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How much does it cost to hire Dr. Anna Kallschmidt to speak?

June 29, 2026

The Quick Answer

Choose based on what you need and your budget:

1-hour keynote: $4,000–$7,000 (+ travel)
Inspires and empowers self-directed employees to start the journey

Half-day workshop: $12,000–$15,000 (+ travel)
Builds aligned cohort to reshape culture together

Full-day workshop: $18,000–$23,000 (+ travel)
Immersive cohort work with deeper practice

Travel (in-person): $1,500–$3,000

Longer initiatives: Keynote + workshop, or multiple cohorts = custom pricing with volume consideration

What Each Engagement Does

Keynote: $4,000–$7,000

The pitch: I deliver 60 minutes of research on why unwritten rules exist and how they shape who advances. Self-directed employees feel inspired to act. Paired with my book, they have a pathway to begin the journey individually.

What changes: Awareness, validation, motivation, starting point for growth

What doesn't: No cohort alignment, no silos addressed, no organizational culture shift (requires follow-up from your leadership and continued work)

Best for: All-staff introduction, self-directed employees, entry point before deeper work

Workshop: $12,000–$23,000

The start: I interview your leadership first to understand your specific friction points. Then I build the workshop around your actual problems.

Critical difference: Your cohort of leaders/leaders-to-be works together (with senior leadership's blessing) to reduce silos, identify misunderstandings, collaborate on solutions, and begin reshaping how things work. They use the same tools, speak the same language, hold each other accountable.

What changes: Cohort aligns, silos break down, peer accountability creates momentum, organizational culture begins to shift, behavior sticks because they're practicing and reinforcing together

What doesn't: Requires sustained senior leadership support and system reinforcement; one workshop isn't a permanent fix

Best for: Leadership cohorts ready to reshape culture together, when senior leadership is committed to supporting the shift

You Should Hire Me When You're Experiencing These Problems

Are any of these happening in your organization?

  • I'm losing my best performers because they're rough around the edges or perceived as combative. Your most talented people don't fit your defined culture. You're losing talent that costs $225K–$360K per person to replace.

  • My teams are siloed with competing goals instead of alignment. Information is power. People hoard knowledge. Collaboration breaks down. You need leaders working together toward shared mission.

  • Decisions get delayed because no one knows who actually has authority. The org chart doesn't match reality. People don't know who to ask for what. Very little is moving forward.

  • High performers aren't getting promoted because they don't know how to build relationships with leadership. Technical talent is excellent at their work. Advancement requires relationship-building they were never taught. They plateau or leave.

  • My team doesn't trust each other or understand what's expected. Without shared language and clear expectations, trust erodes and misalignment persists.

  • Problems don't surface until they're expensive to fix. People see issues coming but don't flag them because they don't know how, tried before and were shut down, or don't trust it will help.

If any of these resonate, that's when I'm the fit.

What Makes It More or Less Expensive

Cost drivers vary by scope:

More expensive:

  • Smaller workshop audience (more interaction)

  • In-person (travel costs)

  • Longer duration

  • Higher organizational customization (interviews, custom case studies from your challenges)

Less expensive:

  • Larger keynote audience (efficient per person)

  • Virtual (no travel)

  • Shorter duration

  • Standard delivery

The math: A keynote to 500 people = $8 per person inspired to act. A workshop for 50 leaders = $240 per person building culture together. The workshop sticks because they're aligned, practicing together, holding each other accountable, reshaping silos.

Why It's Worth It

The real cost of not addressing this:

Your organization loses high-performers to invisible cultural rules. The cost: $225,000–$360,000 per failed promotion.

One prevented promotion failure pays for a keynote 30–50x over. A workshop that prevents 2–3 failures pays for itself 10–20x over.

Why I'm the fit for this work:

I'm an I/O psychologist with 10 years of research on why competent people fail in new cultural environments. My work is published in peer-reviewed journals. I customize to your specific problems, not generic frameworks.

Longer Initiatives Have Different Economics

Going deeper = better ROI:

A keynote introduces the problem. A workshop changes how your leaders work together.

When you commit to longer work (keynote + workshop, or workshop + coaching cohort, or year-long initiatives), I'm not starting from zero. Discovery happens once. Learning compounds. Efficiency increases. That's why longer initiatives have volume pricing.

How it works: Tell me what you're trying to accomplish and your timeline. We custom-quote based on scope and your vision for sustained change.

Examples:

  • Keynote + workshop (same quarter)

  • Keynote + workshop + coaching cohort (6 months)

  • Multiple cohorts across departments (year-long)

How to Book

Ready to talk? Tell me:

  • Which problems are you experiencing?

  • How many people and what's your vision for change?

  • Virtual or in-person?

I give you a clear quote with no surprises.

The Bottom Line

You should hire me when you have these specific problems.

You're not paying for my time. You're paying to prevent expensive failures and build a culture where competent people advance based on merit and understanding, not invisible rules.

Ready to talk? Email me at info@drkallschmidt.com