The Way In
Before anyone commits to a programme, we find out precisely what we’d be working on.
One structured session. A straight-talking picture of where you are, where the ceiling actually is, and whether coaching is the right tool, because sometimes it isn’t, and you deserve to hear that too.
You pay for the diagnostic. Then it pays you back.
- Book online. Pick the diagnostic that matches your level, pay at booking, answer three short intake questions. You get a calendar invite and a Zoom link immediately.
- Do the work. One or two 90-minute structured sessions, and for the deeper diagnostics, a short field test inside your real working week. Not a sales call wearing a lanyard. Actual coaching, from the first minute.
- Get a straight answer. A named gap, a realistic picture of what closing it takes, and a recommended route, including “coaching is not the right tool for this,” when that’s the honest read.
The 30-Day Credit
Proceed to any coaching programme within 30 days of your diagnostic and the full fee you paid credits toward it. The $900 Forge Session becomes $900 off Stage 1. The $1,600 Forge + Field Test becomes $1,600 off. The diagnostic is a real purchase with a real deliverable, and if you continue, it costs you nothing extra. If you decide to stop, you keep the written read and the answer. Both outcomes are worth the fee.
Paying for yourself
No sponsor, no sign-off: your own career, your own decision. You pay at booking; the 30-day credit is yours if you proceed.
The Forge Session
For: Middle managers
Format: 1 × 90-minute structured session
You leave with: Verbal playback + a one-page summary: the named gap, your two core values operationalised, the recommended route
$900
Full $900 credits toward any programme
Most chosen
The Forge + Field Test
For: Middle managers
Format: 2 × 90 minutes + a 7-day field test inside your real working week
You leave with: A written 3–4 page Diagnostic Summary, tested against seven days of evidence, not just what surfaced in the room
$1,600
Full $1,600 credits toward any programme
The Senior Leadership Diagnostic
For: Senior leaders (Programme Directors, Senior PMs, functional heads)
Format: 2 × 90 minutes + a leverage evidence exercise with your own team
You leave with: A written 5–6 page Senior Diagnostic Report, incl. a directional readiness signal for your next senior appointment, written to you alone
$2,000
Listed $3,500; the practice covers the difference for self-funded leaders
Full $2,000 credits back toward your engagement if you proceed
Senior self-funded terms: single payment at booking; no refund if no programme follows; full credit-back inside 30 days if one does.
Sponsoring your people
Same three diagnostics, bought by the organisation. The corporate variants add what a sponsor needs: a written output you can act on, sponsor communication handled properly: your candidate sees their report before you do, no surprises, ever, and a per-candidate 30-day credit that converts diagnostic spend into programme spend instead of writing it off.
The Forge Session
$900
per candidate
Filter before you commit programme budget. Full fee credits per candidate.
The Forge + Field Test
$1,600
per candidate
Evidence-based read of how your manager actually runs a team. Full fee credits per candidate.
The Senior Leadership Diagnostic
$3,500
per candidate
Directional readiness signal for the next senior appointment, with sponsor-appropriate reporting. Full fee credits per candidate.
Multi-candidate rates (published, not negotiated)
- Every diagnostic is charged at the full published rate, whatever the cohort size. The filter stays the filter.
- Cohort discounts apply to the programmes that follow: 3–5 candidates, 10% off per person
- 6–9 candidates, 15% off per person on programmes
- 10+ candidates, 20% off per person on programmes (cap)
Coaching readiness is one question. Leadership readiness is another.
Everything above answers a coaching question: what would we work on, and is coaching the right tool. Some organisations are holding a different decision: a high-potential candidate, a major development investment on the table, and the question of whether that person is ready. That is not a diagnostic; it is the Leadership Readiness Intensive: a two-day, scenario-based independent assessment built on real built-environment cases, ending in an evidence-based readiness verdict and a sponsor debrief. It is delivered personally, in limited numbers, and by introduction.
Straight answers, including the inconvenient ones
A diagnostic here is not a personality quiz, not a sales presentation, and not a guaranteed pipeline into a programme. Some diagnostics end with “coaching is not the right tool for this, and here’s what is.” That answer is delivered when it’s true; it’s the reason the diagnostic layer is worth paying for.
Book your session
Pick a time that works. Payment is taken at booking; your calendar invite, intake questions and Zoom link follow immediately.
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