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Strategic Guidance & fractional Leadership

Leadership support, whenever you need it.

Some organizations bring this in after a workshop, to carry the plan through. Others start here directly, with fractional leadership as COO, Chief of Staff, or VP of Strategic Projects.

Ways to engage

Support scoped to what the organization actually needs.

Where this fits

Healthcare and life sciences, mid-transition.

Engagements span healthcare and life sciences organizations, from early-stage biotech to established operating companies. Most often, work begins during a transition: new leadership, a shifting strategy, or a team that has outgrown its current operating model and needs someone who can hold both the strategic picture and the operational detail at once.

Fractional VP, Strategic Projects

Senior-level ownership of a portfolio of strategic initiatives, connecting priorities and resourcing across teams with separate roadmaps.

Strategic Project & Programs

Hands-on leadership for a defined initiative: a reorganization, a new operating model, or a cross-functional program that needs one accountable owner from start to finish.

Fractional COO / Chief of Staff

Embedded operational leadership for organizations that need someone accountable for turning strategy into day-to-day execution, on a fractional basis.

Continued Support

Engagement continues after a workshop, staying close to make sure the plan is fully implemented.

“With more than 25 years functioning as the trusted right hand, Shannon Lee Topinka operates as a dedicated partner, scoped to exactly what the organization needs next.”

Start a conversation about ongoing support.

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