Leadership Guru

What Leadership Guru does

Leadership Guru (legally The Leadership Guru, LLC) is a Baltimore, Maryland-based professional services firm that delivers leadership development, facilitation, executive coaching, and organizational consulting to federal/state/local government agencies, Fortune 500 corporations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm is founded, owned, and operationally delivered by Dr. Cynthia Pace, PhD, CPF — a Certified Professional Facilitator, former U.S. Director of the International Association of Facilitators, and former college president with 30+ years of leadership experience. Engagements cover strategic planning, retreats, executive coaching, keynote speaking, and DiSC-based team development, delivered in-person at client sites or at "Pace's Place" in Maryland, and virtually nationwide.

The firm's underlying methodology is a process-based, brain-friendly facilitation discipline branded around six registered trademarks/marketed tools: the Leadership Alignment Framework™ (a four-pillar diagnostic covering Leadership, Trust, Process, and Behavior), the Trust Temperature Check™ (six dimensions of trust), the Leadership Alignment Self-Assessment™, the Leadership Blind Spot Check™ (DiSC-based), the Meeting Magic Checklist, and the Trust Battery™ Assessment. The firm's go-to-market is sales-led, with quote-based pricing, direct phone outreach, website consultation booking, and content marketing (blog + free downloadable assessments) as the primary acquisition channels. Revenue is generated entirely through customized professional services engagements delivered by the founder, with no software platform, no recurring SaaS revenue, and no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

Leadership Guru

Legal name

The Leadership Guru, LLC

Website

https://leadershipguru.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Leadership Guru is a Baltimore-based leadership development and facilitation consultancy serving government agencies, Fortune 500 corporations, and nonprofits nationwide, using proprietary trademarked diagnostic frameworks delivered directly by founder Dr. Cynthia Pace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Consulting and Facilitation Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Senior Executive Coaching (EDABANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Assessment, 360 Feedback & Development Planning (EDABAAAK), Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF), Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH)

Keywords

• Leadership consulting
• Executive facilitation
• Strategic planning facilitation
• Organizational development
• Team alignment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Customized consulting solutions including strategic planning facilitation, leadership alignment using the Leadership Alignment Framework™, trust-building programs, and executive coaching. Delivered as one-on-one coaching or team workshops.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Leadership Guru is a consulting and facilitation practice that delivers customized leadership development, strategic planning facilitation, executive coaching, and organizational alignment services. Its signature methodology, the Leadership Alignment Framework, aligns four pillars—Leadership, Trust, Process, and Behavior—using real-time diagnostic assessments. Services are delivered directly by founder Dr. Cynthia Pace through workshops, retreats, executive coaching, keynote speaking, and DiSC-based team programs, both in-person and virtually across the United States.

Product overview

Leadership Guru is a consulting and facilitation practice, not a unified software platform. The core offering is the Leadership Alignment Framework™ — a diagnostic methodology that aligns four pillars (Leadership, Trust, Process, and Behavior). This framework is supported by multiple assessment tools including the Leadership Alignment Self-Assessment™, Trust Temperature Check™, and Leadership Blind Spot Check™. Additional offerings include the Meeting Magic Checklist resource, DiSC Talk For The World program, and a range of services spanning Business Facilitation, Strategic Planning, Leadership Seminars, Keynote Speaking, Capacity Consulting, Leadership Coaching, and Nationwide Leadership Consulting. All offerings are delivered as consulting services by Dr. Cynthia Pace, not as software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Leadership Alignment Framework™: Signature methodology that aligns four critical pillars: Leadership, Trust, Process, and Behavior, each with real-time assessments to diagnose gaps and drive immediate action.
• Trust Temperature Check™
• Leadership Alignment Self-Assessment™
• Leadership Blind Spot Check™
• Meeting Magic Checklist

Products and services

• Business Facilitation Services Planning and facilitation of business meetings, events, conferences, retreats, and strategic planning sessions for executives, teams, and professional groups.
• Strategic Planning & Facilitation Diagnostic strategic planning that identifies where strategy is breaking down and facilitates alignment, accountability, and forward momentum.
• Trust-Building Services Helps teams measure, build, and protect trust using the 6 Dimensions of Trust framework and the Trust Temperature Check diagnostic tool.
• Leadership Seminars & Retreats Highly interactive, engaging leadership training sessions held over one or multiple days, tailored to organizational needs.
• Keynote Speaking Transformational storytelling presentations backed by frameworks, covering topics including women's leadership, trust, meetings, and leadership alignment.
• Capacity Consulting Services Interim leadership and executive project management, policy review and development, and SOP manual updates and development.
• Leadership Coaching One-on-one personalized coaching for leaders including individual assessments, goal setting, action plans, skill development, and continuous feedback.
• Nationwide Leadership Consulting Leadership coaching, training, and facilitation services delivered nationwide through virtual platforms, covering leadership development, executive coaching, team building, and conflict resolution.
• DiSC Talk For The World Program that enhances team communication and builds strong relationships through the DiSC assessment, helping participants gain insights into their communication styles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Meetings reduced by 50% (from 2 hours to 1 hour or weekly to biweekly)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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 and minor.

• International Association of Facilitators (IAF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Pace served as U.S. Director/Board Member of IAF. Holds Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) designation endorsed by IAF. Active member in good standing.
• Mid Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer co-chair of MAFN and Dean of MAFN University. Active member and leader in the regional facilitation community.
• The BOW CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity of women entrepreneurs and leaders. Dr. Pace is a member, describing it as an extraordinary life-changing experience with a group that lifts one another higher.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Table Group: Patrick Lencioni's consulting firm focused on team health, leadership alignment, and organizational diagnostics — directly comparable as a boutique leadership advisory built around a proprietary diagnostic framework (the Five Dysfunctions of a Team).
• Bates Communications: Boutique executive communication and presentation coaching firm offering keynote, workshop, and 1:1 coaching services to senior leaders — closely aligned business model with similar boutique positioning and facilitation-led delivery.
• The Humphrey Group: Boutique leadership communication consultancy providing keynotes, workshops, and coaching for executives and leadership teams — comparable boutique positioning with proprietary frameworks and C-suite focus.

Emerging players

• GiANT Worldwide: Leadership development firm built around 5 Voices and other proprietary assessment tools — directly comparable as an assessment-anchored, framework-driven boutique competing for similar enterprise and church/nonprofit clients.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Nonprofit leadership research and education provider offering executive coaching, leadership assessments, and customized programs — comparable in serving government and Fortune 500 clients with leadership development offerings.
• Crucial Learning: Training and consulting firm offering Crucial Conversations and Crucial Influence — directly addresses the trust, communication, and team effectiveness problems Leadership Guru targets, with a more productized and scalable delivery model.
• Ken Blanchard Companies: Established leadership training and management development firm built around Situational Leadership and related frameworks — directly comparable methodology-and-workshop model but operating globally with broader content portfolio.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Global leadership development and assessment firm offering leadership pipelines, 360 feedback, and executive coaching — overlapping with Leadership Guru's assessment-and-coaching mix but at enterprise scale with technology platforms.
• FranklinCovey: Large-scale leadership and execution training provider offering The 7 Habits and other frameworks; serves the same enterprise/government buyer with overlapping leadership development content but at significantly greater scale and productization.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a large leadership development and executive coaching practice — competes for the same enterprise leadership advisory and talent management engagements at much greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LeadershipGuruLLC

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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