Fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO)

You did not start your business to deal with operational issues, you started it because of your passion!

Spending too much time working in your business and not on your business?

Strategy & Execution

Do you have a strategy? How are you aligning execution to acheive the outcomes?

Hidden inefficiencies?

How much hidden inefficiencies are wrapped up in your organizational processes?

Metrics & Outcomes

How aligned are your people process and technology? Do you know how they are working to drive value in your business?

As a business owner do these resonate with you?

We've been there, done that!

As former executives and business owners, we can relate to these challenges and have vast experience across operations.  We can customize a fractional COO package to meet your growing needs.

Here's how you work with us

You meet with us

First call's always on us. Let's learn more about your business and needs to determine if we'd be a good fit.

We build your plan

We'll put together some options on how we can work together to achieve your goals

Let's achieve results together

We'll partner to get you back to your passion and take care of the operational side of your business

FAQ

A fractional COO is a flexible way to add an experienced executive leader to your organization that has significant experience in operations.  It allows you to add this expertise in a scalable way without adding full time costs of salary, benefits, and other executive level perks.

The benefits of having a fractional COO include:

  • Offer insights into best practices
  • Provide unbiased and experienced assistance with strategic planning and execution
  • Alignment of the teams and communications as an outside expert
  • Deliver on success of initiatives using project management skills
  • Enable better discussions through using data to drive decisions across the business
  • Being a contract employee, they do not required executive benefits, bonuses or perks
  • Hiring a fractional COO allows you to determine your needs for a full-time COO before hiring someone

A fractional COO can work on-site or remotely with you and your business.  We perfer to take a customized approach that makes sense for our client’s needs and budget.

Our arrangements can vary between advisory in nature (few hours per month) to several days per month.

Let’s chat about your specific needs, challenges, plans and see if we would make good partners.

There are a few signs that can indicate you’re ready for a COO in your organization

  • You are spending too much time working in your business and not on your business
  • You are feeling constantly overwhelmed and working long hours in your company
  • You want your company to grow further and it will require scaling operations

The role can vary between what our clients need but the goal is to have your fractional COO working on activities that will provide the greatest benefit to your business.  Here’s some ideas to consider

  • Assess how people, process and technology are aligned for success in your organization
  • Executive Project Management the fractional COO can help guide strategic initiatives of the business such as a new product launch or deploying new technology
  • Alignment of teams to the strategic goals of the organization
  • Strategic planning, growth models, establish goals, and measure against goals
  • Focus on improving operations through aligning people, process and technology across the organization
  • Creating and hosting monthly business reviews to review metrics against strategic objectives
  • Trusted advisor to CEO/business owner related to day to day operations

You started your business based upon a passion.  Not to handle the operational issues that come with running a thriving business.  As the owner you’re focused on the long-term, generating the next big idea, and cultivating strategic relationships.

The COO’s focus is on the day-to-day operations of the business.  The COO acts as your integrator and executor to bring your organization together to find ways to most effectively and efficiently deliver your products and services to customers. 

Let's get you back to your passion and let us handle our passion for operations!