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MMaren Cole Begin with an assessment
Engagements / 03

Two ways to work together. No hidden third option.

Prices are visible because you are a professional buyer and your time is worth more than a discovery call about budget.

Fixed starting point · Limited capacity
01

Operating assessment

Required starting point

$9,500Fixed fee · Two weeks

01

A clear diagnosis before a larger commitment. I work inside the business, identify the operating constraint, and hand you a prioritized plan that stands on its own.

  • Leadership interviews and meeting observation
  • Operating diagnosis memo
  • Scorecard and cadence draft
  • 90-day priority sequence

Execute it with your team, with me, or with someone else. The recommendation does not change.

02

Fractional COO

Two seats at a time

$7,000Per month · 6–18 months

02

Two days a week inside the company. I own the operating cadence, sit on the leadership team, and build toward a dated handover.

  • Weekly leadership cadence
  • Company scorecard and decision rights
  • Quarterly planning and accountability
  • Internal operator development

Depth is the model, not volume. Engagements end with an operator on your payroll owning what I built.

Working terms

Clear before
the work begins.

Capacity
Two fractional seats and one operating assessment at a time.
Sequence
The assessment comes first. No fractional seat is sold without it.
Commitment
Fractional work begins with a six-month term, then continues monthly.
Handover
Every engagement has an exit condition and a named internal owner.
Operating assessment documents laid out on a desk
Fig. 03 · The deliverable is paper you keep, not a deck you forget.
What leaves the room

A system your company can run.

The diagnosis memo, scorecard, cadence calendar, and handover plan remain with the team. If a fractional seat is full, the assessment still runs on schedule and you take a dated place in line. No holding retainer. No waitlist deposit.

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The first conversation

Bring the constraint.
We will start there.

Tell me what keeps returning to your desk and what the company needs to carry without you.

maren@example.com ↗