BUS 290 — Designing a Fractional Leadership Career
Quarter: Summer
Instructor(s): Nicholas Robbins
Date(s): Jul 11—Jul 12
Class Recording Available: No
Class Meeting Day: Saturday and Sunday
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 10:00 am—4:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $510
Refund Deadline: Jul 4
Unit(s): 1
Enrollment Limit: 45
Status: Registration opens May 18, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Summer
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Duration: 2 days
Time: 10:00 am—4:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jul 11—Jul 12
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $510
Refund Deadline: Jul 4
Instructor(s): Nicholas Robbins
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Enrollment Limit: 45
Recording Available: No
Status: Registration opens May 18, 8:30 am (PT)
The future of leadership is flexible, embedded, and on demand. As organizations adopt leaner operating models and seek senior expertise without full-time overhead, fractional leadership is reshaping how companies grow and how experienced professionals design their careers.
In this course, you learn to drive meaningful impact as a fractional leader while sustaining executive-level influence through flexible engagement models. Whether embedded within a single organization or supporting multiple teams, participants examine the mindset shift required to move from traditional employment into fractional work, including how to remain independent while operating as a trusted member of a leadership team.
Through case studies and applied exercises, participants explore how fractional roles are emerging across functions such as marketing, finance, people operations, and strategy. You will develop a clear positioning statement, refine a fractional pitch, test engagement models, and design a 90-day action plan that informs a six-month roadmap.
Designed for experienced professionals, consultants, and leaders considering or evaluating fractional roles, this course provides a practical framework for strengthening a fractional leadership practice.
In this course, you learn to drive meaningful impact as a fractional leader while sustaining executive-level influence through flexible engagement models. Whether embedded within a single organization or supporting multiple teams, participants examine the mindset shift required to move from traditional employment into fractional work, including how to remain independent while operating as a trusted member of a leadership team.
Through case studies and applied exercises, participants explore how fractional roles are emerging across functions such as marketing, finance, people operations, and strategy. You will develop a clear positioning statement, refine a fractional pitch, test engagement models, and design a 90-day action plan that informs a six-month roadmap.
Designed for experienced professionals, consultants, and leaders considering or evaluating fractional roles, this course provides a practical framework for strengthening a fractional leadership practice.