A Fractional Integrator for Growing Organizations Running on EOS
An organization where the plan gets run every week, without everything coming back to the Visionary.
Ilumina Partners fills or strengthens the Integrator seat for small businesses and nonprofits running EOS® (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and remotely across the US. Our Integrator takes the seat as your fractional COO, embedded 10 to 20 hours a week, and owns execution inside the organization.
For Visionaries, founders, and executive directors who are holding the Integrator seat themselves, or whose Integrator needs support.
Scaled one organization from $1.3M to $3.7M as its operational lead · Works alongside your EOS Implementer · Your first conversation is with Drew Sease, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
What is an EOS Integrator?
An EOS Integrator is the leader who owns execution. Working alongside the Visionary, usually the founder or CEO, the Integrator runs the leadership team, keeps priorities on track, solves issues, and holds people accountable to the plan. The Visionary gets to focus on ideas, relationships and the big picture. The role is close to a COO.
EOS® (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) is a set of simple tools that many growing organizations use to set a clear vision, run a weekly leadership meeting, track priorities and numbers, and solve problems at the root. Ilumina Partners steps into the Integrator seat 10 to 20 hours a week for mission-driven small businesses and nonprofits.
Visionary, Integrator, Implementer: who owns what?
- Visionary: sets direction, ideas, and key relationships. Often the founder or executive director.
- Integrator: owns execution inside the organization, every week. This is the seat we fill.
- EOS Implementer: teaches EOS and facilitates the leadership team's sessions from outside the organization.
We're Integrators, not EOS Implementers. We can teach your team the EOS tools, but we don't fill the Implementer's role of facilitating your sessions. If you work with an Implementer, we work alongside them: your Implementer keeps teaching and facilitating, and we carry the work between sessions.
What I appreciate about Drew and Luisa is that they're not simply trying to become another fractional COO or Integrator option. They're thoughtful about the people, the organization and where it is trying to go. Drew brings discernment and a future-focused perspective, while Luisa brings the operational leadership to develop people, create clarity and turn ideas into execution.
Is your Integrator seat empty or weak?
- The Visionary or executive director is also filling the Integrator seat.
- Rocks are set each quarter, but too many slip.
- Level 10 meetings happen, but the same issues come back week after week.
- The Scorecard exists, but no one owns the numbers.
- The Integrator seat on the Accountability Chart is empty or shared.
- Your leadership or board wants execution to depend less on one person.
When the seat is empty, the Visionary ends up chasing Rocks and running meetings instead of leading, and the person with the ideas gets pulled away from them. Good people need good systems, and EOS only works when someone owns running it. Left alone, Rocks keep slipping, Level 10 meetings turn into status updates, and the next growth step exposes the gaps.
What does a fractional Integrator do each week?
| EOS tool | What your Integrator does |
|---|---|
| Level 10 MeetingEOS tool | What your Integrator doesRuns the leadership team's weekly meeting and moves the Issues List toward decisions |
| RocksEOS tool | What your Integrator doesTracks quarterly priorities and follows up when they slip |
| ScorecardEOS tool | What your Integrator doesOwns the weekly numbers review and acts on what's off track |
| Accountability ChartEOS tool | What your Integrator doesHolds each seat to clear ownership and decision rights |
| Visionary relationshipEOS tool | What your Integrator doesKeeps vision and execution aligned, so decisions stop routing back to one person |
| Quarterly and annual sessionsEOS tool | What your Integrator doesPrepares the team before your Implementer's sessions and carries the decisions forward after |
Underneath the EOS tools, she repairs the operation itself: workflows, documentation, roles, and compliance and funder reporting where it's needed.
What changes when the Integrator seat is filled?
The Visionary gets back to vision. The leadership team runs the Level 10 meeting, the Scorecard, and Rocks without anyone chasing them. Decisions get made in the meeting, and the operation stops depending on one person.
How long does a fractional Integrator stay?
At least 12 months, at 10 to 20 embedded hours a week. The first 90 days are diagnosis and alignment, the rhythm is in place by mid-year, and toward month 12 we develop leaders and plan for a full-time COO to take the seat. See the full partnership
Who takes the Integrator seat?
Luisa Sease, Co-Founder & Fractional COO, with 15+ years of operations leadership and 7+ years as operational lead of one organization that scaled from $1.3M to $3.7M, where she ran EOS from the inside. She has been the person every decision lands on, so she knows how heavy the seat gets.
Drew Sease, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, leads strategic diagnosis and is your first conversation. Meet the partners
How do we get started?
- Schedule a conversation with Drew. Talk through what's breaking, what's been tried, and where the leadership team is stuck. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you on that call.
- Meet with Luisa. If there's a fit, she talks through scope and pricing with you.
- Get a proposal built around what your organization needs.
- Your Integrator takes the seat, 10 to 20 embedded hours a week, in person locally or remotely across the US.
If you work with an EOS Implementer, they stay your Implementer, and we work alongside them. If you don't have one yet, we can recommend Implementers we trust.
We work with a small number of organizations at a time, so each gets full attention.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an EOS Integrator and an EOS Implementer?
An EOS Implementer teaches EOS and facilitates the leadership team's quarterly and annual sessions from outside the organization. An EOS Integrator works inside the organization and owns execution every week between those sessions. Ilumina Partners provides Integrators, not Implementers.
Do you implement EOS?
No. We're Integrators, not EOS Implementers. We can teach your team the EOS tools, but we don't fill the Implementer's role of facilitating your sessions. We work alongside your Implementer, who keeps teaching and facilitating, while we prepare the team before each session and carry the decisions forward after. If you don't have an Implementer yet, we can recommend EOS Implementers we trust.
Is an EOS Integrator the same as a COO?
The roles overlap. The Integrator runs the leadership team and owns execution, which is close to a COO's job. We fill the Integrator seat as a fractional COO.
We self-implemented EOS. Can you still help?
Yes. Self-implementing teams often have the tools in place but no one in the Integrator seat to run them week to week. We take that seat, tighten how the team uses the tools, and keep the system running.
Can a nonprofit hire a fractional EOS Integrator?
Yes. In a nonprofit, the executive director often holds the Visionary seat. We work with the executive director and the leadership or board to keep priorities and execution on track. Capacity-building grants can sometimes fund the engagement.
What happens to the Integrator seat after 12 months?
Toward month 12, we develop leaders and plan for a full-time COO to take the seat, so the role doesn't leave with us.