Our commercial proposition centres around five pillars:
- Strategic Communication
- Conflict Resolution & Mediation
- Executive & Leadership Coaching
- Change Management
- Organisational Transformation & Advisory
It also allows a client to enter through a small piece of work and naturally progress into a larger engagement.
Communicate → Align → Develop → Change → Transform
Communication Service | Pricing (plus GST) |
|---|---|
Communications consulting | $175–$250/hr |
Senior strategic communications | $250–$325/hr |
Half-day workshop/advisory | $900–$1,400 |
Full-day consulting/workshop | $1,600–$2,400 |
Communications strategy | $3,500–$8,000 |
Crisis communications strategy | $3,000–$7,500 |
Stakeholder communications plan | $3,000–$7,500 |
Major communications/change program | $8,000–$30,000+ |
Ongoing communications advisory | $2,000–$6,000/month |
Sidelines provides strategy, stakeholder management, executive advice, crisis capability, or communications as part of a major transformation, rather than simply producing content.
Get in touch to discuss your needs.
Mediation Service | Pricing |
|---|---|
Initial conflict assessment | $350–$600 |
Conflict coaching | $300–$450/hr |
Workplace Mediation | $2,000–$3,000 half-day |
Workplace Mediation | $3,500–$5,000 full-day |
Complex/multi-party mediation | $5,000–$8,000+ |
Preparation/document review | $300–$500/hr |
Facilitation | $1,800–$3,000/day |
Team conflict intervention | $3,500–$8,000 |
Get in touch to discuss your needs.
Individual coaching
($180 ~ $350) inc GST per hour
Includes 30 min free discovery catch-up to discuss individual needs.
Coaching can be done in person or remotely including after hours and weekends.
International Coaching Federation (ICF) Accredited and our MD is the Editor in Chief of Coaching Life, Australia’s leading coaching publication.
Coaching can focus on the following areas:
- Goal setting
- Leadership
- Life coaching
- Resilience
- Health/wellbeing
- Communication
- Conflict
- Relationship (based on Gottman principles)
A detailed coaching plan will be provided to ensure coaching helps you achieve your own personal goals and will hold you accountable.
We can operate on a sliding scale if affordability is an issue. Get in touch to discuss your needs.
Recommended Leadership and Executive Coaching:
Individual leadership coaching Package
6-session program: $3,000–$4,500
Could include:
- initial assessment
- six 60–90 minute sessions
- leadership goals
- behavioural/action plan
- between-session support
- final progress review
Executive coaching Package
6 months: $6,000–$12,000
For senior executives, include:
- stakeholder/360 input
- leadership goals
- monthly coaching
- between-session support
- leadership development plan
- progress measurement
Premium executive coaching Package
12 months: $12,000–$24,000+
Potentially higher for C-suite, government executives or highly specialised work. Call us for a detailed discovery session.
Team coaching
$2,500–$5,000/day
or
$8,000–$20,000 for a structured multi-month team program.
Change Management Service | Pricing |
|---|---|
Change consultant | $1,400–$1,800/day |
Senior change consultant | $1,800–$2,200/day |
Change lead | $2,000–$2,600/day |
Strategic change advisor | $2,200–$3,000/day |
Change program lead | $2,500–$3,500/day |
These are consulting rates, not employment-equivalent contractor wages. A consultancy needs to cover non-billable time, insurance, professional development, business overhead, sales, administration and commercial risk.
Get in touch to discuss your needs.
Short-term change projects
2–5 days ($3,500–$7,500)
Deliverables:
- stakeholder interviews
- change readiness assessment
- risk assessment
- current-state review
- key recommendations
- executive briefing
1–3 weeks ($7,500–$15,000)
Deliverables:
- stakeholder analysis
- impact assessment
- readiness assessment
- resistance analysis
- communication requirements
- training requirements
- change roadmap
$10,000–$25,000
Deliverables:
- change strategy
- stakeholder strategy
- communications strategy
- change impact assessment
- adoption plan
- benefits framework
- implementation roadmap
Medium-term change programs
For a 3–6 month engagement, I’d move away from day-rate selling.
Recommended range
$25,000–$75,000
Depending on complexity.
For example:
Small organisational change
$25k–$35k
Medium transformation/change program
$40k–$60k
Complex change program
$60k–$100k+
Long-term organisational transformation
Engagement | Indicative Pricing |
|---|---|
Transformation diagnostic | $10k–$25k |
Transformation strategy | $20k–$50k |
3-month transformation program | $40k–$80k |
6-month transformation program | $75k–$150k |
12-month transformation | $150k–$300k+ |
Transformation advisory retainer | $8k–$20k/month |
Fractional transformation/change lead | $12k–$25k/month |
Get in touch to discuss your needs.
