Coaching Right Now

What Coaching Right Now does

Coaching Right Now, operating under the legal entity TopLine Communication LLC, is a private U.S.-based professional services firm founded in October 2008 by Bill Auerbach and headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The company delivers fully customized leadership development solutions to enterprise clients, with a core portfolio spanning 1:1 coaching, group coaching, consulting and advisory services, assessments, and facilitated workshops, complemented by ongoing reinforcement programs under its "Sustainable Impact" offering. Service delivery is enabled by a curated global network of 100+ internationally certified coaches, facilitators, and management consultants operating across 60+ countries and 20+ languages, with a distinctive practice of providing selected coaches with additional cultural and client-specific training prior to engagement.

The underlying technology stack is intentionally lightweight and human-centric: there is no proprietary SaaS platform, mobile application, or public API; rather, the firm uses integrated assessment tools (self-assessments, multi-rater assessments, client-owned assessments, and custom-designed assessments) and an internally referenced use of artificial intelligence for improving program and service operations. The company maintains EU-U.S., UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certifications (effective July 2023), GDPR and Swiss FADP compliance, and a longstanding privacy posture dating to 2014, which functions as an enterprise procurement gate rather than a product differentiator.

Go-to-market is exclusively enterprise sales-led, targeting Fortune 500 and Global 200 companies across Healthcare, Technology, Retail & Consumer Products, Manufacturing & Distribution, Financial Services & Real Estate, and Education & Non-profit verticals. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year contract structures and no standardized tiers; revenue is generated entirely through professional services engagements. Growth is driven primarily by client referrals (85% of new clients originate from existing customers) and supported by content marketing (blog, podcasts, videos, case studies), SEO, organic social, and industry webinars. The firm reports a 90% client retention rate year-over-year and documented enterprise outcomes including a 36% absenteeism reduction, 41% voluntary turnover reduction, $518,000 in client savings, and 60%+ of program participants earning promotions over a 10-year ROI analysis. The business has been entirely self-funded since inception, with no disclosed external institutional investment.

Name

Coaching Right Now

Legal name

TopLine Communication LLC

Website

https://coachingrightnow.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coaching Right Now is a U.S.-based, privately held leadership development firm that delivers fully customized coaching, consulting, assessments, and workshops to Fortune 500 and Global 200 enterprises via a curated global network of 100+ certified coaches across 60+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Leadership Coaching

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Leadership Development (BPACANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coaching Leadership & Mentoring Skills (EDABAAAG), Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF), Performance & Accountability Coaching (EDABANAD), Strategy, Decision-Making & Business Acumen Coaching (EDABANAH), Career, Purpose & Executive Wellbeing Coaching (EDABANAI)

Keywords

• Leadership development
• Executive coaching services
• Business consulting
• Organizational training
• Talent development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoffman Estates

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Leadership Development Coaching Services: Fully customized leadership development programs including 1:1 coaching, group coaching, consulting & advisory services, assessments, and facilitated workshops. Revenue generated through long-term professional services engagements with enterprise clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Coaching Right Now provides fully customized leadership development programs to enterprise clients, delivered through a global network of 100+ internationally certified coaches across 60+ countries. The offering bundles 1:1 coaching, group coaching, consulting and advisory services, assessments, and facilitated workshops, with customized ROI measurement.

Product overview

Coaching Right Now offers a holistic and fully customizable leadership development solution comprising multiple integrated service modules. The core portfolio includes 1:1 Coaching (individual coaching with experienced Business Leadership Coaches), Group Coaching (facilitated group discussions and peer learning), Consulting & Advisory Services (strategic frameworks linked to corporate goals), Assessments (identification of leader competencies via self-assessments and multi-rater assessments), Facilitated Workshops (skills training in essential leadership topics), and Sustainable Impact programs (ongoing reinforcement and culture building). These services are delivered through a global network of 100+ internationally certified coaches operating across 60+ countries in 20+ languages. The company emphasizes customized solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, with programs tailored to each organization's specific goals and culture. The company was founded in 2008.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Development Programs Fully customizable leadership transformation programs that attract, retain, and prepare leaders to effectively handle their biggest challenges, adapt to change, and lead organizations to sustainable growth. Designed for Fortune 500 and Global 200 enterprise buyers.
• 1:1 Executive Coaching

Quantifiable outcome

• 36% reduction in absenteeism, 41% decrease in voluntary turnover, $518,000+ in savings for healthcare client
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BBB National ProgramsminorOthersIndependent dispute resolution mechanism for unresolved Data Privacy Framework complaints. Provides free dispute resolution for EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with privacy complaints that cannot be resolved through company's internal processes.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CoachHub: Global digital coaching platform serving enterprise clients with a large international coach network, closely comparable to CRN's global multilingual coaching delivery.
• BetterUp: Enterprise leadership coaching provider delivering 1:1 and group coaching to large organizations; directly overlaps in target market and offering, but via a scalable digital platform versus CRN's bespoke model.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Long-established leadership development institution offering coaching, assessments, and programs to global enterprises, mirroring CRN's holistic customized approach.
• Blanchard (Ken Blanchard Companies): Leadership training and coaching company delivering management development programs to enterprises, closely aligned with CRN's leadership development focus.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Leadership development and assessment firm serving Fortune 500 clients with succession and leadership programs, directly comparable to CRN's advisory and assessment services.

Emerging players

• Sounding Board: Leadership coaching platform focused on enterprise coaching with measurable outcomes, an emerging competitor with partial overlap on tech-enabled delivery.
• Torch: Coaching and leadership development platform for enterprises combining coaching with analytics, intersecting CRN's market with a digital-first model.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm offering executive coaching, leadership development, and assessments as part of a broad talent portfolio serving the same enterprise buyers.
• FranklinCovey: Publicly traded leadership and performance improvement firm providing training and coaching to large organizations across industries, overlapping in corporate leadership development.
• BTS Group: Global leadership development and strategy-execution consultancy working with large corporations, overlapping in customized leadership programs and facilitated workshops.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/coachrightnow
• Facebookfacebook.com/coachingrightnow
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coaching-right-now-

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 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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