S8 E1: The Life of a Fractional COO with Stephanie Marquardt

“A COO connects the pieces of the business vision and makes it a reality.” – Stephanie Marquardt

During Season 8 Episode 1 of WinHers United the podcast Stephanie Marquardt, CEO of Continuous Synergy, talks to us about being a Fractional COO. She shares insight on the importance of operational management and how a COO helps CEOs work on their business as opposed to in their business. By listening to this episode you will hear about federal government contracts, networking and marketing for your business, where to find cost effective trainings for personal development, self-care practices, and tracking your wins via score cards and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Episode Highlights

(4:22) Stephanie tells us what is Fractional COO is and explains what a Fractional COO does

(6:43) Stephanie discusses why having a COO is important

(7:23) Stephanie offers insight into securing federal government contracts

(9:06) Learn what businesses should go after federal government contracts

(11:19) Stephanie shares about her transition from full time employee to full time entrepreneur

(14:45) Stephanie gives us tips for marketing and networking

(18:37) Stephanie tells about the importance of having a growth mindset

(25:10) Stephanie shares her personal development practices and resources

(28:27) Find out about the latest book Stephanie read and suggests we read

(34:30) Learn about Stephanie’s view of self-care view and why it is important to her

(35:32) Stephanie shares her self-care routines

(42:17) Stephanie discusses how she tracks her accomplishments/wins

(44:03) Stephanie tells us about her latest accomplishment/win

(46:55) Stephanie gives us her definition of WinHer

(47:38) Stephanie offers her parting advice

Stephanie’s Bio

Stephanie Marquardt is founder and CEO of Continuous Synergy LLC, a consulting firm that helps business owners move their companies to the next level. Among its services, Continuous Synergy provides expertise in fractional chief operating officer (COO) /EOS Integrator support, project-focused operational support, such as process improvement, and helping businesses learn how to win federal government contracts.

Stephanie has more than 10 years of experience as the COO for a prime defense contractor. She co-founded and was executive director for the Florida 8(a) Alliance, a nonprofit organization that provides training to small businesses interested in federal contracting. In this role she helped hundreds of small businesses establish and grow their federal contracting imprint, especially in the competitive defense industry.

Stephanie is certified as a Lean Six Sigma process improvement practitioner. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College, a master’s from Johns Hopkins University and an executive leadership certificate from Cornell University.

Connect with Stephanie via:

Email at: [email protected]

Her website at: http://continuous-synergy.com

LinkedIN at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-marquardt

Facebook at: https://m.facebook.com/continuous.synergy/

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