For fractional executives
Run the practice behind the client work.
Practical guides for fractional executives managing several client engagements at once. Start with how fractional leadership works, then build the operating system around contracts, conversations, commitments, hours, capacity and renewals.
Answers and comparisons
Best software for fractional executives
The tools fractional executives use, by job, and where frac fits.
How to manage multiple fractional clients
Five practical habits for running several fractional retainers without dropping context.
How to track hours against a retainer
Committed hours, effective hourly rate and over-retainer work in dollars.
The fractional executive tech stack
The six layers a solo fractional practice needs, and no more.
frac vs Notion
A flexible workspace you build versus a practice system that fills itself.
frac vs ClickUp
Team project management versus a private system built around your calls and retainers.
frac vs HubSpot
A full CRM versus client work, pipeline and business health in one place.
Practice guides
What fractional leadership is
Fractional executives compared with consultants, advisors, interim executives and full-time hires.
The fractional executive operating system
The contract, conversations, commitments, hours and pipeline in one practice-wide system.
How to run a fractional practice
Contracts, retainers, effective rate, renewals, capacity and pipeline.
The fractional client checklist
A checklist for signing, starting, running and renewing a client engagement.
Guides by fractional role
Each role has different client context to hold, but the same practice problem underneath.
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