Fractional
Episodes
Rachel Gogel: Designing Your Career on Your Own Terms
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailWhat happens when you stop waiting for a seat at the table and start building your own? In this episode, we sit down with Rachel Goge...
Ana Bennett: The Art of Starting Over
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textFrom Colombia to London to coastal Spain, Ana Bennett has reinvented herself at every stage. As co-founder of Go Bananas and fractional hea...
Remote Rebellion & Digital Entrepreneurship with Michelle Coulson
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textMichelle Colson shares how she moved from office work to building Remote Rebellion, a community and job fair platform connecting job seeker...
Early Founder Playbook with Vito Peleg
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Lance Robbins chats with Vito Peleg, Co-Founder and CEO of Atarim. Vito shares his journey from touring Europe as a roc...
Paul Millerd: Choosing The Pathless Path
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPaul Millerd was kind enough to come on Fractional and share his journey and thoughts on following the pathless path. This is a concept ...
Supporting Parents in the Workplace: Beth Wanner's Vision
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week I’m joined by Beth Wanner, founder of Mother Cover.Beth shares her story of working in the world of tech as a successful VP ...
Kate Sargent: Building a Business on Generosity
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of the Fractional Podcast, host Lance Robbins welcomes guest Kate Sargent, founder of KJS Consulting and Coaching and th...
Darren Murph: Talent Mobility and the Rise of Fractional Leadership
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Lance Robins meets with Darren Murph to discuss talent mobility, fractional leadership, and the shifting contract betwee...
She’s a unicorn, we need her in office M-F
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Lance interviewed an amazing candidate who has to relocate for no reason other than filling a warm seat in office.Then w...
The Pathless Path and Vibe Coding
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoshua's started reading The Pathless Path, and it's changing how he thinks about work. He's also been vibe coding, and ...
Mary Alice Duff: Fractional COO & Living the Life of My Dreams
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a texthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-alice-duff/Many fractional leaders feel the pull to build bigger, scale faster, and take on more — un...
[Greg Storey] Open to Work is the Tip of the Sword
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe're joined in this episode by Greg Storey, of Brilliant Crank. We asked him on to talk about his article on "Open to Work&qu...
Coaching for Fractionals
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Lance and Joshua looked at the state of fractional work in 2025, discussed Greg Storey's article on the industry ...
Bryan McDonald: Clarity, Confidence, Action
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we chatted with Bryan McDonald (OnPurposeGrowth.com, McDonaldBryan.com) to talk through clarity that leads to momentum i...
Forced Fractional: Kelly Schuknecht on building your business after a layoff
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we're joined by Kelly Schuknecht, CEO of Two Mile High Marketing.In this episode, we sat down with Kelly and touched on what ...
Lindsay Rios: Fractional Pricing Formula
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, we’re joined by Lindsay Rios, a Fractional Revenue Leader who helps early-stage startups. Lindsay shares her journey ...
Relentlessly Generous: Mike Malloy on Entrepreneurship & Impact
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday, we’re joined by Mike Malloy, Founder of Malloy Industries and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches busi...
Michael Gold: Fractional vs. Freelance: What’s the Difference and Does It Matter?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday, we’re joined by Michael Gold, Fractional Project Manager at Gold Project Management and founder of Fractional Hub, a new commun...
Mindy Honcoop: Why Culture Drives Revenue—And How Fractional Leaders Make It Happen
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis part 4 and our final installment of the Fractional People People collaboration. Today, we’re joined by Mindy Honcoop, a Fractiona...
Vicki Yang: Leading with ‘why’ vs. chasing money
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday, as we continue our collaboration with the Fractional People People community, we're joined by Vicki Yang. Vicki is a Fractio...
Kim Minnick: Stop acting like human resources, act like a business
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we're joined by Kim Minnick, Fractional People Leader, FPP Community Lead, Founder at Code Traveler HR, and Podcast host at J...
Elles Skony: The power of community
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a texthttps://fractionalpeoplepeople.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellesskony/ https://organizedchaosconsulting.net/We're kicking off ...
Larry Miller: Trying to boil the ocean
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textUpdate: I accidentally pulled the audio from a different show. It is now properly updated with the episode from Larry Miller. Joshua an...
Joys and learnings from Fractional podcasting
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance and Joshua dive into the learnings they've had from the last year of Fractional as a podcast, things they've enjoyed the...
Michelle Keefer: Starting a Stress Diet
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe had Michelle back on the show today as a followup to last episode. We talked about how she implements stress diets in work and life,...
Michelle Keefer: Time blocking and managing clients
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week we're joined by a former colleague and friend, Michelle Keefer. She's been helping to build and deliver for marketin...
Shauna Moran: What you NEED to know about burnout
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week Joshua is on vacation while Lance is joined by Shauna Moran, author of Managing Employee Burnout. Shauna is also a leadershi...
Monika Avalos: A confused mind does not buy
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we're joined by Monika Avalos, a life and business coach at monikaavalos.com. We dove into a bunch of fantastic topics!Impost...
Taylor Crane: Learnings from founders and 7,000 fractionals
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we were rejoined by Taylor Crane, who was a guest on episode 50. We dove in talking about how you can learn about your impact as a...
Arlen Byrd: Utility versus value
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we're joined by a special guest, Arlen Byrd. Arlen is a longtime friend and former colleague of both Lance and Joshua. We wor...
Julia Chesbrough: Marketing and runway for your fractional business
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week we were re-joined on the podcast by Julia Chesbrough, a subscription product designer.We were so excited to have her come back...
Caitlin Lyttle: Turning Your Job into Fractional
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this fantastic episode we're joined by Caitlin Lyttle to talk about her recent journey into fractional; working with her previou...
Floor versus ceiling, and fractional as a lever
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Lance and Joshua talked about the purpose of this podcast and what we hope it's accomplishing for our listeners. W...
Kindness and the Taste Gap
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Lance and Joshua talk about the importance of having time to think, AI realizations about our jobs, the importance of ki...
Julia Chesbrough: Subscription business model for fractionals
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week we're joined on the podcast by Julia Chesbrough, a subscription product designer. This topic was especially interesting t...
Heather Corallo: How to find your customers
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHeather returns to share how she finds customers, what to do when the market contracts under you and how to pivot, defining your custome...
Recognizing the signs of burnout
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOn this episode we discuss burnout and Joshua and Lance’s experience with it in the past. we talked about how to know when you’re fe...
Alan Paulin: Fractional as a path to starting your own company
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week we met with Alan Paulin, CEO of Flint.cc. We dove into a ton of topics.We discussed Alan's journey to founding his own co...
Northern Lights and the cost of free
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance and Joshua shared some personal updates in a shorter episode for this week, including some recent lessons learned. This is a more...
Julia Arpag: Culture ad instead of culture fit & always selling as a fractional
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we're joined by Julia Arpag, CEO & Cofounder of Aligned Recruitment. We discussed her journey from employment t...
Charleh Knighton: Inputs and outputs, pacing yourself as a fractional
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCharleh Knighton, a fractional CMO, joins as a guest this week to talk about her journey as a fractional. Some fantastic topics discuss...
Heather Corallo: Value based pricing and structuring engagements as a fractional
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we were joined by Heather Corallo, founder of The Canoe Project, and an executive coach and people leader. She joined us to discu...
Taylor Crane, Founder fractionaljobs.io: Fractional gives you freedom, pricing fractional, and fractional vs. layoffs
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHard to believe we're 50 episodes in already! Thank you for our fantastic listeners and to all of our amazing guests. On this week...
Reimagining yourself for a new future
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThanks all for listening in! We've had some fantastic new listeners over the past month.In this episode we dove into a few things, ...
Kim Rohrer: I am not my work
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week's episode was a fantastic dive into Kim's advice for mid-career fractionals and fractional hopefuls. We talked about...
Larry Miller: Not being a prisoner of the moment
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we dove into a bunch of topic with Joshua's friend and colleague, Larry Miller. We talked about having a day job versus being...
Jane Davydiuk: Interview 100 people to find service market fit
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this fantastic episode of Fractional we were joined by Jane Davydiuk to discuss her fractional journey. Some topics we touched on:Int...
Lindsay Dagiantis: Portfolio of Impact - Parenting, Caregiving, Post-Covid Reality and Reflection
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we were joined by Lindsay, a fantastic guest who shared her own journey as an HR Fractional leader. We dove into the tension betwe...
Lindsay Ruiz, EdD: Disagreement versus dissent or abuse
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this amazing episode we dove into a conversation with Lindsay Ruiz about her journey into fractional work, the teams she's helpe...
Being lucky versus being awesome
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday was a deep dive into remote work culture and some of the areas we hope to improve. Topics:Joshua is slowing down his email intakeL...
Care a lot and breathe
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOn this call we had a check-in on a few fun topics:1. An anxiety check-in on what drives us to feel anxiety with work2. Managers have sc...
Eric G. Friedman: Go Fractional
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we were joined by Eric G. Friedman to talk about what it takes to start a career as a fractional, the ins and outs of it, and how ...
The lucky 10,000 manifesto
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNotes:Health and fitness check-inWhat’s in a name? Josh or JoshuaDon’t jinx yourselfNeuralink’s new brain implant The stupidity m...
Hybrid transparency
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textShownotes and items we discussed:Navigate the Nonsense. https://www.shootonline.com/video/top-spot-week-wk-portland-director-craig-gille...
Doing enough each day
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we talked about hitting your limit each day and respecting it, touched on the attempt at back to office trends and trust...
You're going to be ok!
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe're back! Joshua and Lance dove into their plans for the year. We went over a few fun topics, not to spoil it too much, but they ...
Not Operating from Fear
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoshua was on vacation during the recording of this episode, but his brother Jonathan joined as a guest and chatted with Lance for a fan...
Creating a life that satisfies
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics we covered in today's podcast:Lance's AI adventure Company's forcing RTODreaming of life in our 40sLance's n...
Over communication is just Communication
08 Dec 2023
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Send us a textIn this episode we chatted about what it takes to stay healthy in our jobs. Joshua shared about his recent work experience in contrast ...
Working through stress with our ears
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we dove into a number of topics. Joshua shared about some stressors he's been dealing with at work and how it's affected...
Living rent free in my head
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHappy Thanksgiving!Lance and I recorded earlier this week and dove into some Thanksgiving traditions. We also talked about Humble, Hungr...
Nobody knows what they’re doing
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe're back! It's been two weeks and we've got a lot to talk about.In this episode Lance and Joshua talked about the balan...
Hidden stakeholders in projects
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday was another fantastic episode for the books. For Episode 30 Lance Robbins and Joshua Wold talked about how much energy we have in...
Achievement, recognition, or power
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we talked about motivation, what makes each of us tick. We then delved into security vs risk in the workforce and finished off wit...
Anxiety isn't real, right?
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we talked about what effective feedback looks like for managers, if it's possible for an individual contributor to speak up a...
Talk to the Duck
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we talked about an idea from a friend about finding ways to enjoy each day a little more, what service vs strategy looks...
Greg Storey: On not having a job and toxic people
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGreg Storey, of Airbag Industries joined Joshua Wold and Lance Robbins on the podcast today as we talked about several thought provoking...
No episode this week
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Living our one wild life
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance hit a milestone in his career this week and we were able to celebrate together. We also chatted about hiring for skills and connec...
Meeting talkers and thinkers
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we shared about the things we've been focusing on this week, namely Lance's 17 meetings and then talked about ...
A quick update
14 Sep 2023
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Teams will continue until morale improves
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn today's episode Lance and Joshua caught up after a few weeks off and talked about imposter syndrome, whether you can change care...
Hazel S. Evans: Fractional as a Diversity Driver
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHazel S. Evans joins the show today to share her experience as a fractional executive, the steps she took to grow her business, and some...
Luke Carbis: Bring on the fractional caravan
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we had a fantastic guest on the podcast to talk about his recent introduction back into the world of fractional and what that can ...
Unlimited time off isn’t a panacea
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance and Joshua caught up on fires in Idaho, company policies for unlimited time off, how your wealth feels from city to city, an updat...
Freedom can be a runaway train
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoshua and Lance talked about the freedom of working remotely and how, in the wrong circumstances, that freedom can lead to being always...
Two laptop life
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe had a fantastic time chatting again today. Joshua shared a major update in his work life, a good vacation, and dealing with two lapt...
Vacation for weight loss
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week Lance and Joshua went off the rails a bit, shared their frustrations and joys with work, why this podcast exists, and why vaca...
Jason Lexell: Followup on your proposals
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday Jason Lexell joined Joshua Wold to talk about his experience with fractional work. He shared tips on creating proposals and the be...
Lance's big day
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday was a big personal day on multiple fronts. Lance shared a big update with something he's been working on for months and Joshu...
Threads.net and building an audience
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAfter three fantastic guest episodes Lance and Joshua are back to catch up on a bunch of topics. TopicsThreads.net, an Instagram app, an...
Jay Rogers: The Pareto Principle
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance and Joshua invited Jay Rogers, the co-founder of 521dimensions.com, to share about his approach to fractional work, async remote w...
Lee Sweat: From NHL hockey player to fractional CFO
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLee Sweat, a fractional CFO, joins us today to share his journey from hockey, to the NHL, to his role in helping consumer startup compan...
Garrick van Buren: How we can work together
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGarrick van Buren joined as a guest with Joshua Wold and Lance Robbins as co-hosts. We asked Garrick about how decisions should get mad...
Will Apple's Vision Pro kill human connection at work?
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance and I talked about Apple's Vision Pro and how it may affect human connection in the remote environment. We also hit on remote...
Jonathan Wold: Curiosity creates opportunity
01 Jun 2023
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Send us a textJonathan Wold appeared as the first guest on on our show, and we had a lovely time chatting about his background and experience in this ...
Relationship over product
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is our 10th episode, and it's been a lot of fun so far! Our topics this week:Upcoming trip to Cloudfest USARunning in Austin.S...
Craving Connection
18 May 2023
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Send us a textOur main topic, craving connection in a remote environment, took up most of the episode and we shared our experiences building relations...
No sun on my windows
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics#ask-lance: What do you do?Running woesGoogle's leaked memo on open source taking over AIIs a fractional a Chief XYZ?What&apo...
Does fractional scale?
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textShownotes:Almond cowFTC pushes to ban Meta from profiting off children’s dataSecret Tradecraft of Elite AdvisorsSupport the showhttps:...
A week's pause
27 Apr 2023
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Send us a textLance is out this week and due to some scheduling changes we weren't able to record like normal. Joshua has a quick update.Support ...
A rising tide
24 Apr 2023
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Send us a textShownotes:State of remote work 2022Commercial real estate and return to workJoshua's new project: https://onboardwp.io/Support the ...
Something to give
19 Apr 2023
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Send us a textLance shares a change in how he is approaching his workJoshua dives into advice for young people getting into techJoshua shares about hi...
I can say no
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textShownotes:Lance shares how work has shifted for him over the last 15 yearsJoshua doesn't talk about his businessLance shares about ...
AI can't take our jobs
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLance and Joshua chat about what they hope to do ten years from now, where AI fits into their jobs, and Joshua's current obsession....