Start with Clarity
Clarity before commitment. Direction before scale.
Most founders reach out when the business is moving faster than the structure supporting it. Decisions that used to be straightforward are taking longer. Priorities are competing. The next move feels less obvious than it should.
Before we go further, it helps to get a clear picture of what the business is actually dealing with.
The Clarity and Direction Engagement is a 30 to 60-day diagnostic that evaluates your decision-making structure, operational exposure, and capital risk so your next move is grounded in reality, not momentum.
Some founders move into a Fractional COO Partnership or CEO Advisory engagement from here. Others leave with a clear risk profile and a re-sequenced path forward and take it from there on their own.
Either way, this is where serious decisions begin.
How We Work Together
One partnership. Calibrated to what your business needs now.
I provide Strategic Operations Partnership and Fractional COO support. Executive-level operational leadership and strategic guidance for women founders and CEOs navigating growth, complexity, and high-stakes decisions.
This is not consulting. It is not coaching. It is a working partnership that combines the strategic judgment of a senior executive with the practical execution support of a Fractional COO.
The depth of the engagement adjusts to what your business needs. Some founders need hands-on operational leadership embedded in the business. Others need a sharp, experienced strategic partner who helps them think, decide, and move forward with confidence.
Both are the same partnership at different levels of intensity.
Strategic Operations Partner
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Fractional COO - High Touch
For women CEOs whose businesses have outgrown founder-led operations, or founders who have acquired a business and need to build operational structure from the ground up.
As your Strategic Operations Partner and Fractional COO, I work alongside you and your leadership team to translate vision into execution. This is the most comprehensive level of support, covering both strategy and operational involvement.
Typical commitment: 15 to 40 hours per month
Minimum engagement: 6 months -
Advisory
For experienced founders who have execution capacity but need a trusted strategic partner at the table. Someone who provides executive-level thinking, challenges decisions, and helps maintain momentum without being embedded in day-to-day operations.
This engagement focuses on strategic clarity, decision sequencing, and forward movement.
Typical commitment: 15 to 20 hours per month
Minimum engagement: 6 months -
Strategic Projects
Focused, time-bound engagements for founders navigating a specific inflection point. An acquisition, a growth transition, an operational transformation, or a critical strategic initiative.
These engagements apply senior operator judgment to assess what matters now, identify misalignment, and define a clear path forward before larger investments are made.
These engagements are selective and limited in availability.
Typical duration: 3 to 6 months
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Questions, Answered
What is a Strategic Operations Partner ?
A Strategic Operations Partner provides both strategic judgment and operational leadership in a single partnership. The role combines executive-level thinking with practical execution support, working alongside founders and CEOs to translate vision into structured execution, sequence decisions in the right order, and build the operational foundation the business needs to grow sustainably. It is not consulting and it is not coaching. It is an active working partnership calibrated to the needs of the business.
What is the difference between the Fractional COO and Advisory engagements?
Both are Strategic Operations Partnerships. The difference is intensity. The Fractional COO engagement is more embedded, with active involvement in operational leadership and execution alongside your team. The Advisory engagement focuses on strategic thought partnership directly with you as the CEO. Neither is project management or administrative support. Both are executive-level partnerships that adjust as the business evolves.
What does it cost to work with a Strategic Operations Partner?
Engagements typically start in the mid four figures per month depending on scope and intensity. For context, a full-time COO costs $200,000 or more per year before benefits, bonuses, and equity. You are investing in decision authority, operational clarity, and disciplined execution, not hours.