How We Work

Simple, Scalable, Strategic Support for Every Growth Stage

At Alkemy, we provide tailored, practical support that aligns with your team’s needs. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling rapidly. Choose the level that fits your growth stage, internal capability, and urgency.

Project

Impact Focused Execution

  • Targeted, high-impact support to design and deliver a defined learning or org development initiative.

    • People Leaders and Founders with a specific challenge or initiative but limited internal capacity.

    • Companies ready to level up a core part of their people or learning strategy.

    • Scoping session to define goals, success metrics, and key stakeholders.

    • Hands-on design and delivery of a targeted initiatives (e.g. manager programmes, learning strategy, leadership coaching).

    • Iteration support and feedback loops to refine in real time.

    • Playbooks, toolkits, or handover packs to support sustainability post-project.

    • Optional add-ons: stakeholder workshops, pilot facilitation, or implementation coaching

    • Delivers a high-quality solution without draining internal bandwidth.

    • Moves a critical people or learning priority from idea to execution.

    • Builds internal credibility for People/L&D by showing visible business impact.

    • Leaves behind scalable assets your team can own and run with.

    • Creates momentum for longer-term change without long-term commitment.

Advisor

Strategic Sounding Board

  • Expert, high-impact advisory for early-stage startups or lean teams looking for L&D and org strategy input without a long-term commitment.

    • Founders and People Leaders seeking direction without the overhead of a full-time hire

    • Seed to Series A startups establishing foundational people systems

    • 90-min Discovery & Org Diagnostic session to pinpoint key challenges

    • Monthly 1-hour strategy session (Founder, People Lead, or both)

    • Access to a curated toolkit (templates for onboarding, leadership frameworks, etc.)

    • Feedback on internal plans, ideas, or team structures

    • Light-touch email/Slack support for ongoing guidance

    • Rapid clarity on where to focus to prevent growing pains

    • Quick wins in onboarding, leadership, and capability-building

    • Trusted sounding board to test and refine strategic initiatives without overcommitting

Collaborator

Embedded Strategic Support

  • Hands-on, practical support to implement fit-for-scale infrastructure across org design, onboarding, and leadership.

    • Series A/B startups experiencing growing pains and needing sustainable people systems

    • Teams ready to solidify management foundations and align on leadership practices

    • Everything in Advisor, plus:

    • Fortnightly deep-dive strategy sessions for targeted focus areas

    • Custom onboarding and capability-building design to align new hires with company goals

    • Management or leadership framework creation to build consistency in team development

    • Org structure review & actionable recommendations for scaling

    • Strategic coaching for Founders and key leaders to navigate complexity

    • Quarterly progress check-ins and refinement plans to adapt to growth

    • Scalable people systems that prevent management breakdowns as teams expand

    • Consistent leadership practices that drive accountability and alignment

    • Elevated leadership confidence, reducing decision-making friction during rapid growth

Partner

Full-stack L&D capability - minus the headcount

  • Executive-level partnership to build and execute a comprehensive learning, leadership, and org strategy — embedded in your business.

    • Series B–D scaleups with complex people challenges but no in-house L&D or org strategy lead

    • Teams experiencing cross-functional misalignment or rapid headcount growth

    • Everything in Collaborator, plus:

    • Embedded support (2–4 days/month, on-site or virtual) to provide hands-on strategic guidance

    • Company-wide L&D strategy design and delivery to align growth with capability-building

    • End-to-end org design & capability roadmap to structure teams effectively

    • Full leadership development track covering ICs, Managers, and Execs

    • Cross-functional alignment with Product, Ops, and HR to integrate people strategy across the business

    • Full measurement strategy with business impact reporting to demonstrate ROI

    • Executive coaching for Founders, VPs, and high potentials to navigate complexity and scale with confidence

    • A strategic L&D and org framework that aligns with business objectives and accelerates team performance

    • Reduced turnover through targeted development of high-potential leaders

    • Increased leadership bandwidth to tackle complex, cross-functional challenges

    • Clear, data-driven impact tracking to showcase the ROI of people strategy initiatives

Enterprise Packages

Portfolio-Wide Impact

  • Bespoke programmes for VCs, accelerators, or scaleups needing comprehensive, high-impact solutions across multiple teams or the entire portfolio.

    • VCs or accelerators looking to implement leadership development across multiple startups

    • Scaleups preparing for major funding rounds or undergoing significant organizational change

    • Tailored leadership and capability programs based on specific team needs

    • Comprehensive org design and people strategy consulting

    • Ongoing advisory and coaching for senior leaders and key teams

    • Full-scale rollout and ongoing refinement to ensure alignment and impact

    • Aligned leadership and people strategy across portfolio companies, reducing risk and increasing cohesion

    • Accelerated readiness for funding rounds by closing leadership capability gaps

    • Scalable frameworks that can be applied across multiple startups, amplifying impact without duplicating effort

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