The Operator’s Podcast
Multi-Unit Master
Hosted by Jason PaceEst. 2024 · California
MUM
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The Library

Tools your team can pick up and use tomorrow.

Every episode ships with one downloadable artifact — a PDF checklist, a working spreadsheet, an SOP, or a scorecard. Built from what our guests actually run.

ScorecardXLSX · 1pp

Unit Economics Scorecard

A single tab your district managers fill in by 9am Monday. Four-week trailing, four-week forward, with the variance flags Priya uses to prioritize her calls.

Episode 047
GuidePDF · 6pp

Director of Ops Interview Kit

The first ops hire makes or breaks the next 50 stores. Marcus has watched a dozen of these go sideways — and a few go right.

Episode 046
SOPPDF · 4pp

Shrink Audit SOP

Most operators chase shrink at the register. Dana traced 70% of theirs to receiving, vendor credits, and the gap between WMS and POS.

Episode 045
SOPPDF · 11pp

New Unit Opening Checklist

Hector's 11-point pre-open punchlist plus a 30/60/90 owner's calendar. Use it as-is or fork it for your brand standards.

Episode 044
WorkbookXLSX · 3pp

Payroll Reconciliation Workbook

Three linked tabs that flag misclassed hours, missed breaks, and rate drift across states before payroll runs.

Episode 043
ScorecardPDF · 2pp

Operational Excellence Scorecard

Trent retired the 87-point clipboard audit and replaced it with something his GMs actually request. Here's what it looks like.

Episode 042
GuidePDF · 3pp

Centralization Decision Matrix

Marketing, hiring, ordering — pick wrong and you'll spend two years undoing it. Aisha's framework for what belongs at HQ vs. in the unit.

Episode 041
SOPPDF · 9pp

POS Migration Runbook

Devon migrated 140 stores off a 22-year-old POS in nine months. Phasing, training, contract clauses, and the one thing he'd never do again.

Episode 040