The rise of fractional leaders: Fad or function?

📢 In my piece on The Currency ‘The Rise of Fractional Leaders: Fad or Function?’ I asked those in the know whether fractional is the future of work or just professionals hustling between full time gigs.

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💻 Mark Herschberg fractional CTO, on how advancements in technology make Tech Leaders ideal for fractional.
💡Barry Winkless Cpl's Head of the Future of Work Institute provides his predictions for fractional leaders.
☘ Jennifer Mitchell on Irish abroad using fractional services for Irish businesses expanding internationally.
💵 Tony Dignam FCA MD of Agile Executives on what fractional fees are in Ireland, price sensitivity and the grants available to Irish businesses.
👋 Erica Jenkins an entrepreneur who had a lucrative exit and now provides outcome driven fractional work from her beach house in North Carolina.

💡Senior leadership don't have all the answers, and will admit to being rusty when it comes to technical execution (ego permitting). Three reasons why working with fractional mid-level professionals and ICs makes sense...

Mid-Level Professionals + Individual Contributors (ICs):
🔧 1) ICs are often technically skilled subject matter experts; when budgets are tight, crucial skills get sacrificed to the detriment of the business. Leverage fractional ICs to avoid de-skilling your resources.
🗣 2) Most CEOs have a circle of external senior level advisors, savvy CEO's also engage mid-level advisors who help them stay informed of best practice advancements at operational and tactical levels.
📚 3) Dynamic resource allocation (DRA) is far more achievable when leveraging a bench of execution level fractionals.

This article was published on The Currency News, a reputable online news publication focused on in-depth business, finance, economics, and public policy.

The rise of fractional leaders: Fad or function?

Fractional roles are trending hard. Is this the future of work or just professionals hustling between full-time gigs?

If you spend any time on LinkedIn, you won’t have missed the slew of new job announcements, a welcome reprieve from the harrowing redundancy posts. However, if you look a bit closer, there is a common theme, the word ‘fractional’ is featured in titles, and no function is off limits. Fractional Chief <enter function> Officer, Fractional <enter function> Leader, or its initialism fCXO. In 2022, almost 2,000 individuals identified as fractional leaders on LinkedIn. Now, that has risen to more than 110,000. What is driving the fractional leader trend and should you be considering becoming one or hiring one?…continue reading on The Currency.