The future of work is becoming more fractional. Instead of full-time, in-house teams doing all the work — how many of us grew up in the agency world — fractional employees like contractors and freelancers can take on more and more complex roles for us.

With remote and hybrid work still on the rise, we can leverage fractional employees to bring a more diverse portfolio of skills to the agency without breaking our bottom line.

Sara Daw joined me this week to share her knowledge about fractional employees and how they fit into what she calls “the access economy” where we can access a larger pool of talent at our fingertips without actually having to make a full-time hire.

We dig into what it means to build psychological ownership in fractional relationships, how fractional employees can make themselves more known within the agency culture, and how the future of work will evolve as the whole concept of employment shifts and changes.

This episode comes with a lot of deep thinking homework that will challenge you to look at the workforce you want to build for your agency’s future and the infrastructure you need to start building in order to support that. There’s a lot of good stuff here to share with your leadership team, so get ready to take some notes on this one.

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What You Will Learn in This Episode:

What is the access economy?
Why does the access economy work so well?
How psychological ownership plays into fractional work and the access economy
The importance of psychological ownership in our relationships with fractional employees
Getting a breadth and depth of skillsets in a fractional C-Suite and fractional employees
How employment will evolve as we lean into fractional employment and hybrid work
Creating culture and creativity in fractional work environments
How to be more connected and intentional with relationships as a fractional employee
Having the right skillset at the right level

EP 476: How fractional employees are shaping the future of agency culture with Sara Daw

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