Workshops for scale-ups
Leadership and culture workshops for scale-ups
When a company grows fast, the first leadership layer often grows faster than its experience, and the culture has to keep up. We have worked with startups and scale-ups since 2015, first as Startup Workshops, today as the Digital Leader Program.
30 min · free · no obligation
Startups and scale-ups we have worked with
Situations we know from scale-ups
- A new leadership layerStrong specialists become leads, often within weeks, and need to find their role.
- Culture that keeps upMany new people join, and what used to be obvious has to be agreed on purpose.
- Founders who leadFounders build the business and lead people at the same time, with few people to think things through with.
- Distributed teamsRemote and hybrid work across cities and countries, and meetings that eat the week.
Formats that fit
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For the leadership layer
Leadership Essentials
Six sessions over three months, on the real situations of your new and experienced leads.
Up to 12 · EUR 15,000 per group
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For the whole company
Culture design
Purpose, values, rituals and decisions, worked out together, often as an offsite.
One team up to about 50
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For the teams
Core Skills
Self-management, communication and feedback for the people who do the daily work.
Up to 12 · EUR 7,500 per group
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For founders
Executive coaching
One to one, for decisions, a difficult team situation or keeping your balance under pressure.
From EUR 500 per hour
We know the startup world from the inside
Andre Ottlik has coached and trained leaders since 2009. For several years he was lead coach in the borek.digital accelerator, working with founders on business models and pitches.
In 2015 he founded Startup Workshops, the company behind today's Digital Leader Program. Many of the formats on this site were developed together with fast-growing digital companies.
From a scale-up project
Questions from scale-ups
From what company size do your workshops make sense?
As soon as there is a first leadership layer below the founders. Culture design can make sense even earlier, when many new people join in a short time.
What do the formats cost?
Leadership Essentials costs EUR 15,000 per group, Core Skills EUR 7,500 per group, each for up to 12 people. Culture design workshops and coaching are offered after a 30-minute call.
Our team is distributed. Does that work?
Yes. Our series have run remote with online whiteboards since 2020. Teams learn the content and, along the way, how good remote collaboration looks.
How fast can we start?
After the call you get an offer within a week. A series can usually start three to four weeks later, often in time for the next growth phase.
Do you work with founders one to one?
Yes. Executive coaching for founders and managing directors is one of our formats, booked by the half day or as a package.
Which format fits a scale-up best?
A new leadership layer: Leadership Essentials, six sessions over three months. Culture that has to keep up with growth: a culture design workshop or an offsite. Founders who lead while they build: executive coaching. In a 30-minute call we work out which one fits.
Do you work in English with international teams?
Yes. Every format runs in English or German, remote, hybrid or on site, and our trainers and coaches in Berlin and Lisbon work with teams across Europe.
Growing faster than your leadership?
In a 30-minute call we talk about your team, your growth and which format fits now. Free and without obligation.
Book a callAfter the call you get an offer within a week. A series can usually start three to four weeks later.