By Charlie Dietz, CIO of SMB Value Partners.
As you think about how to staff and successfully execute your next important project, consider bringing in a fractional leader as your project leader. Why consider such a resource?
Fractional Leadership is using an experienced, senior, outside resource(s) to supplement your existing leader and employee resources. With today’s lean organizations and the competitive pressure to deliver new and improved products and processes, many organizations find themselves unable to meet the business challenges of larger, cross-functional projects. In some business areas, the department leader is often a technical resource, lacking the breadth and depth of management experience and expertise needed on your project.
Many small to-mid-sized businesses (SMB) and associations / non-profits have found Fractional Leadership to be a viable solution to addressing their business challenges: bringing in an outside leader / expert. The advantages include:
There are a lot of “pain-points” that keep organizations from achieving full results from cross-functional projects. Often issues in areas like Information Technology, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Planning, and Finance (to name a few) can hinder or misdirect progress to a successful project. Using the Fractional Leadership solution gives your organization use of a resource that will identify and cut through issues to improve your success. You have the benefit of a senior leader that you may not be able to afford as a full-time employee, as you only have to pay for the expertise and time associated with your top priority: your results-focused business project.
To learn more about Fractional Leadership for your key projects, please visit http://www.smbvaluepartners.com/smb-fractional-leadership.html.
As you think about how to staff and successfully execute your next important project, consider bringing in a fractional leader as your project leader. Why consider such a resource?
Fractional Leadership is using an experienced, senior, outside resource(s) to supplement your existing leader and employee resources. With today’s lean organizations and the competitive pressure to deliver new and improved products and processes, many organizations find themselves unable to meet the business challenges of larger, cross-functional projects. In some business areas, the department leader is often a technical resource, lacking the breadth and depth of management experience and expertise needed on your project.
Many small to-mid-sized businesses (SMB) and associations / non-profits have found Fractional Leadership to be a viable solution to addressing their business challenges: bringing in an outside leader / expert. The advantages include:
- Services of a senior leader with broad industry and cross-discipline experience.
- No “on-the-job” learning, as happens in many smaller organizations, with the ability to achieve planned results sooner, rather than later.
- The fractional leader’s experience and successes gain respect from the organization’s senior management.
- Clarity of focus on the project-at-hand, not entangled in day-to-day issues and silo boundaries.
- No organizational bias on what the right answer would be. Able to challenge teams to constructively evaluate alternatives.
- On projects where a solution supplier is actively participating, it is important that your project leader not be controlled by that vendor. The fractional leader is an independent voice with primary focus on collaborating with your business and delivering your business success.
There are a lot of “pain-points” that keep organizations from achieving full results from cross-functional projects. Often issues in areas like Information Technology, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Planning, and Finance (to name a few) can hinder or misdirect progress to a successful project. Using the Fractional Leadership solution gives your organization use of a resource that will identify and cut through issues to improve your success. You have the benefit of a senior leader that you may not be able to afford as a full-time employee, as you only have to pay for the expertise and time associated with your top priority: your results-focused business project.
To learn more about Fractional Leadership for your key projects, please visit http://www.smbvaluepartners.com/smb-fractional-leadership.html.
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