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BENEFITS OF FRACTIONAL TALENT
- Access to specialised expertise
- It’s cost-effective
- Promotes agility
- Accelerates growth and innovation
If it sounds too good to be true – it’s not. It’s called fractional talent, and it’s a solution that Slack, Google and Netflix have all used to boost their business.
Our clients are benefiting too, with fractional HR Directors, Programme Managers and more delivering projects at a fraction of the cost.
What is fractional talent?
ACCESS TO SPECIALISED EXPERTISE
COST EFFECTIVENESS
AGILITY
Accelerated growth and innovation
You can get fresh perspectives and insight to your business. Or launch new initiatives, expand into new markets and drive innovation. These seasoned professionals can be invaluable assets in achieving your business objectives. According to Deloitte, 67% of businesses said they use fractional talent to access skills and knowledge that are not available internally.
benefits to businesses of all sizes
Startups
- Bridging skill gaps: Bridge critical skill gaps in areas like marketing, finance, and product development. Uber used fractional talent to help develop their marketing strategy and branding.
- Cost-conscious hiring: Access top talent without the financial strain of full-time salaries and benefits. Airbnb brought in fractional talent to help them with their legal and regulatory issues when they were expanding into new markets.
- Navigating growth phases: Ensure seamless transitions and continued success as your startup grows. Slack acquired fractional talent to help them with their product development and user experience when they were scaling up their user base.
SMEs
- Enhancing efficiency: Boost efficiency and productivity during peak periods or when specific skills are required.
- Managing specialised projects: Take on specialised projects without disrupting ongoing operations.
- Accessing expertise without long-term commitments: Tailor your workforce based on evolving needs. The Guardian hired fractional talent to help them with their editorial and content strategy.
Corporations
- Innovation and strategic initiatives: Support innovation and strategic initiatives, fostering growth and adaptability. Google used fractional talent to help them with their artificial intelligence and machine learning projects.
- Supporting rapid expansion: Rapidly provide the necessary skills and expertise to support rapid expansion into new markets or launching new product lines. Netflix brought in fractional talent to help them with their international expansion and localisation.
- Managing organisational change: Facilitate organisational change by providing training, leadership coaching, or process improvement expertise.
HIRE fractional talent
The demand for fractional talent will only continue to rise as businesses become more aware of the benefits. As businesses pursue flexible, cost-effective solutions to address their talent needs, fractional talent is poised to become the answer.
We work with fractional talent across Marketing, Sales, Finance, HR and more. You can see some of our latest profiles below:
Global Marketing Director with a successful track record across a number of industries including Drinks, FMCG and Financial Services. Proven marketing, commercial & innovation skills, combined with high level strategic planning experience, and a talent for inspiring, leading and developing people to deliver results. Has led teams of 20-30 people as well as building marketing teams from the ground up that can then deliver across the marketing mix, both in the UK and Global markets. Comfortable working at Board and Executive leadership level, as well as an approachable and collaborative personality to always get the best out their team.
Highly experienced HR professional with a track record of delivery within leading blue-chip organisations who can quickly develop and foster effective and trusted working relationships at all levels. Experience covers organisational design and development, talent attraction and management, leadership development, employee relations, and compensation and benefits. With a passion for improving organisational performance through people, brings experience of both private and publicly listed business within the FMCG sector.
Developed a career within high profile branded food & drinks over 25 years and has worked across UK retail channel with considerable experience working with grocery multiples as well as export/international markets. They bring an entrepreneurial ability, and strong track record quickly identifying commercial opportunities. Additional experience with team management, people development and mentoring alongside significant business planning skills including NPD, and multi-channel RTM exposure driving profitable growth.
CIMA qualified Finance Director with a proven track record in managing finance functions and operating as a Board Director across different business sectors. They have been involved in acquisitions and has been a key player in the sale of two businesses, managing the due diligence process and working closely with advisors on both sides to ensure completion. They have worked closely with strong and experienced owner managers/entrepreneurs as well as for high profile CEO within blue chip organisations. Strong influencing skills and provides leadership, support, mentoring and coaching to the finance team. Comfortable in changing business environments and has recently been involved in the integration of a business into a larger group which involved employee changes, new system implementation and new processes and reporting.
Results orientated CIO with extensive experience gained within international companies across a number of diverse industry sectors including FMCG, Energy and not-for-profit. Managing all aspects of digital technology, data and systems strategy and delivery.
A pragmatic strategist with key skills and achievements in both the positioning of corporate digital agendas at an executive level, and in the delivery of multi-million international programs. A proven team builder, confident to lead from the front in fast paced international environments, exercising active delegation and coaching. Recognised for strong financial management in both program and operational budgets of $100M+, across teams of 500+.
An experienced SME leader with a career spanning spirits, property and not for profit. Can demonstrate a wide commercial skill set with many examples of raising brand profile, driving profitable growth, and building cohesion between teams. Has held CEO/MD posts across businesses of the scale £1m to £25m t/o and has delivered both change and stability to complex organisations over 15 years. Responsibility has covered operations, finance, sales and marketing and has worked with small teams and boards in both executive and non-executive positions. A major strength is in developing high quality teams to deliver to exacting expectations. Also brings significant exposure of having worked within non-executive appointments in various trade-bodies, industry networks, committees across sports associations, charities, government cross-party groups, Bank of England panel, Ombudsman, sector skills councils and the Law Society.
Talk to Denholm
We’re problem-solvers. Whether it’s scarce skillsets, cost-effective solutions, or you just needed them to start yesterday… We are experts in hiring the talent you simply can’t find yourself. Contact Douglas Cross on 07900 604 898 or douglas@denholmassociates.com for more details.