The Hidden Operating System Behind Every High-Performing Recruiting Firm with Kelsey Boyd
Is your recruiting desk—or your entire firm—running on chaos instead of systems? You’re not alone. Most recruiters feel the turbulence daily… but the top-performing firms operate differently. They run on an Operating System that eliminates chaos, drives consistent billings, and creates scalable growth.
In this episode, Ben sits down with Kelsey Boyd, a transformational operator who helped overhaul a multi-brand recruiting organization—rebuilding systems, rewriting processes, revamping tech, and implementing EOS to create genuine business momentum. This conversation is a masterclass in turning recruiting chaos into predictable success.
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Kelsey shares insider lessons from leading rebrands, digital transformations, and full operational restructures inside recruiting and staffing companies. Whether you’re a solo recruiter, a growing agency, or a leader scaling toward multi-million-dollar years, you’ll learn exactly how high-performing firms create clarity, consistency, and accountability. No fluff—just real frameworks you can apply today.
You’ll walk away knowing:
• How to identify the bottlenecks killing your productivity
• The exact scorecard metrics top recruiters use to grow revenue
• Why EOS and operating systems work so well in recruiting
• How to create predictability in a business defined by unpredictability
• How to fix the “right people, wrong seat” problem that silently stalls firms
• And—most importantly—how to get out of the chaos and scale with confidence
If you want to grow your desk, double your billings, or build a real recruiting business—not just a job—this is the episode you’ve been waiting for.
Listen now and learn the operating system behind every high-performing recruiting firm. Then hit Subscribe, leave us a review, and connect with Ben and Kelsey using the links below.
Key Takeaways
- Chaos isn’t a strategy—systems create scalable revenue
- Scorecards and KPIs reveal what’s actually working (and what’s not)
- EOS frameworks give recruiters structure, accountability, and clarity
- The right people in the right seats change everything
- Expect turbulence: every business transformation gets messy before it gets better
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Kelsey Boyd
Founder & CEO
Kelsey Boyd began her career in the staffing industry and has since held leadership roles in marketing, technology, and operations, overseeing dozens of organizational transformations and large-scale client projects. Along the way, she discovered a simple truth: the unglamorous, behind-the-scenes infrastructure that keeps firms running smoothly is the real driver of profitability at scale.
She has led organizations through initiatives ranging from rebrands and CRM modernization to ATS selection and implementation. She has executed full middle- and back-office overhauls and guided complex transitions into and out of the EOR/AOR space—always with the goal of preparing firms for profitability and operational excellence at scale.
A passionate advocate for operating systems such as Traction’s EOS, Kelsey believes that vision without structure quickly devolves into chaos—and that the true trifecta of winning organizations is aligning people, process, and technology.
Today, as founder of Day1, a strategy, operations, and project management consultancy, she partners with staffing firms and growing organizations to turn “one day” ambitions into measurable realities by building the systems, processes, and accountability required for sustainable growth.
