I agree with that as well, if the time to value is compressed and the changes implemented are long lasting the company retains the structure a good fractional leader installs long after that leader has left.
100%, and all those deferrals have real opportunity cost for a business, especially with innovation speed and trajectory with the advent of AI, your competitor could be pulling away from you because of deferred decision making in today's world.
Also finding the right full time hire can take upwards of 6+ months, if you need strategic decisions made fast you could onboard a sound fractional resource in a few weeks
I think it's a combination of experience+de-risking the full time hire side of things, a full time hire in today's market can feel like a gamble vs having the option to cut ties if things aren't working, especially when you consider full comp packages for VP+ resources.
