Just What is Fractional Leadership?

Simply put, fractional leadership is the practice of using leadership experts – via a part-time, typically short duration engagement – to help guide strategic departmental operations. Fractional leaders are expert consultants – in sales or marketing or finance or operations, for example.

They normally work for a client a day or two per week and their tenure with a client organization is, by design, short-term. Fractional leaders often engage with clients for a period lasting from a few months to a year or more. 

From Fragile to Agile

For companies that recognize their market vulnerabilities and decide to act, a fractional leadership consultant can be a game changer. This expert can be both an objective observer and a competitive strategist who can provide the critical guidance and direction a struggling enterprise needs to pivot from fragile to agile, from also-ran to market leader.

What are Some Benefits of Fractional Leadership?

For the client organization, obviously, the fractional leader’s role as described above presents a strong set of benefits. By taking advantage of the consultant’s deep and multi-faceted experience across multiple industries, the organization gains essential objectivity and big-picture perspective that cannot be marshaled in-house.

The Bottom Line

Fractional leadership creates a win-win for the consultant and the client. Especially during and after a competitive crisis, the consultant can help the organization make tough decisions and implement the strategic initiatives necessary to pivot from status quo struggles to a “new normal” of success.

At KORE Strategies, we’re committed to putting the customer first in everything we do. From our sales process to our customer service, we’re constantly striving to deliver value and exceed expectations.