Fees & terms
What it costs. And on what terms.
All fees on one page, together with the rules that go with them. You know in advance what you get, what it costs and what happens if a date moves.
€1,700
Lowest daily rate · up to €2,500
- €19,500Diagnostic sprint – compact · fixed price
- from €6,900Facilitated day · base fee
Net · as of October 2026
Principles
Three rules up front
For businesses
All amounts are net prices plus statutory VAT.
Fixed price or guide value
A fixed price applies exactly as stated here. A guide value sets the range; the exact amount is in my written proposal after the first conversation.
Free of charge: the first conversation
Thirty minutes in which you describe the situation and I tell you whether and how I can help. Everything after that is work, and work has a price.
Price list
All fees at a glance
From a single conversation to a facilitated day to a mandate over several months. What determines where a day rate falls within its range is set out on the pages for the individual services.
01
Getting to know
First conversation
30 minutes, phone or video
free of charge
Sparring · single session
90 minutes, video or in person
€500–€700
Guide value, depending on preparation
Roundtable
Half a day in Vienna, 4 to 8 participants
€580
Fixed price per participant
02
Off-site and outside view
Outside view
2–3 hours in your off-site, preliminary conversation, one-page follow-up
€3,500
Fixed price
Implementation check
Half a day, no earlier than three months after the decision
€3,500
Fixed price
Off-site day
Up to 8 participants, with preliminary conversations, concept and decision document
€6,900
Fixed price, first day
- Each following day €3,500, immediately following; days with a gap by proposal
- Larger group €200 per participant above eight and day
- From 17 participants second facilitator by proposal
03
Diagnosis
Diagnostic sprint
Compact
2 weeks, up to 5 interviews, one area
€19,500
Fixed price
Full picture
4 weeks, up to 12 interviews, paper for the supervisory board
€38,000
Fixed price
04
Sparring and oversight
Sparring · retainer
Reachable within one working day
Retainer 4
4 hours per month
€3,500
Fixed price per month
Retainer 6
6 hours per month
€5,000
Fixed price per month
Board advisory
Annual mandate for supervisory board, advisory board or owners
€45,000–€75,000
Guide value per year
05
Interim and programme
Interim sprint
1–3 months
€1,700–€1,900
Guide value per day
Interim mandate
3–12 months, with budget and staff responsibility
€1,800–€2,100
Guide value per day
Programme C-level
12 months or more, several institutions or supervisory board involvement
€2,100–€2,500
Guide value per day
Programme support
After the diagnosis, by days worked
€1,800–€2,500
Guide value per day
Worked example: A three-day strategy off-site with ten participants costs €6,900 + 2 × €3,500 + 2 participants × 3 days × €200 = €15,100. More examples are on What does a strategy off-site cost?
For you alone: The Strategy day 2027 is a one-person off-site for board members and managing directors, with a preliminary conversation and a follow-up after 30 days, at a fixed price of €4,900.
Everything on 14 pages: the Service overview 2026/27 brings situations, evidence and formats together, to browse or as a PDF for your committees.
Days and hours: A consultant day covers up to eight hours. From six hours on one day I charge a full day, up to four hours a half day, and anything in between by the hour. The hourly rate is one eighth of the day rate; billing is per quarter hour or part thereof.
Credits
If you carry on, you do not pay for the entry point twice
I credit an entry format against the follow-on engagement, on four conditions:
- Three months. The follow-on engagement is commissioned in writing within three months of the date; for the diagnosis, the hand-over of the result counts.
- What is credited. The outside view and the first off-site day in full, the diagnosis at half, up to a maximum of €10,000.
- What it is credited against. The outside view against an off-site day or a mandate; all other formats against a mandate whose fee is at least three times the credited amount.
- Once. One entry format is credited per client, not several in a row.
Sparring, retainers, board advisory and the roundtable are not credited.
Additional costs
Travel, venue, catering
- For fixed prices, travel time is included. For mandates charged by the day, travel time within Austria is included; in Germany and Switzerland I charge it at half as working time. All travel time is shown in the record of services.
- On site or by video, the fee is the same: preparation, facilitation and result are the same work. By video, travel expenses and travel time do not arise. For mandates charged by the day, I charge shorter assignments as a half day.
- I charge travel and accommodation at cost, with no flat rate and no mark-up; by car at the official Austrian mileage rate. Rail in first class; flights of up to two hours in economy, longer ones in business class.
- Venue, equipment and catering are booked and paid by you directly. I tell you in advance what the room needs to offer.
- For the roundtable, venue and catering are included in the participation fee.
Dates
If a date moves
For the off-site day, outside view, implementation check and diagnosis:
| When you cancel | What I charge |
|---|---|
| up to 30 days before the date | nothing |
| 29 to 14 days before | 50 % of the fee |
| 13 days before or later | 100 % of the fee |
Moving the date once to a new date within the next three months is possible without charge, provided you tell me at least 14 days in advance.
Roundtable: If you cancel up to 14 days before, I refund the fee; after that, I do not. A colleague from your organisation can take your place at any time. If a round does not take place, everyone receives their fee back in full.
Sparring single session: Cancellation up to 48 hours before at no charge, up to 24 hours before 50 %, after that 100 % of the fee. Moving the date up to 48 hours before is possible without charge.
If I have to cancel: If a date falls through on my side, for example due to illness, I offer you an alternative date. If it does not suit you, you receive any amounts already paid back in full. Further claims are excluded, except in cases of intent or gross negligence.
Payment
When invoices are due
- Invoices are payable within 14 days without deduction.
- Off-site day, outside view and implementation check: 50 % on commissioning, the balance after the date.
- Diagnosis: 50 % at the start, 50 % on hand-over.
- Interim and programme support: monthly, by days worked. I invoice days worked, not capacity held in reserve.
- Retainer: monthly in advance. Board advisory: quarterly in advance.
- Roundtable: with the registration confirmation.
Term and scope
What applies to ongoing mandates
- Retainer: Minimum term three months, then cancellable monthly. Unused hours lapse at the end of the month. Additional hours are possible only by arrangement and as far as my calendar allows; I charge them separately at €875 per hour, per quarter hour or part thereof.
- Interim and programme support: The term is set out in the proposal and can be extended. During the term, either party can terminate with four weeks’ notice to the end of a month.
- Board advisory: Term one year. The mandate renews for a further year each time unless it is terminated no later than three months before it expires.
- More than agreed: Work beyond the described scope of a fixed price is agreed with you in writing in advance. I charge it pro rata at the hourly rate, per quarter hour or part thereof, and show it separately on the invoice.
- Long terms: For mandates of more than twelve months, I adjust the rates annually on the anniversary of the engagement in line with the change in the Austrian consumer price index (VPI 2020 or the index replacing it; the base is the value for the month in which the engagement was commissioned).
What is binding
Prices as of October 2026. Fixed prices apply to engagements commissioned by 31 January 2027; after that, the prices then published apply. My written proposal is always authoritative. Errors and omissions excepted; subject to change.
All information on this website has been compiled with care; errors, typing and calculation errors and changes remain reserved. Only the individual written proposal is binding.
Thirty minutes, and you know your figure
In the first conversation you describe the situation. I tell you which format fits and what it costs – or that you do not need one.