What Going Fractional Actually Looks Like
The honest story — in 10 emails
Most content about fractional working is polished, optimistic, and written by people who spend more time talking about it than doing it.
This isn’t that.
This is Simon Wakeman’s real account of leaving a corporate COO role in January 2023 with no work lined up, no pipeline, and no plan. The soft landing that masked a harder challenge. The crisis moment nine months in. The five things that turned it around in six weeks. And the
lessons that only came from going through it.
Ten emails. Sent over a 2-3 week period. Free.
What you'll get
- Why Simon really left his corporate job, and what his resignation note actually said
- The crisis moment that nearly sent him back to employment
- The five specific actions that brought in clients within six weeks
- What a realistic fractional practice actually looks like day to day
- The biggest myth about fractional success (it has nothing to do with your job title)
- Why your network isn’t as transferable as you think, and what to do about it
- The system behind the Fractional Executive Launchpad, explained honestly
If you’re a senior executive thinking seriously about the fractional path, this is the most useful place to start.