Service · Executive Advisory & Fractional Leadership

Senior leadership capacity, scoped to what you actually need.

Marshall Solutions Group provides executive advisory and decision support — and, under separate scope, fractional operating leadership and business development — for organizations that need experienced leadership without a permanent executive hire.

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Overview

What we build

Sometimes an organization needs a seasoned perspective at the decision table. Sometimes it needs an experienced leader to carry an agreed set of operating responsibilities for a period. These are different needs, and we scope them differently.

Executive advisory keeps management responsibility with your leadership team — we bring recommendations, decision support, and coaching. Fractional leadership is different: MSG leads agreed functions with clearly defined responsibilities, authority, and availability.

Capacity, responsibilities, decision authority, and executive sponsorship are agreed in every engagement. Part-time capacity is not unrestricted full-time coverage, and not every capability is included in every engagement.

Our service supports founder-led businesses building structure and preparing to scale, commercial organizations managing growth and change, and federal, state, and local government agencies strengthening operations and execution. Government contractors can discuss separately scoped program and project support.

Executive Advisory

Recommendations, decision support, and coaching while your leadership team retains management responsibility. Advisory work fits leaders facing consequential decisions — growth bets, restructures, leadership transitions — who want an experienced operator's perspective without handing over the wheel.

Fractional COO

MSG leads agreed operating functions — management cadence, cross-functional coordination, and execution priorities — within defined capacity and authority. See the dedicated Fractional COO page for how the role works, what it covers, and how scope is set.

Fractional Business Development

MSG leads agreed business development activities — target markets and accounts, partnerships and teaming, pipeline and proposal strategy, and a weekly BD review. MSG does not sell, prospect or close on your behalf.

Problems We Solve

Where execution usually breaks

  • Consequential decisions are being made without an experienced operator's perspective at the table.
  • The organization needs operating leadership but isn't ready for a permanent executive hire.
  • A leadership transition or departure has left a capability gap at the top.
  • The owner is still the decision-maker of last resort on everything.
  • Operations lack senior direction, cadence, and accountability.

When Leaders Call Us

Situations that bring us in

Leadership transitionExecutive vacancy or departureGrowth past the founding team's capacityPreparation for a permanent executive hireHigh-stakes decision or restructuring

Capabilities

What sits inside this service

Executive Advisory

Recommendations, decision support, and coaching while your leadership team retains management responsibility.

Fractional COO

Part-time operating leadership with clearly defined responsibilities, authority, and availability.

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Fractional Business Development

MSG leads agreed business development activities — target markets and accounts, partnerships and teaming, pipeline and proposal strategy, and a weekly BD review. MSG does not sell, prospect or close on your behalf.

What's Included

Inside the engagement

Defined Scope & Authority

Capacity, responsibilities, decision authority, and executive sponsorship agreed up front — in writing.

Operating Cadence

The meeting rhythms, reviews, and reporting that keep the agreed functions moving.

Decision Support

An experienced operator's perspective on the decisions that matter most, when they matter.

Transition & Handoff

Systems, documentation, and development of your team so the work outlasts the engagement.

Outcomes

What success looks like

  • Consequential decisions made with experienced support at the table.
  • Operating functions led with clear accountability — without a permanent hire.
  • A leadership team that grows into the capacity we provide.
  • A clean handoff when the organization is ready for a permanent seat.

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Consultation availability is scheduled around our current client commitments.