Episode 74: Fractional Leadership: How to Recruit Senior Level Management with Scott Packett

In this week’s episode, Mike talks with Scott Packett and how your company might be struggling with finding the right senior leadership. Scott talks to us about what fractional leadership is and how it might be right for your company.

Scott Packett, VP of Business Development

Scott spent 7 years serving in the US Air Force and TN Air National Guard in logistics and training. In 2011, he graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science.

He has been with RCI for over 3 years after spending 7 years in workforce development, where he gained significant experience in sales and marketing as he helped industries develop strategic training plans for their skilled workforce.

He and his wife, Allyssa, currently reside in Athens with their two sons, Ayden and Avery, where they are active in the community. As the VP of Business Development, Scott uses his experience and network to help expand the brand of RCI in order to help businesses and industries increase their enterprise value.

• How to define fractional leadership?
• How it gives the organization, the leadership, the opportunity to find somebody to fit in and help them get there quickly.
• How bringing in a fractional leader who comes out of mid or larger, can be the perspective that you need.
• The disciplines that fractional leadership might be a good fit for.

• “Our first thing is we wanna come in and listen and understand what that need is because if we don’t understand what their goal is, what their end game is, we’re not gonna be much help in delivering results.” – Scott Packett
• “I think it’s very advantageous to our clients when we can talk about, give them stories of how we’ve been successful, even in our personal lives or professional lives.” – Scott Packett
• “We see ourselves as problem-solvers, but we’re people who integrate with the company’s team in order to help them solve problems ’cause if we solve all the problems or we give all the answers.” – Scott Packett

• Scott’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-packett-2ab08439/
• Scott’s Email: spackett@thinkrci.com
• Scott’s Book Recommendation: Fractional Leadership: Landing Executive Talent You Thought Was Out of Reach

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