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Fractional leadership inquiry

For fractional CFO, CMO, COO, and RevOps consultants.

Success goal

Engagements with companies at the right stage

What it asks

Problem first, then follow-ups that fit the answer. Branches are shown inline rather than as a separate flow chart.

  1. What’s changing in the business right now?

  2. Branch: raising or planning to · scaling a team · fixing reporting · preparing for a sale

  3. What does the leadership team look like today?

  4. Roughly how many people and what revenue range?

  5. What would a good first 90 days produce?

  6. Who else is involved in this decision? (optional)

  7. Name, company, work email

Qualification criteria

These are the fit checks. Everything else is for the brief, and unknown answers stay unknown.

  • Stage within the consultant’s sweet spot
  • Gap the consultant fills
  • Leadership involvement

What happens next

Brief by email with a one-line stage read; consultant proposes a 30-minute diagnostic.

What could be learned

Which stages and gaps become retained engagements; whether asking company size early changes who completes the form.

Could be — not will be. Learning needs your reviews and recorded outcomes.