Core Services

Flexible fractional COO and operational leadership support that helps founders strengthen operations and teams while staying focused on strategic growth — without the commitment or cost of a full-time hire.

Ongoing Fractional COO Support

Duration: Part-time (e.g. 1 – 3 days per week)

Board-level operational leadership that brings clarity, cohesion, and scalable structure. Ideal for founders seeking fewer distractions, stronger delivery, and a long-term strategic partner who supports operational execution and leadership effectiveness as the organisation scales.

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Clock gears symbolising operational precision enabled by a fractional COO
Fractional Leadership for Change & Growth

Duration: Tailored to each assignment

Designed to support founder-led teams through periods of rapid change, including growth, investment, integrations, or leadership transitions. We provide strategic operational leadership to guide change, stabilise teams, strengthen leadership alignment, and keep delivery on track.

Duration: Tailored to scope

A focused diagnostic of team, process, and leadership challenges, followed by a prioritised roadmap covering operating model, team design, leadership alignment, and clear next steps.

Operational & Organisational Audit + Roadmap
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Dominoes symbolising stability and control enabled by a fractional COO
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Zoomed-in gear symbolising how a fractional COO uncovers inefficiencies

What We Deliver

Fractional leadership that drives clarity, capability, and scale, delivered through three integrated pillars spanning operations, people and organisational scale.

Operations & Execution
  • Translate founder vision into goals, priorities, and execution frameworks

  • Set up team cadences, leadership rhythms, and operational reporting

  • Build founder dashboards with meaningful KPIs and leading indicators

  • Improve cross-functional alignment and streamline core processes

  • Redesign team structures, define roles, and scale delivery capacity

  • Recommend and rationalise tools and technology

  • Ensure alignment between strategy, structure and team execution

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Paddle in water symbolising guided growth with a fractional COO
People, Leadership & Performance
  • Partner with founders and leadership teams to navigate change and performance challenges

  • Strengthen people strategy across hiring, retention, and culture

  • Design employee lifecycle frameworks including onboarding, development and engagement

  • Build or refine performance and feedback frameworks

  • Support resolution of co-founder or leadership misalignment

  • Create scalable, inclusive hiring and offboarding systems

  • Identify critical roles to hire now vs. later

  • Advise on executive hiring decisions, scorecards, and interview processes

  • Guide onboarding for senior hires to align quickly and effectively

  • Support succession planning and internal progression for future leaders

  • Define success in key roles to align hiring, onboarding, and development

  • Support role scoping and job design to ensure alignment with growth goals

Talent Strategy for Scale
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Bridge symbolising scalable business foundations built with a fractional COO
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Compass symbolising talent alignment for scale with a fractional COO
Connect

Independent fractional COO and operational leadership support for founder-led businesses across the UK, including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and beyond.

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