Services
Finding the right leadership solution doesn’t have to be complicated.
At Fractional First, we offer a full spectrum of leadership placement services. Our leaders are handpicked to match your specific needs and create maximum impact.
Whether you need strategic expertise, temporary leadership during transitions, or a permanent executive to drive your team forward, we’ve got you covered. We reduce the costs and risks associated with hiring experienced operators.
More than just fractional or interim, Fractional First is your partner in building leadership that delivers results.
Placement Services
Fractional Placement
We place highly qualified, effective leaders who match your needs and organizational rhythm, on a part-time basis. Often, these leaders will have operational responsibilities and will report to the CEO.
The fractional placement service is generally free of charge with the only cost being the cost to engage the leader on an hourly, daily or project basis.
Interim Placement
We place highly qualified, effective leaders who match your needs and organizational rhythm, on a short-term but full-time basis. Often, these leaders will have operational responsibilities and will report to the CEO.
Some obvious use cases include:
- Deal-specific, Private Equity Operational Leader to assess strategic direction and plan for operational roadmap
- Venture builder as a player-coach to assist in ideating, incubating and/or accelerating ventures. Often times venture builders will assist in finding the more permanent leaders of the venture while they work on an interim basis.
The interim placement service is generally free of charge with the only cost being the cost to engage the leader on a weekly/monthly full-time basis.
Full-time Executive Placement
We place full-time Executives within organizations. On the surface, this is similar to what traditional executive placement firms do. However, we place a lot of emphasis on a holistic matching process where we assess facets such as hard skills, soft skills, cultural fit, stage fit and team complementary. We build enduring relationships and are not focused on transactional interactions.
Board & Advisory Placement
We excel in finding, engaging and placing the most seasoned operators, advisors and board members globally. Our access to strong trade, professional, academic and technical networks is unparalleled. Board and committee chairpeople, compliance and governance experts, security and privacy specialists, functional leaders, sustainability and human capital leaders are examples of the profiles we place on boards.
Leadership Team Augmentation
We carefully assess the capabilities of the team and its complexion to ensure it covers all the required hard skills, soft skills and the appropriate diversity of views and styles in order to minimize blindspots and skill deficiencies. Thereafter, we help augment the team through any flavor of flexible placement that’s appropriate and needed.
Integrative Services
Personality & Leadership Style Diagnostics
We offer tools and services to uncover personal strengths and blindspots, arming leaders with increased self- and situational- awareness. The information also helps leaders surround themselves with colleagues and peers who complement them.
Leadership Team Effectiveness Assessment
We offer tools and services to help diagnose the strengths and blindspots of a leadership team, arming the team with greater team awareness and the ability to hire colleagues and peers who complement them.
Leadership Team Coaching
We offer coaches who are experts at team dynamics and offer frameworks to openly and constructively discuss potential sensitivities and dysfunctions, resulting in the development of healthy team habits.
CXO or Functional Coaching
We provide player-coaches with extensive operational experience relevant to the leaders they mentor. Picture a seasoned CMO guiding your head of marketing to enhance both his or her performance and job satisfaction.
Expert Network Curation
We provide groups of experts and operators designed to complement the resources of portfolio managers and partners. Venture Capital, Private Equity and Venture Builder operators now have a turn-key, high-value-add solution to support their portfolio companies beyond funding. We assemble networks of entrepreneurs-in-residence, sustainability experts, pricing specialists, GTM leaders, technical architects and various functional operators customized to the needs and strategy of the portfolio manager.