Name

Bold New Directions

Legal name

Bold New Directions

Website

https://boldnewdirections.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategic Leadership & Business Acumen (EDABAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Strategy, Decision-Making & Business Acumen Coaching (EDABANAH), Consultative Selling & Discovery (EDABABAC), Negotiation & Closing Skills (EDABABAE), Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Corporate training services
• Executive coaching programs
• Leadership development training
• Sales training workshops
• Resilience and teamwork training

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Onsite Training Delivery: Custom corporate training delivered at client locations. Pricing varies by program, duration, and number of participants. Quote-based model requiring custom proposals.
2. Virtual Training Programs: Live, instructor-led virtual training sessions delivered remotely. Includes half-day and full-day formats, plus combination training and coaching sessions.
3. Executive Coaching: One-on-one intensive coaching sessions for senior executives and team members. Transformational one-day sessions blending training, coaching, and consulting.
4. Keynote Speaking Services: Interactive keynote speakers and professional event performers for conferences, corporate events, and association meetings.
5. Train-The-Trainer Programs: Internal trainer development programs with licensing rights for client organizations to deliver proprietary content. Includes instructor materials, slides, facilitator guides, and annual licensing.
6. Blended Learning Packages: Comprehensive learning programs combining virtual instructor-led training, online modules, assessments, group coaching, and certificates of completion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Bold New Directions is a corporate training and employee development firm that designs and delivers experiential training programs across five topic areas: Management & Leadership, Presentation & Communication, Negotiation & Conflict, Sales & Customer Support, and Resilience & Teamwork. Programs are delivered via onsite training at client sites, live virtual training, one-on-one executive coaching, interactive keynotes, and train-the-trainer licensing using proprietary frameworks such as S.U.P.P.O.R.T., R.E.S.P.E.C.T., and S.H.A.R.E.S.

Product overview

Bold New Directions is a corporate training and employee development company offering a comprehensive portfolio of experiential training programs. The company provides five main training topic areas: Management & Leadership (including Management Essentials™, Management Success™, Coaching Skills For Managers™, Leadership Edge™, Leadership Success™), Presentation & Communication (including Powerful Presentations™, Executive Presentations™, Powerful Business Communications™, Savvy Sales Presentations™, Engaging Facilitation Skills™), Negotiation & Conflict (including Negotiating Success™, Negotiations & Influence™, Dissolving Conflict™, Negotiations For Women™, Negotiations For Managers™), Sales & Customer Support (including Sales Success™, Sales Success for Non-Sales Staff™, Sales Presentation Skills™, Sales Success For Call Center Staff™, New Sales Manager's Handbook™), and Resilience & Teamwork (including Resilience At Work™, Building Team Success™, Growing Emotional Intelligence™, Thriving In Times of Change™, Dealing With Difficult People™). These training programs are delivered through multiple service channels: Onsite Training at client locations, Virtual Training via remote delivery, Executive Coaching as one-on-one intensives, Train The Trainer Programs for internal capability building, and Interactive Keynotes for events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management Essentials™ An innovative management training seminar teaching essential skills for managers including interviewing, motivating, communicating, developing, evaluating, realigning and delegating, targeted at first-time and current managers.
• Management Success™ A customizable training program allowing organizations to select key modules from top management courses to address specific organizational challenges, melding leadership, management and coaching.
• Coaching Skills For Managers™ A program designed to shift leadership practices from command and control to a more inclusive and participative style, delivering tools for leaders at all levels.
• Leadership Edge™ A dynamic program that moves participants to powerful self-discoveries strengthening their capacity to lead in changing times using experiential learning and R.E.S.P.E.C.T. principles.
• Leadership Success™ A customizable training program allowing selection of key modules from top leadership courses, melding leadership, management and coaching into unique programs to address organizational challenges.
• Powerful Presentations™ A highly interactive presentation skills training seminar that improves ability to build and deliver professional business presentations with digitally recorded practice sessions and one-on-one coaching feedback.
• Executive Presentations™ A course designed for mid- to high-level professionals needing to make executive presentations that stand out, focusing on gestures, confidence, and executive presence.
• Powerful Business Communications™ A two-day experiential workshop teaching participants to engage colleagues and clients with highly effective communication, overcoming barriers and using positive communication techniques.
• Savvy Sales Presentations™ A presentation training seminar designed for professionals who plan, develop or deliver sales-related presentations, focusing on buyer needs, engagement and closing techniques.
• Engaging Facilitation Skills™ A program teaching accelerated learning strategies and co-active facilitation techniques to build 100% participant engagement using audio, visual and kinesthetic learning approaches.
• Negotiating Success™ A one- or two-day training workshop transforming how professionals negotiate using the Mutuality, Proactivity and R.E.S.P.E.C.T. model for win-win outcomes.
• Negotiations & Influence™ A two-day training workshop focusing on proven influence strategies to create superior negotiation outcomes using key influence principles and ethical persuasion.
• Dissolving Conflict™ A workshop providing high-level tools that promote optimal team functioning by teaching participants to anticipate, prevent and dissolve conflicts before they escalate.
• Negotiations For Women™ A training workshop transforming how women professionals negotiate by harnessing inner strengths and external negotiation skills for success using Mutuality, Proactivity and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
• Negotiations For Managers™ A one- or two-day training seminar transforming how managers negotiate with vendors, customers, upper management and employees using three pillars of Mutuality, Proactivity and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
• Sales Success™ A one- or two-day training workshop changing how sales professionals understand and interact in the sales process using a consultative, relationship-based approach.
• Sales Success for Non-Sales Staff™ A training workshop transforming how non-selling staff approach the selling process by cultivating consultative relationships using the S.H.A.R.E.S. solution process.
• Sales Presentation Skills™ A sales presentation training seminar for professionals who make sales presentations, covering stand-up, boardroom, sitting, PowerPoint, telephone and tradeshow presentation skills.
• Sales Success For Call Center Staff™ A training workshop transforming how call center professionals support prospects and customers in the buying process using consultative relationships and the S.H.A.R.E.S. solution process.
• New Sales Manager's Handbook™ A one- or two-day experiential training workshop providing skill building and hands-on exercises for new sales managers using the S.H.A.R.E.S. approach.
• Resilience At Work™ An experiential training program enabling participants to master professional resilience competencies using the S.U.P.P.O.R.T. model of Resilience.
• Building Team Success™ A dynamic training program helping individual participants and teams discover how to work more effectively using R.E.S.P.E.C.T. principles for enhanced morale and productivity.
• Growing Emotional Intelligence™ A training workshop helping participants maximize skills to stay in charge of emotions, build positive relationships and grow resilience using the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal tool.
• Thriving In Times of Change™ An experiential training workshop enabling participants to master workplace resilience competencies and become change agents within their own teams using the S.U.P.P.O.R.T. model.
• Dealing With Difficult People™ An engaging onsite training seminar providing concrete tools for handling challenging interactions with staff, customers or suppliers using the R.E.S.P.E.C.T. model.
• Executive Coaching A transformational one-day session blending training, coaching and consulting to assist executives to identify and overcome obstacles to professional goals, delivered onsite or offsite at client-preferred locations including retreat settings.
• Virtual Training A training delivery method allowing participants to join multiple colleagues from remote locations to learn new skills and knowledge from an expert facilitator via computer, incorporating breakout groups, small discussions, and learning partners.
• Onsite Training Delivery of training sessions at the client's location for groups of staff, with expert facilitators traveling to bring top-quality training courses to organizations of all sizes.
• Train The Trainer Programs An opportunity to assist internal training staff to develop knowledge and skills to facilitate Bold New Directions' experiential training programs using provided materials and instruction, with annual licensing rights.
• Interactive Keynotes Keynote speakers and professional event performers providing performances at events including corporate meetings, conferences, and cultural events, including motivational speaking, entertainment, and team-building activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Interactive virtual training maintains engagement through breakout groups and learning partners

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• International Coach Federation (ICF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional coaching certification and standards organization. Bold New Directions displays ICF logo on their website indicating membership and alignment with professional coaching standards.
• The Coaches Training Institute (CTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading coach training organization. CTI developed the Personal Wheel of Life Assessment and Professional Wheel of Life Assessment tools that Bold New Directions offers as free resources, indicating a training content partnership.
• The National Speakers Association (NSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association for speakers and presenters. Bold New Directions displays NSA logo indicating membership and professional alignment in the keynote speaking business.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BTS: Business acumen and leadership training firm using experiential simulations; comparable experiential methodology and enterprise delivery model to BND.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Global leadership and talent development firm offering leadership programs, executive coaching, and sales training — directly mirrors BND's combination of leadership content + executive coaching.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Research-driven leadership development and executive coaching provider; comparable to BND's executive coaching and Leadership Edge™ programs.
• Dale Carnegie Training: Long-established training company offering onsite, virtual, and customized leadership, presentation, and sales programs — overlaps directly with BND's core five topic areas.
• AchieveGlobal: Provider of customized training in sales, leadership, and customer service — direct overlap with BND's Sales & Customer Support and Management & Leadership offerings.
• Crucial Learning (formerly VitalSmarts / Crucial Conversations): Specializes in communication, negotiation, and influence training (Crucial Conversations, Crucial Influence) — directly overlaps with BND's Negotiation & Conflict pillar.
• FranklinCovey: One of the largest global corporate training firms with curriculum in leadership, execution, and productivity; directly comparable to BND's Management & Leadership and Execution Essentials offerings.
• Wilson Learning: Sales training and leadership development firm with proprietary methodologies; comparable to BND's Sales Success™ and S.H.A.R.E.S. frameworks.
• The Ken Blanchard Companies: Leadership and management training provider with proprietary methodologies (e.g., Situational Leadership) — analogous to BND's R.E.S.P.E.C.T. and S.U.P.P.O.R.T. branded frameworks.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a sizable leadership/professional development arm; comparable because it competes for the same enterprise L&D budgets that BND targets, though its portfolio spans far beyond training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/BoldNewDirections
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bold-new-directions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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