Our Fractional Integrators work as a team. Unlike solo practitioners, they are not “on an island.” We provide regular training, support, resources, and professional development. The team meets weekly to tackle thorny client issues together. We all help each other for the benefit of all our clients. So when you work with someone from our team, you continually benefit from the experience and knowledge of the entire team, not just one person.

It’s important to make a distinction between bringing in someone to personally get everything done versus getting an experienced executive to lead, support, and drive accountability. An Integrator helps leaders create structure, clarity, and accountability (LMA), so everyone can all row in the same direction and keep moving the business forward toward the company’s vision. That aspect of the role is about 20% of full-time. The core Integrator role will therefore not fill a 40-hour workweek. Most full-time Integrators fill other roles like Head of Operations or cross-functional project management to make up the other 80% of their time.

Founders who choose to retain a Fractional Integrator separate out the core 20% of the role (LMA) and assign that to the Fractional Integrator and other people on the leadership team take ownership over the core functions of the business and cross-functional project management. This is is typically the right amount of commitment necessary to drive accountability, stay on the same page with the Visionary, and own major rocks (quarterly priorities) to move the ball forward.

The goal of every engagement is to help the client get to the point where they can retain a right-person-right-seat Integrator full-time - someone who is 100% dedicated to them and eats, sleeps, and breathes their organization.

While we sometimes have a team member available to work with a client locally, the likelihood of finding a right-fit Fractional Integrator who happens to live within a few minutes of your corporate headquarters is relatively low. Typically, we spend the first day and quarterly meetings with you and your EOS Implementer^® in-person.

That being said, whether a particular company can successfully engage with a Fractional Integrator virtually depends on the unique disposition of its Visionary and leadership team. For many, particularly companies that already run fully or partially remotely, initial in-person meetings, video-conferences, screen-shares, as-needed in-person meetings, phone meetings, and quarterly in-person sessions feel almost like everyone is together. Ultimately, however, using a virtual Fractional Integrator is not for everyone and each company must decide what works best for them.

People who hire a Fractional Integrator usually do so because they know they need to achieve their vision and they can’t bear delaying that until they finally find someone full-time - OR they don’t yet have a big enough budget to hire an experienced Integrator full-time. They engage a Fractional Integrator to jump-start the process of getting traction in their business. These engagements last for an average of six months to two years. In the final stage of each engagement, we work with the client to help them hire someone full-time or train and elevate someone from within.

We charge our clients a monthly retainer for about one day each week of a Fractional Integrator’s time, plus attendance at EOS sessions on top of that. We charge half of the monthly retainer on the first and fifteenth. Depending on the size, scope, and type of a particular Fractional Integrator’s experience, monthly retainers range from $6,000-$12,000 for about one day per week.

For a detailed breakdown of the factors that drive the cost of retaining a Fractional Integrator up or down in the marketplace in general, and for Wolf's Edge Integrators specifically, click here: How Much Does It Cost To Retain a Fractional Integrator?