The Fractional Edge Podcast

Join us for the second part of Eric Oakland's episode!

We cover a lot of ground in this episode - Eric shares his perspective about the benefit of Mastermind Groups, why Fractional work requires strong relational skills, his top 3 pieces of advice regarding working with a Fractional Creative Director, how to navigate boundaries, and how CEOs and Founders can determine the right amount of time for a Fractional to be involved in operations. Lastly, he explains the difference between a CMO and Creative Director.

Time stamps:

[00:01:04] Advice for a fractional creative director.

[00:05:54] Finding your niche.

[00:09:55] Differentiating levels of expertise.

[00:13:52] Executing at a high level.

[00:18:56] Frankenstein kind of roles.

[00:23:30] Fractional executives in startups.

[00:26:07] Relationship with fractional executives.

[00:29:11] Expanding to other channels.

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In this episode of the Fractional Edge Podcast, Co-hosts Carol Fraser and Jason Huett are joined by Eric Oakland, an entrepreneur and Fractional Creative Director. They discuss the benefits of hiring someone fractionally to help focus on the most important tasks and avoid being scattered. Eric shares his unique perspective on breaking molds and how it applies to his role as a fractional creative director. Tune in to learn more about the power of workforce planning and the rapidly growing strategy of fractional executive staffing.

Timestamps:
[00:01:24] Fractional Creative Director
[00:04:09] Reaching the Inc 500. 
[00:08:13] The creative process. 
[00:15:03] Trying out podcasting. 
[00:19:05] Creating a list of projects. 
[00:21:07] Discernment and outsourcing with fractionals. 
[00:24:07] Fractional creative directors. 
[00:30:08] Creative team management. 
[00:32:49] Sailing instead of flailing. 
[00:36:21] Loneliness of being a CEO. 
[00:40:31] Hiring fractional employees.

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In this episode, Co-Founder of The Fractional Edge Podcast, Carol Fraser, gets the tables turned on her and sits in the hot seat!

Carol shares her experience as a Fractioanal Chief Human Resources Officer, shares her insight to leveraging this type of talent, and talks about the impact that HR has on the entire organization. There's a lot to unpack in this episode:

• 00:00:00 - "There is opportunity to bring on the talent that you need on a fractional basis"
  
  
• 00:06:08 - "I thought it was going to be a big fish in a little pond, but now I'm a little fish in a big pod."
  
  
• "I can't work every single day for the rest of my life, because that's honestly what it was." - 00:10:44
  
  
• 00:13:23 - "I lean in as a fractional CHRO as the workforce planning expert, because workforce planning, as I kind of mentioned earlier, it's about taking the business needs and the current and future goals and strategies."
  
  
• 00:16:36 - "I don't want to do busy work. And the only way that we can continue to elevate the impact and value that human resources has on an organization is to continue to be at the table and doing outputs that are directly aligned and showing top and bottom line impact if we're in the room listening to the strategy and plans."
  
  
• 00:18:30 - "did you build the right foundation at the right time?"
  
  
• 00:23:45 - "Everybody likes to profess that they're people strategists. It just happens to be the only thing I focus on."
  
  
• 00:28:13 - "You always need to stay on top of who your people are, what their driving forces are, what is making them wake up in the morning to add value to your organization, and keep a pulse on that."

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In this episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with Natalie Stones, Fractional Head of Talent and Founder of Talent Refinery and Talent Collective.

Natalie shares her expertise around how Fractional HR Executives can provide a tremendous impact for organizations while being much more cost-effective than the traditional full-time role.

Whether you're a business owner, an HR professional, or an executive, this episode has something for everyone. Tune in to hear from Natalie and gain valuable knowledge on how to optimize your workforce and achieve exceptional results at a fraction of the cost!

Natalie's episode drops Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Be sure to subscribe to The Fractional Edge Podcast on your favorite platform!

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Today, we talked with Karina Mikhli,  Fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO), Workflow Consultant, and Founder of the (very) rapidly growing Slack community of fractional leaders, Fractionals United.

During this episode, we talked to Karina about her experience operating as a COO in a fractional capacity, growing her community and business, and sharing some of her advice in deploying fractional COO talent.

Karina also shares her story of how she grew Fractional United for 0 to over 3,000 members in just six months!

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