An L&D function without the headcount.
An embedded learning partner for organizations that need a real L&D capability but not yet a full department: skills mapping, program design, delivery, vendor management and measurement — on a monthly retainer.
6–12 months
Typical engagement
Monthly
Retainer, not day rates
Embedded
In your tools and rituals
Quarterly
Board-ready reporting
The problem
You have a training budget, a spreadsheet and no learning strategy.
Below about 800 people, most organizations cannot justify a full L&D department — so learning becomes whatever vendor got in front of the CPO last quarter.
You will recognize this if
- →Training spend exists but nobody can show what changed
- →HR is carrying L&D on top of a full role
- →Every team buys its own courses with no shared standard
- →You need a capability plan the board can read
The process
How the work runs
Every engagement runs the EmpacITy Loop. It is why the change survives the last session.
- 01
Map
Skills and capability mapping against your strategy. What the organization must be able to do in twelve months.
Month 1
- 02
Prioritize
A costed learning roadmap: what to build, what to buy, what to stop paying for entirely.
Month 1–2
- 03
Build
Program design, facilitator sourcing and vendor management. We run the process, you approve the plan.
Months 2–4
- 04
Deliver
Live delivery by us or by managed partners, embedded in your calendar, tools and onboarding.
Ongoing
- 05
Report
Quarterly measurement against the capability plan — participation, behavior change and cost per outcome.
Quarterly
What you get
- ✓Capability and skills map tied to business strategy
- ✓Costed 12-month learning roadmap
- ✓Program designs and facilitator sourcing
- ✓Vendor selection and management
- ✓Onboarding and manager-enablement content
- ✓Quarterly board-ready measurement report
What changes
12
Month capability plan the board can actually read
1
Partner instead of six unmanaged vendors
4
Quarterly reports on behavior, not attendance
Investment
No mystery pricing.
Indicative ranges so you can size a budget before you speak to us. Final scope is quoted after the diagnostic.
Advisory retainer
from $4,500/mo
Strategy, roadmap and vendor oversight. Delivery stays with your team.
Embedded partnership
from $7,500/mo
Strategy plus design and delivery of the core programs.
Full function
from $14,000/mo
End-to-end L&D: onboarding, leadership, technical enablement and reporting.
One partner.
One capability plan.
A 30-minute call to review what you spend on learning today and what it is returning.
Book a discovery call