Fractional Integrator Services for Companies Running on EOS®
Fractional Integrator Services for Companies Running on EOS®
A part-time Integrator who runs your operating system - Level 10 Meetings™, Scorecard, Rocks, To-Dos - while your business grows into a full-time seat.
The framework
What is a Fractional Integrator?
The Integrator runs the business day to day. The Visionary drives ideas and relationships. A Fractional Integrator fills the Integrator seat part-time.
The Entrepreneurial Operating System® was created by Gino Wickman and popularized through his 2007 book Traction, then scaled through EOS Worldwide, which he co-founded with Don Tinney in 2008. EOS Worldwide reports well over 100,000 companies now run on some version of the framework, most of them privately held businesses in the 10–250 employee range.
The system is organized around Six Key Components - Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction - and runs on a small set of recurring tools: the V/TO (Vision/Traction Organizer), the Accountability Chart, the Scorecard, quarterly Rocks, and the weekly Level 10 Meeting™. A full EOS® implementation with a Certified EOS Implementer® typically runs about two years, built around a Focus Day, two Vision Building days, and ongoing quarterly and annual sessions.
None of those tools run themselves. Someone has to own the Level 10 Meeting™ agenda every single week, keep the Scorecard current, and chase every Rock and To-Do to completion - that ownership is the Integrator seat, and it's the seat most growing companies either leave empty or ask their Visionary to fill on top of everything else they're already doing.
Fit check
Who a Fractional Integrator is actually for
Not every company needs one, or can afford one full-time. Here's who tends to benefit most.
Visionaries at an Inflection Point
Growing past the size where instinct and hustle alone keep things together, but not yet ready to hand the second seat to a full-time hire.
SMBs already running on EOS®
Leadership Team is in place, quarterly Rocks are set, but no one owns execution between sessions - Level 10 Meetings™ drift and To-Dos slip.
Founders running the Visionary and Integrator seat at once
Visionaries are rarely built to hold people accountable, least of all themselves - a Fractional Integrator takes that weight off directly.
Companies not ready for a full-time COO
Team size, budget, or complexity doesn't yet justify a full-time Integrator - fractional gets the same accountability at a fraction of the commitment.
Symptoms
Signs the Integrator seat is open - even if no one's said it out loud
The Visionary is quietly doing two jobs
Founders who are the Visionary by design often end up running execution too, because no one else owns it - and something gives first: usually follow-through on Rocks.
The Level 10 Meeting™ isn't actually 90 minutes
A properly run Level 10 Meeting™ has a fixed agenda and a fixed length. If yours regularly runs long, gets rescheduled, or drifts into open-ended discussion, no one's holding the format.
The Scorecard is a spreadsheet nobody opens
The Scorecard is meant to surface a problem the week it starts, not the quarter it becomes unavoidable. If numbers go red and stay red, ownership is missing.
Rocks are set with enthusiasm, finished less often
It's easy to set ambitious 90-day priorities at a quarterly session. It's harder to check on them weekly and hold the owner to a percent-complete number - that requires a dedicated seat.
Scope of work
What the seat actually covers, week to week
Not advisory hours. Not a slide deck at the end of the quarter. This is the operating work of the Integrator seat, done consistently, every week.
Own the Level 10 Meeting™
Hold the agenda, keep it inside 90 minutes, and make sure the Issues List produces IDS decisions instead of another round of discussion next week.
Own the Scorecard
Review the 5–15 weekly numbers against goal, flag anything off-track immediately, and assign a name and a date to fix it.
Drive Rocks and To-Dos to completion
Check in with each Rock owner weekly, unblock what's stuck, and report a clear on-track/off-track status - no surprises at quarter-end.
Keep the Accountability Chart current
Confirm the right person is in the right seat for what the business needs today, and flag GWC gaps to the Visionary early, not after a hire goes wrong.
Translate vision into an executable plan
Take ideas from the V/TO and turn them into a sequenced quarterly plan the rest of the Leadership Team can actually run against.
Resolve cross-functional friction
Sit at the intersection of sales, ops, and delivery to solve the issues that stall projects - work a Visionary rarely has the bandwidth or neutrality to do well.
How engagements are scoped
Engagement models
Scoped to how far along your Leadership Team is with EOS® — from coaching an existing Integrator to running the seat directly.
Integrator Coaching
~15 hrs / month
Half a day a week
Someone is already in the Integrator seat but needs coaching to run it well - shadowing Level 10 Meetings™, building the habit.
Fractional Integrator
~30 hrs / month
A day a week
No one owns the seat yet. A Fractional Integrator runs the Level 10 Meeting™, Scorecard, and Rocks directly, in the business every week.
Advanced / Embedded
Custom scope
Multiple days a week
Leadership Teams with a deep grasp of Traction®, Get a Grip®, or Rocket Fuel® who need heavier week-to-week execution support across departments.
By region
Pick your region for local pricing and specifics
Engagement cadence, pricing, and local context differ enough by region that each gets its own page.
United States
Fractional Integrator for US Companies Running on EOS®
From $2,500
United Kingdom
Fractional Integrator for UK Companies Running on EOS®
From £2,000
Europe
Fractional Integrator for European Companies Running on EOS®
From €2,200
Australia
Fractional Integrator for Australian Companies Running on EOS®
From A$3,200
The signature artifact
The Scorecard doesn't lie
This is the artifact a Fractional Integrator owns every week - five to fifteen numbers, reviewed against goal, with a name and a date attached the moment one goes off-track.
| Metric | Goal | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New leads / wk | 25 | 28 | 31 | 22 | 27 |
| Rocks on-track % | 80% | 75% | 80% | 85% | 90% |
| Cash position | $150k | 142k | 138k | 129k | 121k |
| L10 start on time | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Client churn | <2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Illustrative sample — your Scorecard is built around the 5–15 numbers that actually predict your business, not this list.
Roles compared
Fractional Integrator vs. EOS Implementer® vs. full-time hire
These three roles get confused constantly. They're complementary, not interchangeable.
| Role | Focus | Commitment | Reports to | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOS Implementer® | Teaches the system | Quarterly sessions | Whole Leadership Team | Companies new to EOS® needing the framework installed correctly |
| Fractional Integrator | Executes the system | 0.5–1 day/week + on-call | The Visionary | Companies with EOS® running but no one owning execution day to day |
| Full-time Integrator / COO | Executes the system | Full-time | The Visionary | Companies past the growth stage where a full-time seat is justified |
Getting started
How an engagement actually starts
Diagnostic week
Sit in on a Level 10 Meeting™, review the current Scorecard and Rocks, and interview each Leadership Team member to find where execution is actually breaking down.
Operating rhythm reset
Rebuild the Scorecard around numbers that predict problems early, reset the meeting agenda and pulse, and set the next quarter's Rocks with clear owners and dates.
Weekly execution
Run the Level 10 Meeting™ every week, chase Rock and To-Do completion, resolve the Issues List, and report a plain-language status to the Visionary between sessions.
Quarterly course correction
Facilitate the quarterly pulse, reset priorities based on what actually moved the needle, and document the seat so a future full-time hire can step in cleanly.
Source material
The books this is built on
If your Leadership Team hasn't read these yet, start here — everything on this page assumes the same foundation.
Traction
Gino Wickman
Introduced EOS® and the Six Key Components - Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, Traction. Most leadership teams start here.
Rocket Fuel
Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters
Goes deep on the Visionary/Integrator relationship specifically - why the two seats can't stay one person long-term.
Get a Grip
Gino Wickman & Mike Paton
A business fable following a company through a full EOS® implementation - useful for teams that learn better from story than framework.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What does a Fractional Integrator actually do?+
A Fractional Integrator takes the Integrator seat in your EOS® Leadership Team on a part-time basis. They run the Level 10 Meeting™, own the Scorecard, hold the Leadership Team accountable to Rocks and To-Dos, and turn the Visionary's ideas into an executable plan - without the cost of a full-time COO hire.
How is a Fractional Integrator different from an EOS Implementer®?+
An EOS Implementer® teaches the Leadership Team how the EOS® model works and facilitates quarterly sessions over a roughly two-year implementation. A Fractional Integrator sits inside the business week to week, executing the plan between those sessions.
Is EOS® only for a specific size of company?+
EOS® is built for privately held, entrepreneurial companies roughly 10 to 250 employees. Below that range, a Visionary can usually run both seats alone; above it, most companies justify a full-time Integrator.
How much of EOS® actually requires an Integrator to work well?+
The framework itself can be self-implemented from the books and free tools. What tends to break down without a dedicated Integrator is consistency - running the Level 10 Meeting™ and Scorecard the same way every single week, quarter after quarter.
Is a Fractional Integrator the same as a Fractional COO or Chief of Staff?+
Closely related but not identical. A Fractional COO or Chief of Staff can operate without any specific framework. A Fractional Integrator specifically runs the EOS® toolset - Level 10 Meetings™, Scorecard, Rocks, V/TO - inside a company already committed to that system.
Do you work with companies outside the US?+
Engagements are considered wherever there's enough timezone overlap for a consistent weekly Level 10 Meeting™ cadence with the Leadership Team - reach out and we'll confirm fit for your location.
See if the seat is a fit - 30 minutes, no pitch deck
We’ll walk through your current Level 10 Meeting™, Scorecard, and Rocks, and tell you plainly whether a Fractional Integrator would help right now - or whether it’s too early.
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