Hands-On Fractional COO Leadership, Until You’re Ready for Full-Time.

We embed with your team 40–60 hours per month to create operational clarity, stabilize execution, and prepare your business to confidently hire a full-time COO within 18 months.

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Our flagship service is designed for founder-led companies ready to graduate into long-term operational leadership.

Over 12 months, we act as your Fractional COO, working within your leadership team, as champions who ensure your leadership team actually executes your vision day to day, and is growing sustainably based on our Duke's Built To Scale Blueprint.

What Fractional COO Support Looks Like at Duke BCG

Duration: Minimum 12 months (4 phases, one per quarter)

Who this is for:
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This service is designed for founders and leadership teams who have outgrown “figuring it out as we go.”

You know the business needs structure, accountability, and operational leadership, but hiring a full-time COO too early would be risky, expensive, or premature.

We step in, roll up our sleeves, and build the foundation first.

40–60 hours per month of hands-on operational leadership

Direct involvement with leadership and department heads

Clarifying roles, priorities, and decision-making authority

Establishing rhythms for execution, reporting, and accountability

Translating vision into clear quarterly and annual priorities

Preparing the business (and leadership team) for a successful full-time COO transition within 12–18 months

Identifying operational gaps that must be solved before a full-time COO hire

The Four Phases

Foundation & Alignment

Clarify vision, goals, organizational chart, and leadership roles.

Systemize & Build Discipline

Ensure teams are running with proven tools, using data, and sticking to meeting rhythms.

Optimize & Scale Capacity

Refine processes, coach leaders, prepare for a long-term COO.

Transition & Sustain

Support COO hiring and handoff into a well-functioning, accountable structure.

The transformation

You finish with a fully ready to onboard a full-time COO stepping into a
healthy, disciplined, and sustainable environment.

Run Your Business, Not Yourself Into the Ground.

Let’s identify your biggest growth blockers, and
show you how to fix them.

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