Fee Policy

Because our relationships with our clients are paramount to our success and because our client engagements are most successful when there is a mutual understanding of fees and the scope of each strategic leadership engagement, we provide a written engagement letter to confirm everyone’s understanding of our fees and the scope of each engagement in advance.  We also typically invoice in advance.  This provides two opportunities for clarification of both the scope and the fee, prior to engaging us initially and for each calendar quarter that we continue to work together. 

Katharine Halpin & Co., LLC and The Halpin Companies, Inc. customize their engagement fees based on the following factors:

• The client’s objective
• The client’s timeframe
• The client’s budget
• The scope of the engagement, and
• The coach selected for the project.

We always recommend that a client start with a short, 90-day commitment in order to assess the value they will gain from their work with us prior to making a large time and budget commitment. 

For organizations with revenues in excess of $1 million but less than $250 million, a typical 90-day engagement includes one-on-one executive coaching with the Chief Executive and a brief data collection phase to include confidential one-time meetings with key stakeholders.  These engagements generally range in fee from $3,000 to $15,000 for that initial 90-day period. 

For organizations with revenues in excess of $250 million but less than $1billion, a typical initial engagement includes a one-on-one strategic leadership program for the Chief Executive that focuses on both board and management effectiveness and their own leadership development.  This engagement often includes a more detailed data collection phase with various key stakeholders.  An engagement with these two components requires a fee of between $15,000 and $30,000 for that first calendar quarter. 

For organizations with revenues in excess of $1 billion, a typical 90-day engagement includes an initial “Discovery Dialogue” to assess the current situation which focuses on gathering data and input from a variety of sources, as well as one-on-one executive coaching for a variety of people including the Chief Executive and their direct reports.  These types of initial engagements cost between  $25,000 - $50,000 for that short-term, 90 day program.