L
Launch
Days
Patrick stands up the weekly operating cadence and scoreboard and starts the first fixes with your leads.
How it works
Lead Tight. Land Right.
Get tight on the few priorities that matter first, then land them 90 days at a time. The system behind how Patrick runs your operation, from the inside, with your team.
Why two parts
LEAD Tight gets us tight on priorities first: a real baseline and a short list, not a wish list. LAND Right then lands those priorities in repeating
Skip the first part and your team gets busy on the wrong things. Skip the second and you get a good plan that never sticks.
LEAD Tight
LEAD Tight: the Valuation Readiness Diagnostic
About
L
Locate
Patrick gets on the floor and into your meetings, numbers, and handoffs to learn how the operation really runs day to day.
You getBaseline
E
Evaluate
Patrick sizes up throughput, quality, delivery, and people against what A&D customers and primes expect, and finds where you’re losing time, margin, or trust.
You getGaps
A
Align
You and Patrick agree on the few operating priorities that matter most, and your leaders know who owns what.
You getPriorities
D
Deliver
Patrick hands you a
You get90-day plan
What you get:
- A Buyer Risk Score across the five areas buyers look at. It is an operational readiness view, not a valuation.
- Your top value discounts, ranked, with recommended fixes.
- A
90-day readiness plan your team can execute.
Credit: The Diagnostic fee is credited in full toward a Fractional COO engagement signed within 30 days.
LAND Right
LAND Right: Fractional COO work
Running the plan with your team, 90 days at a time.
A
Assess
Days
We work root causes on the floor and test changes before we commit to them.
N
Normalize
Days
What works becomes standard work, with clear owners and metrics, so the operation runs well without you or Patrick in the room.
D
Demonstrate
Days
We review results against the targets, then set the priorities for the next 90 days.
90 days · repeat
Then the ring turns again. Each cycle starts from a better baseline, with priorities set by what the last cycle actually proved, not by whoever yelled loudest that week.
Retainer
Fractional COO
Patrick works inside your operation as a
Terms
Engagement terms, in plain English
- Who it is for
Owner-led manufacturers,$2M–$50M , in aerospace and defense or moving into A&D- Who does the work
- Patrick Dietz, Fractional COO
- Start
- Valuation Readiness Diagnostic, about
2–3 weeks - Then
- Fractional COO. Patrick stays on to run the next
90-day cycles with your team. - Credit
- Diagnostic fee credited in full toward a Fractional COO engagement signed within 30 days
- Pricing
- Shared on the first call
FAQ
Common questions
Is the Buyer Risk Score a valuation?
No. It is an operational readiness view: where a buyer or prime would see risk in how the shop runs.
Do I have to be selling?
No. The same issues a buyer would discount slow you down today: late shipments, margin leaks, and decisions that wait on you.
Will I get a binder and a goodbye?
No. Patrick is a Fractional COO, not a consultant with binders. He runs the plan from the inside, with your team.
