w...
Your VA is Holding You Back 06.02.2026 13:37
This episode is for founders who do have help, a VA, maybe even a small team but still feel like everything important routes back to them. We're unpacking the uncomfortable truth many business owners don't want to say out loud: at a certain stage of growth, task-based support stops being enough , and keeping everything inside a VA role can quietly cap your capacity and theirs. Not because anyone i...
When to Hire, When to Automate & When to Let it Burnnnnn 03.02.2026 18:19
This episode is for CEO's who keep asking, "Should I hire for this… automate it… or just push through?" and feel stuck in the weeds because the answer never seems clear. We're unpacking why that question usually shows up too late , and how making decisions from exhaustion leads to rushed hires, messy automations, and businesses held together by survival mode instead of leadership. This conversatio...
Welcome to the Talk Systems to Me Podcast 01.02.2026 14:40
This podcast is for business owners who've already built something real, killer launches, real revenue, real impact but are still holding too much of the business together themselves. In this welcome episode, we're unpacking why businesses that look successful on the outside can feel heavy and fragile on the inside and why this tension shows up right around the stage where growth should start feel...
Talk Systems to Me Trailer 31.01.2026 2:02
This podcast exists because something broke in how online businesses scale — and founders are paying the price. You don't need to be less chaotic and you don't need to become a systems person. And you definitely don't need to white-knuckle your way through the next phase of growth. You do need to stop being the linchpin holding everything together. This show is for established founders who lead wi...
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