Set the mandate
Define which decisions the role owns, where it advises, how much capacity is available, and how success will be reviewed.
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
COMMERCIAL SERVICES / CONSULTING + OPERATIONS
Marketing priorities and delivery capacity often live in different meetings. Fractional leadership gives the agreed business mandate a shared decision rhythm and accountable follow-through.
Provide defined senior leadership capacity across agreed business priorities.
A leadership mandate and decision-rights agreement
A shared priorities and capacity review
An executive decision and action record
A capability and continuity handover plan
A capacity-to-promise review brings demand generation and delivery readiness into the same decision, before a campaign creates work the operation cannot absorb.
Define which decisions the role owns, where it advises, how much capacity is available, and how success will be reviewed.
Connect commercial priorities, delivery constraints, resource choices, and the current action portfolio.
Maintain decision records, develop the internal owners, and document the cadence so the business is less dependent on individual intervention.
The rate-card scope factors are shown below. Client complexity is applied separately.
One defined month of senior leadership capacity for one business unit or a focused marketing/operations mandate.
One defined month coordinating several functions, a broader priority portfolio, and more stakeholder decisions.
One defined month supporting an enterprise or multi-site mandate with executive governance, complex approvals, and separately agreed capacity.
A planning range using the same rate card as the full DOC N.I.L. calculator.
Review delivery of the agreed leadership cadence, decision closure, and mandate-specific operating indicators without implying guaranteed revenue or margin.
A growing service company aligns its launch calendar, team availability, and client delivery commitments under one monthly decision cadence.
The proposal confirms quantities, review rounds, locations, versions, and the service period. Additional work receives a written change scope before it starts.
8% G&A is additional. Third-party costs and applicable tax are confirmed separately. Estimates are planning ranges, not a booking or a guarantee of results.
Fractional leadership provides an agreed share of senior capacity over a defined month. Interim leadership addresses a more concentrated role or transition mandate, typically scoped by week.
Yes, when the mandate, authority, time allocation, and internal ownership make that combined responsibility practical. The proposal defines the boundaries.
Separate products. Connected when the brief calls for them.