01
Mandate
Define what Lumos is there to achieve.
- Agree the remit and intended outcome
- Define responsibilities and accountability
- Establish what sits within the mandate
FRACTIONAL LEADERSHIP
Experienced leaders for
important outcomes.
Senior judgement. Leadership capacity. Flexible involvement.
Senior leadership that works within your organisation, around the work that matters and alongside your existing leaders and teams.
01/The shift
Important work does not always need another permanent role.
Business priorities can require senior leadership, judgement or additional capacity without requiring another permanent appointment.
Fractional Leadership brings experienced leaders into the organisation around a defined need, with the role and level of involvement shaped to fit what the work requires.
02/How it works
The mandate leads.
Fractional Leadership starts with the mandate as it stands. We clarify what needs to be achieved, then shape the role and level of involvement around what the work requires.
02
Leadership
Bring the right senior capability into the work.
- Work alongside existing leaders and teams
- Bring the experience and judgement the mandate requires
- Add complementary leadership capability where needed
03
Flex
Adjust the support as the need develops.
- Increase or reduce involvement as circumstances change
- Change the mix of leadership capability where required
- Set the duration to fit the mandate
03/When Fractional Leadership fits
When important work needs experienced leadership around it.
Fractional Leadership brings additional leadership capability into existing priorities, programmes and initiatives where the organisation needs greater capacity, experience or direction.
Business programmes & execution
A programme needs an independent health check
An experienced senior view of programme health, delivery conditions and emerging risks, highlighting strengths and areas that may need greater attention.
A complex business programme needs experienced leadership
Programme leadership for work spanning multiple parts of the organisation, connecting business priorities, operations, service, commercial considerations, people and digital delivery.
AI, digital &
transformation
transformation
AI or digital initiatives need stronger leadership
Additional leadership across AI, digital or technology initiatives where prioritisation, business alignment, governance or delivery needs strengthening.
A business priority needs digital direction
Senior digital leadership to translate business priorities into clear digital and technology decisions, connecting investment, governance and execution.
Customer, product & experience
A business or customer opportunity needs creative shaping
Senior creative and experience leadership to bring together business priorities, customer needs, research and existing ideas, shaping them into a clear brief, opportunity and experience direction.
An opportunity needs to become a tangible concept
Creative and experience leadership to turn an emerging idea into compelling product, service or experience concepts, using prototyping and validation to make the direction clear enough to assess, refine and progress.
04/Who you work with
Experienced leadership, close to the work.
You work directly with the Lumos founder whose experience best fits the need across business programmes and execution, AI and digital transformation, or customer, product and experience.
Each engagement stands on its own, with additional Lumos capability brought in only where it adds value.
Business programmes & execution
Connie Robinson
Programme leadership & capability
Senior leadership across complex business programmes, connecting programme direction and execution across operations, service, commercial, organisational and digital change.
- Programme direction & execution
- Complex cross-functional delivery
- Organisational capability & readiness
AI, digital & transformation
Ray Muirhead
AI, digital & transformation leadership
Senior digital leadership across AI, digital and technology initiatives, working with the business owner of the mandate to translate priorities into clear digital direction, governance and delivery.
- AI & digital direction
- Business & technology alignment
- Prioritisation, governance & delivery
Customer, product & experience
Jesca Leibbrandt
Creative innovation & experience leadership
Senior creative and experience leadership for business and customer opportunities that need to be understood, shaped and made tangible. Jesca works with senior stakeholders to turn emerging opportunities into clear briefs, compelling concepts and experience directions that can be tested and progressed.
- Experience strategy & opportunity shaping
- Creative direction & concept development
- Design leadership & prototyping
05/Start the conversation
Start with the need in front of you.
You don’t need a fully defined role or engagement to start the conversation. Tell us what you need leadership around, and we’ll explore whether Fractional Leadership is the right fit and who is best placed to help.
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