Process
They have championed process, so the work runs the same way on a good week and a hard one.
A new approach to fractional and interim leadership
Most companies don't have a strategy problem. They have a leadership capacity problem.
We embed seasoned executives who have done this ten times over, as one coordinated team on one framework. You don't recruit anyone or coordinate anyone. Then we hand the work back to your own leaders.
- Executives who have done it at the highest bar.
- One team, one framework, one accountable lead.
- Your people take it over when they're ready.
Operators from P&G, Microsoft, NASA, Meta, J&J and PepsiCo
What we do
Collective Leadership. Four ways to add senior leadership capacity.
Every engagement runs on the same framework, whether it's one function or your whole leadership team.
Fractional Leadership
A seasoned executive, part time, embedded in your team and accountable for results.
Interim Leadership
An operator in the seat now, when a leader leaves or a search is running. We keep the train on the track and help you choose the right permanent fit.
Large Projects
Executive ownership of high-stakes work like ERP, CRM and billing conversions, from change management to technology.
Executive-Led Strategy
Strategy built and run by leaders who have carried the responsibility. Not handed to you in a deck.
Seats we fill
- CEO
- COO
- CFO
- CRO
- Chief Sales Officer
- CMO
- CTO / CIO
- CHRO / Chief People Officer
- Chief Product Officer
- Chief Strategy Officer
- Chief Transformation Officer
The difference
How we're different.
01
One accountable lead for the whole team.
You don't recruit fractionals or coordinate them. We do.
02
The executive who diagnoses is the one who delivers.
No senior partner to sell and a junior team to deliver. No 100-page deck.
03
The team fits the problem, and changes when the problem does.
One function or a full leadership team, scaled up or down as the work moves.
04
Succession is built in from the start.
We manage every transition with intention: handing the work back to your team, supporting an incoming leader, or helping you decide when you have outgrown the need for our support.
Our executives choose this work because they love it. You get part-time leadership that outperforms the full-time hire you could afford.
Who we are
The executive who has done it ten times over.
Industry agnostic by design. Our executives have done this at the highest bar, so inside a growing company they see the low-hanging fruit fast.
A pre-vetted executive bench
A collective bench, screened across functions and industries, matched to your needs.
Systems
They have built the systems a company needs for its next stage, not its last one.
Technology
They have vetted and implemented the technology, and know what a team will actually adopt.
People
Most important, they are great people leaders who build your bench while they work.
They don't need the work.
Our executives have built and run companies at the highest level. They're here because they love this work and want to get your company through its inflection point.
Value in weeks and months.
Process, systems and technology can take up to half of your team's day-to-day off their plate. We use that time to bring your people along, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire or a big firm.
Fully present for you.
TPG runs the front end and back end of the business, so our executives spend their time on your company, not on admin or finding their next client.
How we work
Diagnose. Design. Deploy.
1
Diagnose
A fixed-scope Sprint, two to three weeks, led by the executive who would do the work. You keep the findings either way.
2
Design
We build the plan with you, around your people, budget and systems, and put the right mix of executives on it.
3
Deploy
We embed and do the work, starting with the low-hanging fruit. One accountable lead, one cadence, one scorecard.
Then we hand it back. We build your bench while we work, and embedded engagements typically run 6 to 18 months.
Start with a SprintWays we partner
10
practices
Ten practices
One bench. Every critical function.
Ways to start
Start small. Solve the urgent problem first.
Most clients start with a short, fixed-scope Sprint. No long transformation commitment.
Every Sprint ends with three options: run it yourselves, a focused project, or an embedded leadership team with a planned transfer.
Start with a Sprint
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Featured insights
Ideas from the work.
Read why we built The Proper GroupI wanted the executive who had actually done it. Not the deck. Not the junior. The person.
We are the easy button for getting past your inflection point.
That's the power of the collective.
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