Is a single coaching session enough, or do I need to commit to a package?

A single session works fine for a specific, contained question, how to handle one hard conversation, how to think through one decision. If the goal is real change in how someone leads day to day, six sessions is closer to what it actually takes. One conversation can point someone in a direction. It rarely holds long enough to change a pattern by itself.

Does the company pay, or does the individual leader pay for their own coaching?

Both happen. Most of what I see is employer-sponsored, a company investing in a specific leader. Some leaders pay out of pocket, usually when they want a coach independent of their employer for a period where that independence matters.

Why is the six-session package priced lower per session than a single session?

A single session has to stand alone, no context from a prior conversation, no continuity to build on. A package lets the work compound. Session four gets to start where session three left off instead of re-establishing context every time, and the lower per-session rate reflects that.

How much does leadership coaching cost, and what changes the price?

A single leadership coaching session starts at $250 for a 60-minute virtual conversation. A six-session engagement runs $1,350 total, which works out to $225 a session. For multiple leaders, added assessments, or sponsor alignment, coaching gets folded into a scoped conversation rather than a fixed price. The exact numbers and what's included at each level are on the pricing page.

Here's what actually moves the number: how many sessions you're booking, whether the engagement needs to reach beyond one person, and whether a nonprofit rate applies.

What a single session actually gets you

A $250 session is one hour, virtual, built around whatever's actually going on right now: a specific decision, a conversation you're dreading, a pattern you can feel but can't quite name yet. It's not a diagnostic and it's not a relationship that builds over months. It's a focused hour aimed at one real thing.

That's the right fit for a leader who needs to think something through with someone who isn't inside their org chart, not someone looking for ongoing development. 1:1 leadership coaching covers both ends of that range. If the goal is bigger than one conversation, the math changes.

Why the six-session package costs less per session

Here's what I believe makes the difference: coaching isn't really about the hour itself. It's about what happens between hours. A single session has to be self-contained, useful on its own with no assumption that there's a next one. Six sessions can build. The second conversation picks up exactly where the first left off. By session four, we're not re-explaining context, we're working the actual pattern.

That continuity is also why the package is priced at $1,350 instead of six sessions at the standalone $250 rate, which would run $1,500. The $150 discount isn't a promotional gimmick. It reflects that a committed six-session engagement is a fundamentally different, more valuable thing to build than six disconnected hours, and it's priced to make committing to that the easier choice.

Inside those six sessions: goals get set in the first one, not guessed at beforehand. Each session includes brief reflection or action steps to carry into the following weeks, not homework for its own sake, just enough to make sure the conversation changes something outside the room. Sessions need to be used within six months, long enough for real life to happen between them, short enough that the engagement doesn't quietly stall out.

What it doesn't include: a separate intake session, formal assessments, sponsor or stakeholder meetings, written reports, or unlimited support between sessions. Those are real, legitimate needs for some engagements. They're just a different scope than six focused conversations, and worth a direct conversation rather than guessing at a price for them.

What pushes the price higher

Three things typically move a coaching engagement past the standard six-session package:

More than one leader. Coaching a team of managers isn't six times the price of coaching one person, but it's also not the same number. Multiple leaders usually means some shared context and some individual work, and that mix gets scoped directly.

Assessments and sponsor alignment. A 360-degree feedback process, a formal assessment, or regular check-ins with whoever's sponsoring the engagement (a manager, an HR lead, a board) all add real time and real value, and they're priced as part of a custom engagement rather than folded quietly into a per-session rate.

Ongoing, open-ended support. Six sessions has a natural endpoint. Some organizations want something closer to a standing resource: a leader, or a layer of leaders, with regular access over months, not a fixed number of conversations. That's closer to an organizational partnership than a coaching package, and it's priced as a monthly relationship instead of a session count.

If you're a nonprofit

Qualified nonprofit organizations get 20 percent off the standard $1,500 reference rate for the six-session package, landing at $1,200, not 20 percent off the already-discounted $1,350. The two discounts don't stack. Whichever one actually saves you more is the one that applies, automatically, no negotiating required. The pricing page's planning calculator will show you the exact number before you ever have to ask.

Where to start

If you already know it's one conversation you need, book a session. If you're not sure whether it's one conversation or six, that's a completely normal place to start from. Get in touch and tell me what's actually going on. The right scope usually becomes obvious once we're talking about the real thing instead of guessing at a package from a price list.