The Fractional Chief of Staff Playbook
🗓️ Join us on October 21st!
How do you go from one full-time role to managing five clients across five industries - and do it successfully? Zoe Jakubowich will share the real mechanics of running a fractional Chief of Staff practice: time-boxing, business development, pricing, and the lessons that took two years to learn. This will be a conversational fireside chat, no prep needed, but do bring your questions! If you're on the fence about going fractional, or already fractional and stuck on something specific (pricing, pipeline, capacity), come ready to say it out loud. That's the most useful thing you can bring.
💡 Folks will leave with:
clients without losing quality or burning out
The importance of networking in a trust-based business, and how to build a sales approach that doesn't feel like selling
Honest takes from someone 2 years in
🎯 Who is this session is for:
Great for anyone full-time and weighing the leap to fractional, or already fractional and wanting to pressure-test how you structure and grow your own practice. Might not be as relevant for someone new to the CoS function who is still getting oriented to autonomy and context switching.
🎙️ More about the Speaker
Zoe Jakubowich is a Fractional Operator who partners with CEOs when a business is growing faster than its team, helping leaders gain leverage and serving as a trusted thought partner. She runs cross-functional projects, fills operational gaps, and builds systems that scale with them. Experience includes full-time Head of Strategy & Business Operations at TULA Skincare, joining as employee 25 and part of the deal team for the P&G acquisition.
Sample of client work includes (1) Retention Product Management for Series A Supplement and Microbiome wellness brand, (2) Recruiting and Team Building for a luxury fragrance and florals brand, (3) Early-Stage Investor with a consumer VC fund specializing in health, beauty and wellness, and (4) 3PL selection, demand planning, packaging sourcing for early-stage skincare brands.
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