A fractional COO gives you the leverage you need to grow.
Partnership with an experienced Factional Chief Operating Officer creates opportunities to optimize your business processes, reinforces your leadership capabilities, and gives you the freedom to think forward.
Business optimization is essential for growth. Working with an experienced Chief Operating Officer can help you get your processes and people up to speed.
Rapid growth is exciting, but it can create problems when your business's infrastructure isn't strong enough to carry the additional weight. As a business owner, you're busy enough focusing on managing the business you already have. It can be overwhelming to add the extra responsibility of optimizing processes, upgrading tools, and providing training and support for your team to create a more productive work environment. Now is the time to expand your leadership leverage.
Is hiring a Fractional COO worth it for your business?
Simply put, YES. Whether you're just starting out or carrying on a generational business, enjoying revenues in the millions or just breaking even, it's good to have a growth partner you can rely on to help you manage the workload (and stress) that is inherent to operating your business. If you:
- Feel overworked or over stressed
- Are having trouble moving past a plateau in revenue
- Have been thinking of expanding your business into other areas
- Can't find the time to search for and implement the business tools you need
- Are experiencing problems with lead drop-off throughout your sales flow process
- Need to expand your marketing efforts but aren't sure where the additional funds will come from
- Are having trouble getting your employees "on the same page"
- Are dealing with cash flow issues and feeling overwhelmed by rolling debt
- Have a broad idea to expand your business but have difficulty figuring out the details
- Have realized that operating your business regularly feels chaotic
- Are currently in crisis, or you see your business headed that way
- Need operating management support but can't afford the expense of another full time senior level employee
Then bringing a Fractional COO onto your team is well worth the effort and investment.
Let's get your organization a little more organized.
As your organization grows, so does your need for a solid infrastructure. One of the greatest downfalls of any business is inefficiency. By working with your team to follow streamlined processes and making sure they have the tools they need to work together, you can dramatically improve productivity which will directly affect profit. When you need to improve your infrastructure, a Fractional COO can help by guiding you through the thousands of available options and help you manage effective implementation. They can also assist with team training so all of your people understand the benefits of these changes as it applies to their work day.
Mark Guinn at Rock Bridge Solutions has over 30 years of experience implementing organization strategies and integrating the tools you need to make every work day better.
Hiring Process and Pricing
The first step in determining any new partnership is having a meaningful conversation. We'll talk in depth about your current business and where you want to go. After that, we'll discuss some of the obstacles to growth that you see (and some you may not have noticed) and talk about potential solutions. Once we both decide that we'll work well together, we will figure out deliverables -- what you expect from me as far as time spent, services provided, etc., and what I'll need from you to provide excellent service. We'll start working as soon as you're ready, and meet on a regular basis to monitor progress.
When it comes to pricing, I believe in meeting you where you are. There's no point in hiring me to help you increase your profits if you just have to pay them back out to me. My goal is to bring value to your business, not create another expense. I want to see your business grow as much as you do, and see this partnership as an investment in that growth. When we agree to work together, we'll determine pricing by adjusting deliverables, time, and hands-on involvement. I'm committed to finding pricing options that work for you to help you reach your business's full potential.
Looking for something a little more permanent?
If you are interested in discussing a permanent position, feel free to contact me here. We'll schedule some time to sit down and start a great conversation about how we can best work together.