Some leadership gaps are urgent and expensive, but they’re not always “hire a full‑time executive” problem. They are “get the right expert in the seat quickly, fix what’s broken, then decide what you really need” type of problem.
That’s where 2GO Advisory Group’s combination of fractional executives and a full‑service recruiting division gives clients an edge.
With 30 years in talent acquisition, our recruiting practice delivers direct‑hire, fractional, interim, and contract talent across all disciplines of a business—from operations to technical and everything in between. If a client has an internal talent function, we plug in as a recruiting partner. If they don’t, we help design and implement a recruiting process that fits how their business actually runs. This blend of leadership and recruiting is the backbone of the 2GO model. It makes our placements low‑risk because our fractional leaders are evaluating the organizational design, and partnering with our recruiters to hire for the needs of the company.
What makes the 2GO Advisory Group model different
Most CEOs now know what a fractional executive is. What they rarely see is a model that integrates fractional leadership with end‑to‑end recruiting:
- Integrated C‑suite and talent bench
CFOs, COOs, CHROs, CIOs/CTOs, revenue leaders, and a dedicated recruiting team under one roof, so leadership gaps and supporting roles are addressed.
- Advisory, execution, and recruiting together
Partners step into operating roles, lead critical initiatives, and work with our recruiting division to scope, source, and hire the permanent executive.
- From “fractional first” to “full‑time done right.”
That closed loop between fractional leadership and recruiting is what increases the efficiency of hiring for the company.
When fractional plus recruiting beats full‑time
1. Founder‑run finance is blocking growth
- A fractional CFO’s responsibilities include reporting and forecasting, installing core disciplines within finance and accounting and hiring.
2. A scaling company needs structure.
A fractional COO (often with a fractional CFO) designs the operating system: capacity planning, pricing, project governance, and dashboards.
- Recruiting helps hire the right operations leaders, practice managers, or eventual COO.
3. A tech or product company has outgrown its original technical leader
The company has traction, but the original CIO, CTO or CPO is not the right fit for the next stage.
- A fractional CIO/CTO/CPO assesses architecture, roadmap, and process, and stabilizes delivery.
How the journey typically works
In the 2GO model, fractional and recruiting are stages of the same journey:
- Engage a fractional executive to diagnose, stabilize, and lead in a focused, part‑time model.
- Clarify the permanent roles (C‑suite and below) based on real‑world learning.
- Use our recruiting division to run targeted searches for those roles.
- Transition smoothly as fractional leaders overlap with full‑time hires to maintain momentum.
The fractional leader, hiring manager, and recruiter operate as one integrated team, making the handoff from interim to permanent seamless. This enables the expectations to be aligned, and the new leader steps into a role that has already been tested.
For your Talent needs in direct hire, full-time or part-time contract staffing, contact Executive Recruiter, Leesa Meintzer at leesa@2gorecruiting.com.
Leesa Meintzer is an executive recruiter with more than 20 years of experience in talent acquisition. She excels in partnering across various business functions and brings a comprehensive perspective to talent acquisition. She works with Engineering, Healthcare, Product, Finance, Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Legal, Human Resources, Learning & Development, and Talent Acquisition for corporate and high-growth start-ups.
2GO Advisory Group™ is a San Francisco Bay Area-based pioneer of fractional C-suite services. For 35 years our flagship CFOs2GO® lineage has grown to COOs2GO™, CHROs2GO™, CIOs2GO™, and Talent2GO™, pairing consulting partners with recruiting to deliver tailored executive solutions. We help organizations navigate change and execute strategy across industries in the U.S. and internationally, with local representation in most metros Copyright.
