“I came in thinking I needed a strategy overhaul. Within three sessions I realised the bottleneck was my own decision-making pattern. That shift alone saved my board from a costly acquisition mistake.”
— Managing Director, FTSE 250 industrial group, after six months of coaching
“No frameworks for the sake of frameworks. Just relentlessly honest dialogue that forced me to confront the gaps between what I said I valued and what my calendar actually showed.”
— Chief Operating Officer, Edinburgh-based fintech
Most coaching firms wrap their fees inside opaque "packages" designed to obscure what you actually pay per hour of genuine advisory work. We take the opposite approach. Below you will find our rates, what each format includes, and how the total investment scales with your goals. No discovery calls needed just to learn the cost.
Our work is grounded in a simple conviction: senior leaders already possess the raw capability they need. What they lack is a disciplined mirror — someone outside the organisational gravity field who can surface blind spots, challenge comfortable narratives, and hold them accountable to the standards they set for everyone else.
We do not sell bronze, silver, or platinum tiers. Instead, we charge per engagement format. You choose the format that matches your situation, and we agree on a duration together. If your needs change mid-engagement, the format adjusts — not the hourly economics.
| Engagement format | Rate | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Single deep-dive session (90 min) | £475 | Pre-session brief review, live coaching, written reflection note within 48 hours |
| Ongoing advisory — fortnightly rhythm | £1,650 / month | Two 75-minute sessions, asynchronous voice-note access between sessions, quarterly progress audit |
| Intensive sprint — 8 weeks | £5,200 flat | Weekly 90-minute sessions, 360-degree stakeholder interviews (up to 6), mid-sprint recalibration, final leadership brief |
| Board-level observation day | £2,400 / day | Full-day attendance at board or leadership-team meeting, confidential debrief with the sponsor, written diagnostic memo |
| Transition coaching (new-role first 100 days) | £7,800 flat | Twelve sessions across 14 weeks, stakeholder mapping workshop, fortnightly email summaries to sponsor (with your consent) |
All prices exclude VAT. Travel expenses outside central Scotland billed at cost. No long-term contracts — either party can pause or end with 14 days' written notice.
Why publish rates openly? Because price ambiguity wastes your time and ours. If the numbers above feel right for the value you need, the next step is a brief conversation to confirm fit — not a sales pitch.
A 30-minute call — free, unrecorded — where we explore whether your challenge matches our expertise. We will tell you honestly if someone else would serve you better.
We agree on format, rhythm, and confidentiality boundaries. If a sponsor (such as your HR director or chair) is involved, we define the reporting line together.
Each session is structured around a live challenge you bring. We do not follow a curriculum; we follow your reality. Expect direct questions, reframing, and occasionally uncomfortable silence.
Short voice notes or email check-ins keep momentum alive. You commit to one observable action per fortnight; we follow up on it without exception.
Every quarter (or at the sprint midpoint) we pause to assess what has shifted — in your behaviour, your team's response, and the business outcomes you defined at the start.
Engagements end with a final reflection session and a one-page leadership brief you can keep. We do not manufacture dependency.
The higher you climb, the fewer people will tell you the truth. Our role is not to be your friend or your therapist. It is to be the one conversation in your week where nothing is off limits and everything is accountable.
Nothing you say in a session is shared with your sponsor, your board, or anyone else unless you explicitly ask us to share it. When sponsors request updates, we provide behavioural observations only — never content from our conversations. This boundary is what makes the space safe enough for real honesty.
Every session starts with the question: "What is the most important thing you need to think through today?" If you arrive with a board paper crisis, we work on that. If you arrive unsure what is wrong, we work on that too. Pre-set coaching programmes often solve yesterday's problem; we solve today's.
We track observable shifts: how your direct reports describe your communication, how quickly you make and communicate difficult decisions, whether your stated priorities match your actual time allocation. Some of the deepest changes — greater self-awareness, reduced anxiety before high-stakes moments — are harder to quantify but no less real.
“The 100-day transition coaching was worth every penny. I avoided at least two political landmines that would have cost me credibility in my first quarter.”
— Incoming CEO, healthcare services group“I have worked with three executive coaches over fifteen years. This is the first one who made me genuinely uncomfortable — and the first one who made a lasting difference.”
— Group CFO, listed engineering firm“The board observation day produced a diagnostic memo that was more useful than the last two governance reviews combined. Brutal, but fair.”
— Non-executive chair, mutual insurerNo obligation, no sales funnel. Tell us a little about your situation and we will reply within two working days with an honest assessment of whether we can help.
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By engaging Elite Exec Advisor you agree to the following terms. Coaching sessions are advisory in nature and do not constitute legal, financial, or therapeutic advice. Fees are payable in advance for single sessions and monthly in arrears for ongoing engagements. Either party may terminate with 14 days' written notice. Intellectual property created during sessions (frameworks, notes, diagrams) belongs to the client unless otherwise agreed. Liability is limited to the fees paid for the specific engagement in question. These terms are governed by the laws of Scotland. Last updated February 2026.
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