Pivoting:What Led Me to Become a Fractional Integrator

It began as the COO of an accounting firm. At the Scaling New Heights Conference, I attended a session on how to run your firm better. The speaker referenced two books that transformed his firmโ€™s trajectory:

โ€ข ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ by Gino Wickman

โ€ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ by Gino Wickman and Mike Paton

I brought these ideas back to our leadership team. At our next conference, QuickBooks Connect, I made sure our visionary attended the session with me. That was the turning point, we decided EOSยฎ (Entrepreneurial Operating System) was exactly what we needed.

As we rolled it out, our leadership team:

โ€ข Gained clarity

โ€ข Built real accountability

โ€ข Established a clear path to sustainable growth

Although I was the COOโ€”often a natural fit for Integrator (though not always!), this process revealed something deeper:

I didnโ€™t just like the role of the Integrator...I was born for it.

The more I leaned into it, the more I saw the power and necessity of the Integrator role for professional services firms.

Thatโ€™s When I Pivoted

I made a big decision:

To step out on my own and help other firms succeed as a Fractional Integrator.

I partner with visionary leaders who are ready to grow but are overwhelmed by the day-to-day. I help by:

1. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด with visionaries to define and drive growth

2. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ambitious ideas into executable strategies

3. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด momentum and traction across every area of the business

If youโ€™re running on EOS and feeling stuck in the day-to-dayโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ“ฉ Letโ€™s talk. You donโ€™t have to do it alone.

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