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Clarity Under Pressure: Fractional Leadership & Scaling South African Mid-Market Businesses

How do you move from founder-led hustle to scalable, board-ready structure? In this episode, Graham Stephen speaks with Grant Webster - founder of Gralen Consulting and Fractionation - about fractional leadership, governance frameworks, and scaling South African mid-market businesses. They unpack: • When to bring in a fractional CFO, COO or CMO • Governance that increases enterprise value • Why execution discipline beats strategic documents • Founder fatigue and leadership bandwidth • Preparing a business for investment or exit Grant shares real examples from working inside manufacturing, retail, eCommerce, agriculture and founder-led brands across South Africa. This is a conversation about structure, clarity, accountability and building businesses that are investable. Subscribe for more conversations on valuation, advisory, M&A and scalable growth. #business #bizvalglobal #podcast #retail #mergersandacquisitions #ecommerce #agriculture #founder #manufacturing #cfo #governance #cmo #exits #investmentopportunities 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Meet Grant Webster 02:10 Early life and influences 05:06 First entrepreneurial experiences 09:12 Lessons from a career in retail 14:42 Entering South Africa’s early e-commerce era 17:22 Scaling Takealot 20:47 Lessons from building in the early internet era 21:42 Common founder mistakes when scaling 23:20 Leadership and personal growth for founders 27:01 Moving from corporate to consulting 29:41 The “business hospital” analogy 33:10 Why founders seek help too late 35:41 The rise of fractional leadership 36:48 What fractional executives actually do 38:30 Why fractional leadership is growing