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For leaders who are done holding it all together

Your team executes.

Without you holding it together.

Nova gives every initiative a structured path, clear ownership, and built-in accountability — so decisions get followed through without you in the middle.
That's what structure does. And it starts from day one.

Built for teams of 10–500+ · Free to start · No credit card

⭐ 4.9 rating · 200+ teams across 15 countries

Your week — before and after Nova

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My Calendar — This Week
MONTUEWEDTHUFRI
Standup
Strategy sync
Align call
Q3 review
1:1
Sync
Check-in
Standup
All-hands
Budget mtg
Sync
Retro
Follow-up
Wrap
Standup
Product sync
Quick call
Design review
Planning
Catch-up
Sync
Standup
Leadership
Alignment
Escalation
1:1
Check
Standup
Weekly wrap
Sprint review
Catch-up
Sync
Debrief
Follow-up
My Calendar — With Nova
MONTUEWEDTHUFRI
🧠 Deep work
9–11am
Nova session
✓ Decision
🧠 Deep work
1:1
🧠 Deep work
9am–1pm
✓ Decision
🧠 Deep work
🧠 Deep work
9–11am
Nova session
🧠 Deep work
✓ Decision
🧠 Deep work
9am–3pm
✓ Decision
1:1
🧠 Deep work
9–11am
Nova session
✓ Decision
🧠 Deep work
Debrief
😩 Without Nova
🌱 With Nova
Your week at a glance● Overloaded
22h
Meetings
this week
0h
Deep work
available
Work overdue7
Decisions unclear4
Plan for tomorrowNot ready
Team blockers3
Your week at a glance● Live
6h
Deep work
per day
2h
Async
collaboration
Work overdue0
Decisions made5
Plan for tomorrowReady ✓
Team blockers0
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👥 Used by 200+ teams across 15 countries

Why great teams get stuck

Your team isn't the problem.
The missing structure is.

The strategy is clear. The people are capable. The tools are in place. And still, you end up being the one who holds everything together — chasing follow-through, repeating decisions, and wondering why nothing moves without you.

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The same problems keep recurring
Solutions live in people's heads, not in the system. Every time a key person is unavailable, the problem comes back from scratch.
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What gets decided doesn't get done
The meeting ends. The week moves on. Two weeks later no one is sure what was actually agreed — or whether anyone ever started it.
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Everything routes back to the top
Uncertainty defaults to whoever is most trusted. Which means leadership can't actually step back — not even for a week.
The urgent keeps eating the important
Every week the real priorities get pushed by things that "just came up." By Friday, the work that would have moved the quarter is still untouched.
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Onboarding takes longer than it should
New people need months to understand how things work — because it's never written down. It's demonstrated, over and over, by the same few people.
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Busy teams with invisible progress
Activity is high. Outputs are hard to see. Busyness became the signal — and real progress got harder to measure.
PLAN
📋
The plan
Goals, strategies, OKRs, roadmaps, decisions made in leadership meetings.
NOVA — THE BRIDGE
Rituals, living processes, systems
Structured work sessions. Decision log. Clear ownership. Habits that hold when the week gets messy.
🔥
Real movement
Decisions made and held. Work that moves. A team that operates without waiting for the room to fill up.
🎯
Results
Goals hit.

You have the plan. You want the results. Nova is what makes the journey happen.

Sound familiar?

Two teams. Same strategy. Completely different results.

One leader spends their week chasing updates, re-explaining decisions, and holding everything together. The other one steps back — because the structure does it. Same headcount. Same budget. Completely different reality.

Stuck in the loop

"Why is everything still routing through me?"

  • Meetings end with "let's sync again next week"
  • The urgent always beats the important — goals drift
  • Everything routes through the founder or senior leader
  • Decisions made in one meeting get re-litigated in the next
  • Strategy lives in a deck. The team lives in a different reality.

Meetings don't enable the work. They replace it.

Teams with Nova

"The team moves. I don't have to hold it together."

  • Every meeting produces a decision and a named owner
  • Important goals have protected, structured time
  • Decisions happen at the right level — leadership isn't the bottleneck
  • Progress is visible to everyone — not locked inside a standup
  • Strategy and execution are the same thing. Tracked. Together.

When it's over, something has actually changed.

The uncomfortable part

Most leaders aren't bad at delegating. They just don't have a system that makes delegation safe. So they become the system. And the team can't move without them.

Most leaders try harder meetings, more check-ins, or another tool.
None of it works — because the problem isn't effort. It's structure.

🚫 Task manager 🚫 Document tool 🚫 Whiteboard tool

Nova gives teams the structure to move — so you can stop being the glue.

When execution depends on you chasing it, you're not leading — you're babysitting. Nova replaces that with structure: a shared path for every initiative, decisions that are made and held, clear ownership for every commitment, and team rituals that build a culture of getting things done. Without someone at the top holding it all together.

It's not about writing better plans or tracking more tasks. It's about creating the conditions where teams operate with autonomy, accountability and clarity — and actually deliver on the strategy you set.

How Nova fits alongside your tools

Nova doesn't replace any of them — and that's the point. Teams still need a place to store documents, whether that's Notion, Google Drive, or something else. Teams managing projects still need Asana or Jira. Nova does something different: it brings teams and departments together to make structured decisions — without back-to-back meetings — and gives full visibility to everyone who needs to be informed. Some teams find they can simplify their stack once Nova is in, since there's natural overlap. But that's a side effect, not the goal. Nova is built to be the bridge between your goals and strategy and what teams need to work with autonomy, confidence and clarity. Nova is the bridge.

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HOW IT WORKS

From "we agreed on this"
to "it actually happened."

Six steps that replace you as the glue — with structure that holds.

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Step One

Pick a structured path — not a blank page

Instead of starting from chaos, teams choose a proven process built for the exact situation. Every step already knows what order things should happen, who needs to be involved, and what a good outcome looks like.

🚀 Product launches 📋 Quarterly reviews 🎯 Priority-setting 🔁 Retrospectives
Nova — Product Launch Workflow
Phase 1
🔍 Understand Market
Due today
Competitor analysis
D · M
This week
Product requirements
S
Phase 2
✏️ Map & Design
Not started
Initial sketches
Active
Design checklist
S · D
Phase 3
🚀 Define Strategy
Not started
Launch strategy
🎯 Objective
Define the goal…
2
Step Two

Everyone knows what they own — before work begins

Roles, commitments, and decision rights are defined upfront. Not assigned after a meeting — structured before work starts. So misunderstandings and silo-driven delays aren't what teams spend their energy on.

🎯 Clear ownership 🤝 No silos 📋 Defined expectations
Work Leads Collaborators Informed
Q1 Strategy Session
Started
Due: Jan 31
S
Sarah
E
Emma
D
David
Market Research
Done
Jan 20
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Emma
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👥 Team
3
Step Three

Teams work through it together — without you in the middle

Every session is structured: time-boxed, expectation-defined, and designed for the right kind of collaboration at the right moment. People do their best work instead of coordinating and guessing. They move with confidence, not because you told them to — because the structure is clear.

🌍 Remote 🏢 In-person 🔀 Hybrid ⏱ Async

Session flow

ACTIVE / INCOMPLETE enter >
Cash acceleration discussion
TOOL · Whiteboard (custom)
03 Apr → end...
C
D
Progress by user
DUE THIS WEEK enter >
Cash acceleration proposals
TOOL · Whiteboard (custom)
03 Apr → 08 Apr
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M
Progress by user
NOT STARTED
Annual impact review
TOOL · Custom (custom)
start... → end...
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4
Step Four

No more "I thought you were handling that"

Every decision is logged with a named lead, a deadline, and full visibility to everyone who needs to be informed. Blockers surface early — not in the next all-hands. Progress is transparent without requiring a status update meeting.

📌 Decisions pinned 🚧 Blockers surfaced 📊 Progress visible

Decision log

🔒
Launch beta with 50 users in week 3 of July
Owner: Sarah Chen · Due Jul 21
🔒
Deprioritise feature X until Q4 — unblocks dev team
Owner: David Park · Immediate
✏️
Define go-to-market channels...
In progress
5
Step Five

Rituals replace reminders. Culture replaces chasing.

The structure becomes habit. Teams don't need to be reminded — they have a rhythm. Goals are hit and archived. Week after week, the culture of getting things done builds itself — and you stop being the one who makes it happen.

🔁 Weekly rituals 📈 Momentum tracking 🏆 Goals archived

Team execution streak

🔥 6-week streak · 24 sessions completed · 0 missed

✓ Goals archived on time: 18/18 this quarter
6
Step Six

Fewer meetings. More time to actually do the work.

When decisions happen in structured sessions and commitments are visible, back-to-back meetings stop being the default. Every voice is heard — not just the loudest ones. Teams get protected deep work time. And progress happens without a calendar full of check-ins.

⚡ Async decisions 🔇 No more loud voices 🧠 Deep work time
MON TUE WED THU FRI
Standup
9am
Strategy sync
10am
Align call
10:30
Q3 review
12pm
1:1
2pm
Check-in
4pm
Standup
9am
All-hands
10am
Budget
12pm
Sync
12:30
Retro
3pm
Follow-up
4:30
Standup
9am
Product sync
10am
Quick call
10:45
Design review
1pm
Planning
3pm
Wrap-up
5pm
Standup
9am
Leadership
10am
Alignment mtg
1pm
Escalation
1:30
1:1
4pm
Standup
9am
Weekly wrap
10:30
Sprint review
12pm
Catch-up
2pm
Check-in
2:30
Sync
4:30
😩 ~22 hours in meetings this week. Deep work: almost none.
WHAT SHIFTS WHEN STRUCTURE IS IN PLACE

Stop babysitting. Start leading.
Here's what actually changes.

When the structure does the work you used to do manually, every dimension of how the team operates shifts.

Without Nova
Area
With Nova
Strategy lives in a deck. The team has a different interpretation of what it means every week.
🎯
Clarity
Every initiative has a clear path — milestones, owners, and next steps the whole team can see and follow.
"I thought you were handling that." Ownership is assumed, never confirmed.
Accountability
Every work session and decision has a lead — with clear responsibilities defined for every collaborator involved. No chasing. No guessing.
Decisions get made, re-made, and debated again. Nobody is sure what was actually agreed.
🔒
Decisions
Every decision is logged with context, owner, and date. It doesn't get re-litigated. It holds.
Approvals happen informally — or not at all. Key sign-offs get missed or assumed.
Approvals
Approval points are built into the process. The right people sign off at the right moment, every time.
Departments operate in isolation. Information is siloed. Misalignment shows up too late.
🌐
Silos
Cross-functional work is structured, visible, and collaborative. Less duplication. More coordination.
The loudest voices dominate. Seniority overrides good ideas. Quieter team members disengage.
🤝
Collaboration
Every voice is heard — structured input means ideas surface based on quality, not confidence or rank.
Everything routes back to leadership. The team waits before acting. Decisions stall.
🧭
Autonomy
Teams act independently within clear boundaries. Leadership is freed up for the work only they can do.
People feel busy but purposeless. Progress is invisible. Energy and morale quietly erode.
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Motivation
Teams see their work moving. Wins are visible. Contribution is recognised. Momentum is real.
Culture lives in a values poster. It's referenced in all-hands and forgotten by Tuesday.
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Culture
Culture becomes the habits and rituals the team actually runs — repeated, structured, and real.
execution velocity reported by teams
80%
report 30%+ fewer meetings
200+
teams across 15 countries
Day 1
feel the difference from session one
START IN MINUTES

Pick something you already
work on — and run it better.

Choose any process your team already deals with. Nova structures it, assigns ownership, and keeps everyone moving — from day one.

🗓️
Multi-session

Build Good Leadership Habits

Organise essential routines into daily, weekly, monthly, and annual rhythms — so your leadership team never misses the activities that actually move the organisation forward.

Start with this process →
🎯
Multi-session

Define an Objective & Execution Plan

Set a clear objective and build the structured path to reach it — with sessions, ownership, and checkpoints built in so the team moves without you holding it together.

Start with this process →
💰
Multi-session

Cash Acceleration Strategy

A 4-step framework to find smarter ways to make more money or spend less — structured so your team can work through it collaboratively and commit to clear actions.

Start with this process →
🚀
Multi-session

Launch a Product, Feature or Service

From understanding the problem to analysing solutions, aligning stakeholders, and building a clear action plan — structured all the way through so nothing falls through the cracks.

Start with this process →
👋
Multi-session

Team Onboarding

Walk new team members through culture, tools, and how you work — including a 30, 60 or 90-day plan. Onboard multiple people at once while keeping full visibility on their progress.

Start with this process →
🤝
Multi-session

Client Kickoff to Handoff

Manage the full client engagement — from kickoff to handoff. Divide internal work from client touchpoints, track approvals and decisions, and keep everyone aligned throughout.

Start with this process →
Session

Asynchronous Meeting

Lead a meeting asynchronously — discuss ideas, collect structured input from everyone, and reach a decision with fewer calendar conflicts and no dominant voices.

Start with this process →
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Session

Stakeholder Meeting

Lead an effective meeting where every stakeholder is heard — run it live or async. Structured so decisions get made, ownership is clear, and no one leaves confused about what happens next.

Start with this process →

These are just a few. Nova has 500+ processes ready to use across every function.

Browse the full process library →

What happens when leaders stop being the glue

★★★★★

"The first session we ran, we made a decision we'd been circling for six weeks. In 45 minutes. With full team buy-in and a named owner by the end."

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Anna K.
COO · Scale-up, retail sector
★★★★★

"For the first time in three years, I took a two-week holiday and nothing fell apart. No daily check-ins. No fires to put out when I got back. The team just moved. That's what structure does."

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James R.
Founder · 38-person services company
★★★★★

"My team is distributed across three countries. Getting alignment used to mean 12-person video calls that ended in confusion. Now we run a Nova session, and everyone leaves knowing exactly what to do."

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Laura S.
Founder · Multi-location services firm
QUESTIONS

Questions leaders ask
when they recognise this problem

"We already use Notion, Asana, and Jira. How does Nova fit — and why do we need it?"
Nova doesn't replace any of them — and that's the point. Teams still need a place to store documents (Notion, Drive), manage projects (Asana, Monday), or track engineering work (Jira). Those tools do their jobs well. What none of them do is bring teams and departments together to make structured decisions — without back-to-back meetings — and give full visibility to everyone who needs to be informed.

Nova is the bridge between your goals and strategy and what teams need to work with autonomy, confidence, and clarity to execute. Some teams even simplify their stack once Nova is in place, since there's natural overlap — but that's a side effect, not the goal.

As for Notion AI or Asana Intelligence: those features make it easier to manage information and tasks. Nova solves a fundamentally different problem — the gap between a decision made and an action actually owned and followed through. No AI summary fixes a team that doesn't have a structured way to commit and execute together. Nova is the operating system for how your team works.
"We've tried process improvements before. They never stick."
They fail because they depend on people changing their behaviour — which is hard, fragile, and fades within weeks. Nova doesn't ask people to change. It changes the structure they work inside. The process is built into the session itself, so it runs correctly regardless of who's in the room, how busy the week is, or whether anyone remembers. Behaviour follows structure. That's why it sticks.
"Our team is already stretched. Will this add more overhead?"
The opposite. Nova sessions replace the unfocused meetings your team is already having — with structured sessions that take the same time and produce ten times the output. Teams typically report getting back hours per week once they stop having meetings that end with nothing.

And if you'd rather not figure it out alone, we offer multiple implementation packages — from a guided setup call to full hands-on onboarding — so your team hits the ground running from day one. See our implementation options →
"How quickly will we see a difference?"
Most teams feel the difference in their first session. The compounding effect — clearer goals, real accountability, consistent execution — builds over the first 30–60 days. This isn't a six-month transformation project. It starts working immediately. For teams with over 20 people, we offer support to set the process up for you so you can see the difference immediately.
THE EXECUTION GAP TEST

Find out what your execution gap is
costing your team — in real money.

3 questions. 2 minutes. A personalised cost estimate — the number that makes the decision obvious.

First — tell us about your team
We started with 40 — adjust to your actual size.
We used $55,000 as a starting point — adjust to your team's average.
Question 1 of 3
When your team finishes a meeting, what usually happens?
Question 2 of 3
When you look at your team's priorities, what do you see?
Question 3 of 3
How much of your week as a leader goes to chasing updates, unblocking people, or repeating decisions?

Estimated annual cost of your execution gap
$0
Based on people · avg. salary $k
💡 What Nova costs vs. what it saves you
Seats needed
Nova annual cost
Current waste/yr
Your potential annual savings with Nova

Based on ~60% of team needing seats · $25/seat/month · ~40% reduction in wasted time. Real outcomes depend on adoption.

If this sounds like your team — you're not alone. And it's fixable.

Stop being the glue.
Let the structure do it.

In one session, your team makes a decision with a named lead, clear responsibilities, and full visibility. No chasing. No re-explaining. No back-to-back to follow up the back-to-back. That's what structure does — and it starts immediately.

Free to start · No credit card · Your first session runs in under an hour

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