Your business does not need another marketing tactic when the real gap is senior judgment

When Marketing Needs Senior Judgement: the fractional CMO case for founder-led businesses

Founders often assume slow growth means they need a better campaign, more content, or a new funnel, when the real issue is that the business has outgrown tactical marketing and now needs senior-level judgment. Lauragaye can frame this around the value of a Fractional CMO: someone who can clarify positioning, assess what is working, connect marketing to commercial goals, and help the business decide what to stop doing. This is especially relevant for SMBs, scale-ups, and founder-led companies that need strategic leadership before they are ready for a full-time executive hire.

About Lauragaye Jackson

Lauragaye Jackson, podcast guest

Global Marketing Leader and Executive Coach

MBA Schulich School of BusinessDual accredited ICF ACC and Association for CoachingChartered Marketer Canadian Marketing Association5 sectors CPG, retail, insurance, finance & resources

Lauragaye Jackson is a global B2B and B2C marketer whose career has taken her through Fortune 500 companies in CPG, retail, insurance, financial services, and natural resources, leading work across Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean. She has spent years building brands, shaping full-funnel strategies, and helping organizations connect with everyone from high-net-worth clients to mass, newcomer and multicultural consumers. What runs through that work is a sharp understanding of people: how trust is built, how buying decisions are made, and how marketing lands differently across cultures, life stages, and markets.

Her experience sits at the intersection of brand and performance. Lauragaye has led teams, developed content that engages, and used digital strategy to drive quality leads and profitable growth, all while working inside complex businesses where relevance matters as much as reach. Having worked across industries and geographies, she brings a practical understanding of how companies grow without losing sight of the people they are trying to serve.

That perspective became more personal when her own successful career took an unexpected turn. When her executive role was eliminated, Lauragaye found herself confronting questions many accomplished professionals know sense privately: what happens when the title changes, how confidence holds up during disruption, and how to keep evolving and reinventing when the next chapter is not yet clear?

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