How We Work

Simple, Scalable, Strategic Support for Every Growth Stage

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

Advisor

Your 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.

    • 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

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

    • Seed to Series A startups establishing foundational people systems

    • 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

Project

Short-term, impact-focused execution

  • Targeted design and delivery of a high-impact learning or people initiative. From manager programmes to leadership acceleration and everything inbetween - all with clear outcomes and lasting assets.

    • 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


    • 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.

    • 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.

Partner

All the benefits of full-stack L&D capability - minus the headcount

  • Full stack L&D capability without the headcount. Build and execute an integrated L&D and org strategy across your whole business.

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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