Every engagement begins with a real business question. Sometimes it is a growth decision. Sometimes it is organisational change. Sometimes it is leadership capability. Increasingly, it is how AI should fit into the business without creating more noise than value.
Rather than selling predefined consulting packages, ELLE EM Advisory works alongside organisations to solve specific strategic, commercial and leadership challenges. Every engagement is designed around the client’s context, with practical implementation considered from the beginning.
Whether the work lasts a single workshop or develops into a long-term advisory relationship, the objective remains the same: helping leaders make better decisions and execute them with confidence.
Strategy becomes difficult when every option carries trade-offs.
Markets change. Growth slows. New opportunities emerge. Leadership teams disagree. Boards require greater certainty before approving investment. These moments rarely require more analysis. They require better judgement.
ELLE EM Advisory works with leadership teams to clarify strategic direction, evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions and convert complexity into practical decisions that can be implemented.
Typical engagements include:
Project pricing varies according to scope.
Scope is confirmed after an initial strategic conversation. Full strategic plans and Fractional CSO retainers are quoted separately, based on time commitment and organisational complexity.
Traditional strategy work often ends at the deck. This engagement is built around what your team can execute with the capital, people and time available, and includes direct involvement in translating the plan into action.
Both. Early-stage companies benefit most from disciplined strategic planning before scale exposes the gaps. Established organisations use this work to reset direction or resolve a specific strategic question.
A defined number of days each month embedded with your leadership team, covering strategic planning, board preparation, cross-functional alignment and ongoing strategic decision support.
Most organisations are experimenting with AI.
Very few are building organisations that genuinely work differently because of it.
Buying software is straightforward. Embedding AI into leadership, operations and everyday decision-making is considerably more difficult.
ELLE EM Advisory helps organisations identify where AI creates measurable value, redesign workflows, introduce practical automation and develop internal capability without disrupting governance or organisational judgement.
This is business transformation enabled by AI, not technology implementation for its own sake.
Services include:
Full transformation programmes and enablement rollouts are scoped after an initial diagnostic conversation.
No. Much of this work uses existing commercially available AI tools, configured and integrated properly. Where custom build is required, that is scoped separately and coordinated with your technical partners.
Every engagement defines success metrics upfront: time saved, cost reduced, cycle time shortened or output quality improved, and we track against them throughout.
No. Smaller organisations often see faster returns, because there is less legacy process to unwind.
Technical capability gets people promoted.
Executive capability determines whether they succeed once they arrive.
Many professionals step into executive roles without ever being taught how to operate inside boardrooms, influence senior stakeholders, communicate under pressure or lead through uncertainty.
Our executive development programmes focus on the practical behaviours, judgement and communication expected at senior leadership level.
Areas include:
Individual coaching and organisational programmes available. Every programme is customised for the client or organisation.
Programmes can be customised. Final investment depends on duration, format and the number of executives involved.
Most executive coaching programmes run three to twelve months. Meaningful behavioural change at this level takes sustained work, not a single workshop.
Both, in proportion to what the individual needs. Coaching builds internal capability; advisory input addresses the specific business context the executive is operating in.
Yes. Many engagements are commissioned by a CEO, chair or head of HR for a specific executive, with confidentiality boundaries agreed upfront.
Not every organisational challenge requires months of consulting.
Sometimes a leadership team needs a focused intervention that builds capability quickly and creates immediate momentum.
Every workshop combines practical frameworks, facilitated discussion and implementation tools that participants can use immediately.
Popular workshops include:
Available as half-day, full-day and multi-day programmes. Pricing provided on request.
Pricing depends on group size, location and the level of customisation required.
Yes, though in-person delivery is recommended for sessions involving group exercises, such as strategic thinking or board readiness.
Sessions are designed for focused executive groups, typically between eight and twenty five participants, to preserve the quality of discussion.
Yes, within a full-day format. Combining unrelated topics into a half-day session tends to dilute the outcome, so this is not recommended.
Not every audience wants motivation.
Some want thinking that changes how they approach leadership, strategy and organisational performance.
Letoya delivers keynote presentations, executive conversations, panel discussions and facilitated strategic sessions designed to provoke better questions rather than provide easy answers.
Topics include:
Travel, accommodation and production requirements are quoted separately based on event location.
Talks are built around the event's audience and objective, drawing on strategy, AI transformation, executive leadership and governance as core areas of expertise.
A briefing call to understand the audience, the objective of the session and any sensitivities in the room. This shapes both content and delivery.
Travel, accommodation and any production requirements are quoted separately based on the event location.
Some conversations should happen before they become board papers.
This service provides confidential strategic counsel to executives, founders and boards navigating significant organisational decisions.
Clients use this engagement as an independent sounding board when decisions require objective judgement, commercial perspective and absolute discretion.
Scope and cadence are agreed after an initial conversation about the organisation and the board's needs.
This is an advisory relationship, not a governance appointment. It sits alongside the board and executive team without formal fiduciary duties, which allows for a more candid, exploratory conversation.
Retainers are usually structured monthly or quarterly, with a minimum initial term of six months, allowing the relationship to build real strategic value.
Yes. All advisory relationships are governed by a confidentiality agreement before work begins.
Better decisions begin with better intelligence.
Rather than relying on fragmented information gathered internally, organisations can commission targeted research that informs strategic decisions, market positioning and investment opportunities.
Research can be commissioned as individual projects or delivered through ongoing intelligence retainers.
Services include:
Retainer options:
Pricing available according to coverage and reporting requirements.
From R30,000
Delivered every two months, this review moves beyond intelligence gathering into interpretation: what the accumulated signals mean for your strategy, and where adjustment may be warranted.
What you receive: Includes a working session with the leadership team to walk through findings and agree any resulting action, plus a written summary for circulation.
From R45,000
A deeper quarterly assessment of the industry landscape: structural shifts, competitive dynamics, regulatory trajectory and a forward view of the next two to three quarters.
What you receive: Typically twenty to thirty pages, designed to inform annual and quarterly planning cycles, and often used directly as a board input document.
Proposal based
For questions that fall outside a standing subscription: market entry assessments, acquisition target research, consumer studies or a specific competitive deep dive.
What you receive: Scope, timeline and fee are agreed upfront based on the research question, with an example output shared before commissioning where useful.
A combination of licensed data services, public regulatory filings, industry publications, primary interviews where relevant, and structured monitoring of competitor activity. Sourcing is disclosed in every report.
Yes. Many clients pair a weekly or bi-weekly brief for ongoing awareness with a quarterly outlook for deeper planning cycles.
Subscriptions are billed monthly with a recommended minimum term of three months, allowing enough cycles to demonstrate consistent value.
Some organisations benefit from ongoing strategic access rather than isolated consulting engagements.
The Advisory Membership provides direct access to senior strategic thinking throughout the year, allowing executives to test ideas, pressure-test decisions and obtain independent advice as priorities evolve.
Membership may include:
Designed for organisations that prefer a trusted long-term advisory relationship instead of engaging consultants only when problems arise.
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