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Choose the role by the job it has to do. A coach, advisor, consultant, and fractional executive can all sound useful until the bill arrives and nobody can say what changed.
Same questions for each term: what it does, when it fits, when it does not fit, and the route if the decision belongs with ST.
Works through attention, behavior, and decision habits with the owner doing the work.
Helps the owner make sense of the business question before the next move gets expensive.
Works on a defined project and produces a deliverable, recommendation, or plan.
Holds a part-time operating role inside the company.
Keeps coaching, advisory, consulting, and collaboration as modes under one business spine.
Sets price after the people, stakes, preparation, and work boundary are known.
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