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BUS 290 — Designing a Fractional Leadership Career

Quarter: Summer
Instructor(s): Nicholas Robbins
Duration: 2 days
Location: On-campus
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
Location: On-campus
 
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.

NICHOLAS ROBBINS
Founder, Venture Growth Advisors

Nick Robbins has spent over two decades building and advising high-growth companies, investors, and teams. His experience includes serving as a general counsel for several VC-backed companies, including LifeLock, product counsel at META/WhatsApp, and co-founding giantgood. Robbins serves on the boards of Goodwill San Francisco Bay and Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona, and he also mentors executives. He has spoken and published on angel investing, entrepreneurship, and remote work.