The Power to Ask Consulting

Important conversations shouldn’t feel overwhelming.

Across Australia, leaders work with Sam Trattles to prepare for high-impact conversations with calm confidence and clear strategy. The Power to Ask Consulting helps you plan your approach, sharpen your message, and ask with clarity, so you get results without second-guessing yourself or damaging relationships.

Consulting
Speaking
Training
5-Min Assessment

Why Leaders Work With Sam

Clarity changes more than outcomes: decisions move faster, pressure drops, and collaboration strengthens.

Sam’s consulting services are designed for people who know what they want but need help structuring the conversation to get there; calmly, respectfully, and without second-guessing themselves later.

She’ll work alongside you to prepare for your specific situation. Sam brings external expertise to help you structure your message, anticipate what’s coming, and stay calm when the pressure’s on.

You’ll leave every session with clarity on what to say, how to say it, and how to move forward with confidence.

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Why Smart Leaders Struggle to Ask

If asking still feels harder than it should, you’re not alone

Take our 8-minute assessment to discover what’s holding you back from asking for what you want, need, or deserve.

You’re capable. You’re qualified. So why do you keep accepting less than you deserve?

It’s not because you don’t know what you want, you’re clear on that. Typically, the challenge is overcoming the hurdle between knowing and asking, but first, you need to understand what’s preventing you from asking, especially when it matters most.

In eight focused minutes, you’ll discover what’s holding you back in asking for what you want, need or deserve, how it shows up under pressure, and practical steps to shift it. Within minutes, you’ll receive a personalised report that shows you how to ask with calm confidence and clear intent.

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Consulting Options

Personal Leadership Situations

Build confidence for conversations that shape your career.

When you need to ask for something that matters, something that has the ability to impact your personal circumstances, preparation changes everything.

The stakes feel high. You know what you want, but you’re not entirely sure how to say it without damaging the relationship or sounding pushy.

This one-to-one consulting package helps you structure your message, stay composed under pressure, and ask in a way that fits your communication style.

Common focus areas:

Requesting a pay rise or negotiating a new salary package

Clarifying expectations with a manager or Board

Resetting priorities when workload or scope exceeds capacity

Asking for flexible work arrangements on your return to work

Requesting additional resources, budget, or team support.

What Changes

You’ll stop replaying the conversation in your head and start having it with confidence. 

You’ll have clarity, calm, and a structure that makes asking feel natural, not forced.

Inclusions

With the Walk In Ready Expereinece – we’ll build your approach together working with Sam through .

  • Thought starters to help you get clear on what you really want
  • A 1on1 deep dive strategy session with Sam
  • On-call support throughout the engagement
  • Debrief and next steps session

Investment

Fixed fee upfront

Strategy Sessions + Execution Support 

Additional hours (if required)

Per hour rate

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Client & Commercial Situations

Build clarity to navigate a complex situation that shapes your business..

When projects shift, contracts expand, or relationships strain, how you ask determines what happens next.

If you’re facing a situation where you’re concerned about securing the outcome you want, without damaging your relationships or reputation or leaving money on the table, you shouldn’t do it alone.

This consulting package provides sustained, project-based strategic support to help you manage a complex or high-impact client and commercial situation.

You’ll work directly with Sam through each stage, from planning to final agreement, ensuring your conversations lead to progress, not pressure.

Common focus areas:

Securing a transformational client contract or high-value deal.

Renegotiating terms,pricing or scope when boundaries have shifted.

Managing partnership challenges and business exits.

Negotiating major vendor, supplier or partner agreements.

Securing internal stakeholder buy-in for budget, resources, or strategic initiative.

What Changes

You move from reacting to leading the conversation with confidence. You’ll handle the complexity calmly, knowing when to push, when to pause, and when to walk away.

Inclusions

We work with you (and your team) through each critical phase, adjusting the approach based on what’s actually happening at the table.

  • Deep-dive triage session to map challenges and goals
  • Strategic working sessions
  • Email and phone support throughout the engagement
  • Session recordings and action plans

Investment

Fixed fee upfront

Strategy Session

Direct Project Work

Agreed Execution Support

Additional tactical support hours

(if required): Per hour rate

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Team & Organisational Situations

Build confidence for leaders securing outcomes across your organisation.

You and your team face important conversations regularly. When situations get complex or the stakes are high, they need someone to turn to: a strategic advisor who can step in, assess the situation, and support the team to create a strategic approach to navigating through critical moments. 

This ongoing advisory service helps business leaders and teams build a shared language for asking clearly, handling tension, and creating stronger working relationships.

Whether you’re managing multiple departments, guiding new leaders, or supporting a team through change, this engagement gives you priority access to Sam’s strategic expertise when you need it.

Common focus areas:

Supporting team members through specific negotiations (internally and externally).

Joining critical meetings as a strategic advisor across your organisation.

Managing communication during organisational change or restructures.

Providing ad hoc support when multiple deals are running simultaneously.

Coaching team leads to enhance their ability to influence people and outcomes.

What Changes

You create a team culture where people communicate calmly and directly.
Your leaders gain a repeatable structure for conversations that move work, and relationships, forward.

Inclusions

  • Monthly planning sessions to prioritise focus areas
  • On-demand access for strategic sessions, calls, or meeting support
  • Flexible use across your leadership team
  • Priority response and support during active negotiations or reviews

Investment

Fixed fee upfront

Initial Project Diagnostic

Agreed monthly fee

Monthly Project Retainer

Additional tactical support hours

(if required): Per hour rate

Book a Team & Organisational Consultation

Working With Sam

The Power to Ask method works best when preparation meets clarity. Here’s how to get started:

1

Book Your Consultation

Begin with a focused session designed to understand your goals, challenges, and what’s at stake. Together, you’ll identify where clarity can create the biggest shift in your results.

2

Download Your Power to Ask Project Planner

After booking, you’ll receive a short, practical planner to help you define your current situation and desired outcomes. It gives you the framework to prepare before your consultation so you get maximum value from your session.

3

Follow the Planner to Achieve Results

During your consultation, Sam will help you refine the language, structure, and mindset behind your ask. You’ll leave with a clear strategy and next steps: a plan you can apply immediately to achieve your project or negotiation goals with confidence and calm.

Power to Ask Consulting Project Preparation

This free guide helps you set up for success before your consulting session with Sam Trattles.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Clarify your objective: define what you want to achieve from the conversation or project.
  • Gather what matters: identify the key facts, relationships, and context that will shape your strategy.
  • Understand the process: see how The Power to Ask framework works across personal, client, and team situations.
  • Prepare your mindset: manage the pressure and emotion that often come with important discussions.
  • Use this guide to arrive ready: clear, focused, and confident. It’s your first step toward asking better and achieving the outcomes that matter most.
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