You hired the experts. You've got a fractional CFO, a fractional CMO, maybe a part-time ops manager and a media buyer. You did everything right, and yet nothing is moving. Decisions are stalled. Responses take days. You're working more than before. And somehow, you became the glue holding it all together.

You didn't make bad hires. You made a structural mistake, and in this episode, Melissa Franks breaks down exactly what went wrong and how to fix it.

Fractional support is a strategic model, not an operational one. The moment you try to use it for both, the whole thing breaks down. Melissa walks through the two lanes every growing business needs, the strategy lane and the execution lane, and explains why confusing the two is costing founders time, money, and sanity.

Whether you're running an all-contractor team or trying to figure out your next hire, this episode will give you a clear framework for when fractional is your best move — and when it's time to bring someone on full-time.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The difference between strategy-layer and execution-layer roles — and why mixing them up stalls everything
• The 5 ways an all-fractional team breaks down (and why it's not anyone's fault)
• When fractional support is your highest-leverage move — and when it isn't
• The 48-hour gut check: a simple test to determine whether a role needs to be full-time
• Why a seasoned fractional executive at 15 hours/month can outperform a full-time hire you can't yet afford
• The football coach analogy that explains exactly how fractional executives should function in your business
• How to audit your current team and identify where your next full-time hire should be

Connect with Melissa:

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