For business leaders needing ongoing project management, operational leadership, or fractional operations support without hiring.

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Project + Operational Support

When you’re scaling, projects slip, delivery drifts, and operational pressure quietly piles back onto the founder. Our Project + Operational Support gives you fractional, on-demand senior leadership to keep work moving without the commitment or cost of a full-time hire.

We step into your business as your fractional operations partner - leading projects, running delivery, strengthening your operating rhythm, and giving your team the guidance they need to stay on track.
This is practical, hands-on support for founders who need execution.

How we help

Fractional Operations Leadership

For businesses that need senior operational support but aren’t ready to hire a full-time Operations Lead or COO. We step in, stabilise delivery, support your team, and keep the business running smoothly.

Project Leadership

For founders whose projects keep slipping because everyone is at capacity. We lead the project end to end - planning, delivery, communication, and accountability.

Operational Support

When day-to-day operations feel stretched or inconsistent, we take ownership of delivery, workflows, and routines to reduce pressure on you and strengthen team performance.

Change Delivery

Rolling out systems? Updating processes? Shifting how the business works? We guide your team through the change and support adoption so the new ways of working embed properly.

Building Your Operating Rhythm

Weekly, monthly, and quarterly routines that keep the business flowing without everything landing on your desk. We build the structure that creates alignment and consistency.

Execution Support

Hands-on help from someone senior who can just get things done - we roll up our sleeves, take responsibility, and move priorities forward.

Who it’s for

This is a great fit for leaders who:

  • need fractional operations leadership

  • are not ready to hire an Operations Manager or COO

  • have projects or change initiatives that keep stalling

  • feel the strain of scaling without enough operational support

  • want consistent progress without increasing headcount

  • need someone senior to step in and drive execution

If your business needs momentum, leadership, and stability - this is it.

What you walk away with

  • Projects delivered on time

  • A stronger operating rhythm

  • Less drift and more accountability

  • Reduced pressure on the founder or senior team

  • Practical leadership where you need it most

  • A trusted fractional partner who works with your team, not above them

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We work with you + your team to understand how your business really needs to run + we help you make it happen.

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Business Optimisation Consultancy

For SME’s scaling and looking optimise their business operations and develop their team.

Our core consultancy work. We optimise your full operating system: operational design, systemisation, automation and AI integration, fractional leadership, and ad-hoc consultancy. For founder-led SMEs ready to strengthen how they run.

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Growth Partnership

For SME’s scaling and looking for change management support.

A hands-on partnership where we work inside your business with you and your team for 3-6 months. We review your strategy, develop your people, and build the systems that keep the business running without you being the bottleneck. Month by month, we embed better ways of working, strengthen leadership, and build a roadmap for sustainable growth. This is deep, practical, done-with-you transformation.

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BUILD Programme

For business leaders looking for ongoing project management or operational leadership support.

On-demand strategic and operational leadership for when you need senior expertise without hiring. Whether it’s running projects, leading change, building your operating rhythm, or stepping in as a steady pair of hands, we support the areas of your business that need focus. Ideal for founders who need support with execution or project management.

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The Founders Table

For female founders who are unapologetically ambitious for their business growth + team.

A curated mastermind for ambitious female founders who want to think bigger, sharpen their leadership, and build a business that actually works for their life. It blends strategic conversations, operational insight, and accountability. This is a curated group women in business supporting each other to grow with purpose. To register your interest, use the link below.

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Working With Me Approach

For leaders and teams looking to unlock high performace through inclusion.

This is your operating rhythm for high-performance teams, built for real people in real businesses.

It gives your team a shared playbook so they know how to work with you, how to work with each other, and how to make decisions without everything landing back on your desk. It’s practical, human, and designed to create confidence, trust, and smoother execution across the whole business.

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One framework, one focus: getting the job done.

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Turning human difference into high performance.

Alongside our consultancy, we’re developing Working With Me® - an AI-supported platform that helps teams understand how they work best together.

It’s how we’re redefining what it means to build better workplaces - powered by people and tech that work in sync.

Whether you’re refining what’s working or rethinking how your business runs, we design the systems, structure and rhythm that make it all work better.

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