Coltrain Group

What Coltrain Group does

Coltrain Group, LLC is a privately held business consulting and professional services firm headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, founded in 2013 and operating with 11-50 employees. The firm designs and delivers custom training, coaching, facilitation, and strategic-planning services to businesses, schools, universities, healthcare systems, government entities and non-profits across the Midwest, with named clients including Indiana University, IU Health, the City of Bloomington, United Way of Monroe County and Lennie's Restaurant.

The company's intellectual anchor is "The Coltrain Method," a proprietary, protocol-based facilitation system consisting of structured group activities, communication protocols, and collaborative problem-solving frameworks taught to leaders, managers, facilitators and HR professionals. Building on that methodology, the firm offers a portfolio of service lines: the 5-day Coltrain Method Training Program (public and private, with continuing-education credits), the Strategic Action Program (a four-phase strategic planning engagement spanning discovery through implementation), Collaborate to Compete workshops, Expert Facilitation and corporate retreat services, Conflict Resolution and Dilemma Resolution workshops, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction training, and a recurring Lunch & Learn educational series, alongside an annual Innovative Leadership Institute event.

Revenue is generated on a professional-services basis through per-engagement custom consulting, open-enrollment training workshops, and private in-house training, with a free Strategy Session (60-90 minutes) used as the entry point into paid work; no public pricing is disclosed and the firm reports no publicly available revenue figures. Go-to-market is primarily direct enterprise field sales combined with an event-driven Lunch & Learn channel, supported by a content-marketing blog and a Coltrain Community alumni network that provides post-sale engagement for graduates of the training program.

Name

Coltrain Group

Legal name

Coltrain Group, LLC

Website

https://coltraingroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Coltrain Group, LLC is a Bloomington, Indiana-based management consulting firm that delivers custom training, coaching, facilitation and strategic-planning services to businesses, schools, healthcare systems, government and non-profits, anchored by its proprietary protocol-based Coltrain Method.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomington

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Consulting: Custom training, coaching, facilitation, and strategic planning consulting services delivered to businesses and organizations. Services are tailored to client needs and typically involve engagements of varying duration from workshops to multi-phase strategic planning programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coltrain Group provides custom training, coaching, facilitation, and strategic planning services to businesses and organizations. Its offerings are built around The Coltrain Method, a proprietary protocol-based facilitation system, and are delivered through public workshops, private in-house training, and tailored consulting engagements covering leadership development, team effectiveness, conflict resolution, and strategic planning.

Product overview

Coltrain Group is a business consulting company offering a portfolio of training, coaching, and facilitation services centered around its proprietary Coltrain Method—a protocol-based facilitation system. The core offerings include The Coltrain Method training workshops, the Coltrain Strategic Action Program for strategic planning, Collaborate to Compete Training Workshops, expert facilitation services, corporate retreat facilitation, and Dilemma Resolution Workshops. Additional services include workplace conflict resolution, mindfulness-based stress reduction training, and the Lunch & Learn educational series. The company also hosts the annual Innovative Leadership Institute event.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Coltrain Method

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations with highly engaged workforces show approximately 40% higher operating margins; most engaged organizations show 270% higher margins
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Chamber of CommerceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2013Partnership with local Chamber of Commerce for the 2013 Innovative Leadership Institute event. Chamber members received a $45 discount on event registration.
• Leadership Bloomington-Monroe CountyminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2013Co-host partnership for the 2013 Innovative Leadership Institute. LBMC members received a $45 discount on event registration. Collaborative event marketing and promotion.
• SmallBoxminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2013Co-host partner for the 2013 Innovative Leadership Institute. SmallBox CEO Jeb Banner was a featured speaker. SmallBox is a web marketing company and Coltrain Group collaborated on this regional business leadership event.
• Monroe County Convention CenterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2013Venue partner for the 2013 Innovative Leadership Institute event held October 1, 2013 in Bloomington, Indiana.
• Monroe County Public LibraryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner for Lunch & Learn events. Library serves as location for free educational workshops open to the Bloomington business community.
• Monroe County History CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner for Lunch & Learn events including 'Keys to Great Strategic Planning' and 'Upland Success Story' workshops.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BTS: Strategy execution and leadership development consulting firm that combines facilitated workshops with simulations. Comparable to Coltrain's Strategic Action Program and Dilemma Resolution Workshops, with a stronger digital/simulation delivery layer.
• Root Inc. Strategy and change management consulting firm that helps organizations execute strategy through alignment and engagement workshops. Directly comparable to Coltrain's strategic planning, visioning, and execution facilitation offerings.
• The Ken Blanchard Companies: Leadership training and consulting firm built around a proprietary methodology (Situational Leadership). Closely comparable to Coltrain's approach of productizing a named facilitation/leadership method with certification programs.
• VitalSmarts: Corporate training company specializing in communication, influence, and conflict resolution — directly overlapping Coltrain's conflict resolution and communication protocol offerings.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Research-driven leadership development provider offering training, coaching, and facilitation services. Comparable to Coltrain in leadership training and facilitation methodology, with deeper academic and research underpinnings.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Leadership and talent development firm offering facilitation, training, and consulting to enterprises worldwide. Closely comparable to Coltrain's leadership development and team effectiveness practice, with significantly larger scale and productized offerings.
• Interaction Associates: Consulting and training firm focused on collaboration, facilitation, and leadership. Comparable to Coltrain's protocol-based facilitation approach for groups, with a similar target buyer (organizational leaders and teams).

Broad incumbents

• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Long-established corporate training firm specializing in leadership, communications, and team effectiveness — directly overlapping Coltrain's facilitation, communication, and team-building offerings across a global franchise network.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm spanning leadership development, talent, and strategy execution. Comparable to Coltrain at the strategic consulting and leadership training layer, though operating at a vastly larger scale and scope.
• FranklinCovey: Global leadership and organizational performance firm offering training, coaching, and consulting. Comparable to Coltrain in the leadership development and corporate training category, but at much larger scale and with a broader content/technology portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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