Virtual & In-Person · Standalone or Multi-Session · Tailored to You
Live Leadership Workshops
Your leaders leave with tools they can use immediately.
Every Boss at the Helm workshop is grounded in the Helm Method℠, built around your organization's specific context, and delivered with energy and actionable guidance. Content, examples, and exercises built from real-world experience and AK's 25 years leading and consulting for corporations.
The Process
Built Around You. Not a Template.
Unlike large leadership development firms that deploy standardized curricula, Boss at the Helm builds every workshop from your organization's context, your people's real challenges, and the goals your leadership team is accountable for.
Understand Your Context
We start by understanding your organization's unique context, culture, and goals. No assumptions. No one-size-fits-all starting point.
Build from a Strong Foundation
We build from the strong foundation of Helm Method℠ content and frameworks — proven tools developed over 25 years of lived leadership experience.
Tailor to Your Audience
We tailor to your audience, your language, and your specific challenges. Content, examples, and exercises reflect your world — not a generic corporate one.
Deliver & Create Momentum
We deliver dynamic, transformational experiences that create momentum for your organization. Your leaders leave with tools they use immediately.
Flagship Program
The Helm Leadership Essentials
Cohort-Based Leadership Development | Online/On your own + Live Cohort Instruction
The Program
When a company is navigating transformation, mergers, acquisitions, rapid scale, or a major reorganization, the strategy is usually sound. The people executing it are not ready. Not because the people are incapable. Because no one has equipped the managers to lead through the transformation.
Imagine your managers finishing a 5-month program with a shared leadership language, the communication tools to execute your strategy, and the behavioral shifts their teams will notice immediately. That is what the Helm Leadership Essentials delivers.
The Helm Leadership Essentials is our signature cohort-based program. It brings manager cohorts through a structured 3-to-6-month development experience built on the Helm Method℠: Awareness, Considered Action, Aligned Adjustment with Accountability, and Intentional Leadership. Ideal for organizations going through transformation, M&A integration, or culture gaps.
Leadership development to align senior leaders, managers and teams
Cohort based: sort your leadership into cohorts for structured, engaged & collaborative learning
Ready to deploy communications
Bundled Topics: Communication, Leading through Change & Uncertainty, Habits of Intentional Leaders, Conflict Management & Resolution
Blended Approach:
Online / On Your Own courses to ground and stabilize knowledge and concepts
Instructor-led sessions applying the Helm Method℠
Cohort assignments and exercises to apply, to practice & to reinforce learning
16 Topics. One That's Entirely Yours.
Choose from 15 ready-to-tailor workshop titles grounded in the Helm Method℠ — or work with AK to design something custom for your organization's specific challenge. Every title can be delivered virtually or in person, as a standalone session or part of a multi-session series.
Every workshop can be delivered as a standalone session or as part of a multi-session series — virtually via Zoom or in person at your facility.
Pricing
Formats for Every Need and Budget.
| Format | Investment | Notes |
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| Virtual 2-Hour Session (Zoom) |
From $2,000
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Up to 25 participants.
Available when paired with an online course for a blended experience.
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| Half-Day In-Person |
From $8,000
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Up to 25 participants. At client facility.
T&E billed separately.
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| Full-Day In-Person |
From $12,000
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Up to 25 participants. At client facility.
T&E billed separately.
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| Multi-Day / Custom Program |
By Proposal
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Contact for a scoped quote.
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"One of my biggest takeaways was the value of being direct, specific, and timely when addressing both positive and negative behaviors. I've seen how much more effective it is to clearly name what's working and what isn't."Workshop Participant │ Transit Industry
Blended Learning
Online Courses + Live Facilitation.
The Best of Both Worlds.
The online course builds the foundation. The live session does the heavy lifting. Application, practice, reflection, accountability. Together.
The most effective leadership development combines the flexibility of self-paced learning with the energy and accountability of live facilitation.
Blended programs pair Boss at the Helm online courses with live virtual or in-person sessions designed to reinforce, apply, and deepen the learning. Maximize your time, your budget, and your learning outcomes — without choosing one over the other.
Online coursework grounds and stabilizes knowledge. Live cohort instruction creates momentum, collaboration, and accountability. When you combine them, your leaders go deeper, faster — and the shifts stick.
Flexible: Online learning happens on their schedule, on any device, without pulling people off the floor.
Accountable: Live sessions create a cohort environment where participants apply, reflect, and commit alongside peers.
Sticky: Reinforcing concepts in two modes — self-paced and live — produces lasting behavioral change, not just awareness.
Smart budgeting: Blended programs stretch your L&D investment further — more depth, more coverage, more impact.
Recommended Blends
Beyond Basic Leadership
The signature blend. Start with the foundation, then go deeper with live instruction across three high-impact topics.
- Online: 8 Bad Boss Habits & How to Fix Them
- Live: Communication & Candor Across the Org
- Live: Humanity Intelligence Skills
- Live: Navigating Conflict
Pick 4 — Build Your Own
Design the blend that fits your organization's most pressing needs. Pick any online title, then pair it with up to three live workshops.
- Pick any online course title as your foundation
- Pair it with up to 3 live workshops from the catalog
- Delivered virtually, in person, or both
- Scoped to your cohort size and timeline
Flagship Coaching Program
Boss Whisperer Intensive
Private 1:1 Leadership Coaching Directly with AK Helm. 12 Weeks. Three Focus Areas. One Committed Leader. Real Change.
The Program
The Boss Whisperer Intensive is the most direct, most personalized, most intensive leadership development experience Boss at the Helm offers.
It is 12-weeks working exclusively with AK, focused on three specific development areas that you define together. Every session and assignment is built around your situation, your team, your goals.
This is not a course. It is not group coaching. It is AK + your development needs and 12 weeks of focused work.
Who This Is For
For high-potential individuals your organization wants to invest in more deeply, the Boss Whisperer Intensive provides direct 1:1 access to AK.
This program is for the leader who is ready to do something, who is ready to cultivate themself. They might be navigating a new role, managing a team through conflict or change, rebuilding trust after a rough stretch, or simply tired of leading on autopilot. They are ready.
Managers, directors, or senior leaders ready to invest in their development
They have specific outcomes in mind, not just general interest in “getting better”
They are ready to do the pre-work, the assignments, and the reflection between sessions
They want direct, expert coaching from someone with 25 years of lived leadership experience
They understand that real change takes commitment, and they are committed
Voices from the Work
Real Leaders. Real Change.
"The instructor did an amazing job explaining how to build confidence and create opportunities. I feel more prepared than ever!"Lukas E.
"Clear, concise, and straight to the point. I appreciate how practical the content is — no fluff, just real career guidance."Susan John
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