Fractional Leadership & Organizational Development Partner for Scaling Companies
Scaling a company changes everything.
What worked when you were 10 or 30 people starts to strain at 50, 100, or 200.
Leaders struggle to keep alignment. Managers are promoted faster than they’re supported. Performance becomes inconsistent. Culture feels harder to protect and harder to explain.
I partner with growing companies as a fractional leadership and organizational development partner, helping you build leadership, performance, and talent systems that scale with your business without slowing you down or adding unnecessary complexity.
Who is this for
This service is designed for scaling, founder-led and growth-stage companies that:
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Are growing fast (typically 20–300 employees)
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Are international, remote, hybrid, or cross-cultural
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Have strong technical or commercial talent, but uneven leadership capability
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Need structure without bureaucracy
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Want to professionalize leadership and performance without losing agility or values
Many of my clients are at a point where they don’t yet need a full-time Head of People or OD function but they do need senior leadership and organizational expertise.
Common Leadership & Scaling Challenges I Help Solve
Growing companies often experience the same patterns:
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Managers promoted without leadership training or clarity of role
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Inconsistent performance expectations across teams
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Feedback and accountability avoided or handled poorly
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High performers burning out or disengaging
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Leadership behaviors not aligned with stated values
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Change initiatives stalling due to resistance or overload
These are not people problems, they are systems problems.
How I Support Scaling Companies as a Fractional Partner
As a fractional partner, I work alongside founders, executives, and leadership teams to design and embed systems that actually work in real life, not theory. My work typically spans three interconnected areas:
Leadership Development & Manager Capability
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Defining what “good leadership” means in your organization
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Supporting first-time and experienced managers to lead with clarity and confidence
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Building shared leadership language, behaviors, and decision principles
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Strengthening communication, feedback, and self-regulation under pressure
For leaders who benefit from deeper 1:1 support alongside systems work, this often integrates with my Executive Coaching offering.
Performance & Ways of Working
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Creating clear performance expectations without micromanagement
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Designing feedback and review processes that support growth, not fear
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Aligning goals, accountability, and decision-making across teams
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Supporting leaders to navigate difficult conversations constructively
Many organizations combine this work with targeted Leadership Development initiatives to strengthen manager capability at scale.
Talent, Growth & Organizational Readiness
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Supporting talent development and succession thinking
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Helping leaders lead change during growth, restructuring, or scale-ups
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Embedding values into everyday leadership behavior
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Ensuring systems scale with the organization, not against it
This is practical, hands-on work tailored to your context, culture, and growth phase.
Why a Fractional Partnership Works
A fractional model gives you senior expertise without long-term overhead.
Instead of hiring full-time before you’re ready, you get:
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Strategic leadership and organizational development experience
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Fast diagnosis and implementation
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An external perspective with internal commitment
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Flexible engagement that adapts as your needs evolve
I work as a thinking partner and systems builder, not as an external consultant delivering a slide deck and disappearing.
How We Typically Work Together
Engagements are designed around your reality and may include:
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Ongoing fractional partnership (e.g. monthly or quarterly cadence)
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Leadership diagnostics and system design
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Facilitation with leadership teams
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Targeted leadership and manager development
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Advisory support during periods of growth or change
The goal is always the same: build leadership and organizational capability that lasts beyond my involvement.
Depending on your needs, this partnership may include Executive Coaching for senior leaders or Leadership Development for managers and teams.
Why Work With Me
I bring together executive-level leadership development, organizational psychology, and real-world business experience, having worked in startups, SMEs and enterprise level companies.
My approach is:
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Evidence-based and grounded in psychology and systems thinking
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Pragmatic, not theoretical
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Human-centred, without losing performance focus
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Designed for complexity, not ideal conditions
Clients value that I can work at both levels, supporting individual leaders while strengthening the organization as a whole.
Is This the Right Time for a Fractional Partner?
This work is most effective when:
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You are scaling and want to get leadership right early
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You feel growing complexity but lack coherent systems
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You want to invest in leadership without creating bureaucracy
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You value clarity, accountability, and conscious leadership
If you’re navigating growth and want leadership, performance, and talent systems that truly scale, let’s talk.
Explore a fractional leadership & organizational development partnership and discuss what would best support your next phase of growth.