Our Mission Statement
We help visionaries build well-organized, strategically aligned, and human-centered businesses so they can expand their impact with clarity, ease, and confidence. Through strategic planning, systems mapping, and fractional COO support, we partner with high-growth boutique firms, training companies, and expertise-based service providers to strengthen their operational backbone. Our work creates structure, empowers key team members, and aligns daily execution with the bigger vision—giving every leader more space to speak, create, and innovate.
Our Values
We run on EOS/ pride flag
Hi, I’m
Kara Barnes
CEO and Founder
Systems should feel like relief, not restriction. For over a decade, I’ve played the role of "2nd in Command" for world-class speakers. Today, as the leader of Backstage Ops, I’ve evolved that experience into a high-level consultancy. I focus on the high-level strategy: auditing your team, refining your business model, and identifying the exact management systems you need to scale.
My mission is to install a "systematized mindset" within your organization. While I provide the strategic oversight and leadership, my team of expert operators and speaker strategists works alongside yours to implement the tech and train your people to own the results.
Whether I’m snowboarding through an Idaho winter or paddleboarding in the summer, I’m always thinking about how to make business flow better—so you can focus on the stage while we handle the backstage.
In true Idaho style, Kara snowboards through the winter and paddleboards through the summer. Her two furry troublemakers, Cosmo and Binx, occasionally make surprise appearances on Zoom calls—please pardon their squeaks and jingles.
Ready to bring this conversation to your audience?
Through keynotes and workshops, Kara Barnes equips speakers and visionary founders to get out of the weeds and into their true role, so their business grows without burning them out or making them the bottleneck.
If your audience is full of visionaries who are building something meaningful (and feeling the weight of it), Kara’s sessions meet them exactly where they are.
Let’s create an experience that leaves people lighter, clearer, and ready for what’s next.
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