The Highlands Group

What The Highlands Group does

The Highlands Group is a privately held management consulting firm headquartered in Lehi, Utah, founded and led by principal R. Kendall Lyman. It delivers integrated professional services across six practice areas — organizational transformation, leadership development, change management, strategic planning, employee engagement, and executive coaching — to a client base spanning Fortune 500 enterprises, U.S. federal and defense government agencies (including the U.S. Navy and NASA), and not-for-profit organizations. The firm lists 1-10 core employees and extends delivery through a network of alliance partners (notably Charter Oak Consulting Group and Emenex Ltd) and senior consultants rather than a large permanent staff.

The firm's intellectual property is the centerpiece of its delivery model. It has codified multiple proprietary frameworks — the Three Levels of Business Alignment, the Six Drivers of Engagement™, the Four Building Blocks Model, and the Seventh Prism Framework — and produced trade books including 'Change the Way You Change!' (Greenleaf Book Group, 2017) and 'The Employee Engagement Mindset' (McGraw-Hill, 2012), plus a nine-part 'A Case for Change Management' white paper series. Engagement scope ranges from short 1-3 day interventions to multi-month transformation programs, with documented multi-year anchors such as a six-year relationship with Comcast. The firm has no disclosed software platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no productized technology offerings; delivery is consultant-led and methodology-driven.

The firm monetizes through quote-based, custom professional services engagements with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, contract structures, or revenue figures. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales — senior partners and consultants engage directly with client leadership — augmented by content marketing (website blog, books, white papers, podcast appearances), industry awards (Emerald Literati 2019, ATD Excellence in Practice 2017), and academic affiliations at Georgia Tech (Professor of the Practice), Duke Corporate Education (Faculty Network, ranked #1 globally by the Financial Times for 12 consecutive years), and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Revenue, ownership structure beyond the founding principal, and external funding are undisclosed.

Name

The Highlands Group

Legal name

The Highlands Group

Website

https://highlandsgrp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Highlands Group is a privately held Lehi, Utah-based management consulting firm delivering leadership development, organizational transformation, change management, strategic planning, employee engagement, and executive coaching services to Fortune 500 companies, U.S. government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations through senior consultants and alliance partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Governance & Board Effectiveness Advisory (BPAHAFAC)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Leadership development programs
• Organizational transformation consulting
• Change management advisory
• Executive coaching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lehi

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting services delivered through direct engagements with client organizations. Services include organizational transformation, leadership development, change management, strategic planning, employee engagement, and executive coaching. Engagements range from intense multi-month programs to 1-3 day interventions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Highlands Group is a management consulting firm that delivers organizational transformation, leadership development, change management, strategic planning, employee engagement, and executive coaching services. Engagements are delivered by senior consultants and partners directly to client leadership teams at Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations, with project scopes ranging from intensive multi-month transformation programs to short 1-3 day interventions.

Product overview

The Highlands Group is a management consulting firm offering professional services as a unified portfolio rather than a modular software platform. The core offerings include six integrated service lines: Organizational Transformation, Leadership Development, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Employee Engagement, and Executive Coaching. These services are delivered through consulting engagements, workshops, coaching programs, and published methodologies. The firm also offers intellectual property products including the 'Change the Way You Change!' program and book, 'The Employee Engagement Mindset' book, and 'The Six Drivers of Engagement™' methodology. The services are designed to work in an integrated manner, partnering with clients for long-term transformation rather than offering standalone tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organizational Transformation

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations with highly engaged employees outperform rivals in operating income (19%), net income growth (14%), and earnings per share (28%)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and alliance.

• Georgia TechcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 April 2017Dr. Tony Daloisio joined Georgia Tech faculty in Fall 2017 as Professor of the Practice in Leadership Development, responsible for MBA leadership development program and core MBA course on Leadership Development.
• Keenan-Flagler Business School, University of North CarolinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School for international assignments including leadership retreat with OFID's senior leaders in Vienna covering strategy, leadership, team effectiveness and customer service.
• Duke Corporate EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Duke Corporate Education. Work with Duke Corporate Education and Sun Life Financial won the ATD Excellence in Practice Award. Duke Corporate Education rated #1 in the World for Customer Executive Education.
• Greenleaf Book GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to publish Change the Way You Change book. Greenleaf founded in 1997, named to Inc. 500 in 2006, known for top-quality editorial, design, and strategic marketing with over 35 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
• Emenex LtdallianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance partner founded in 2001 by Alistair Aitchison. Provides change management experience with breadth of industry and geography experience. Clients include Philips Healthcare, Intel, Molson Coors, and others.
• Charter Oak Consulting GroupallianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance partner led by Tony Daloisio and Teresa Hargrave. Specialized practice Women Upfront focused on women and leadership. Tony founded the firm over 20 years ago; named one of Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing 500 Firms.
• University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeil Yeager is affiliate faculty member at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School in Executive Development Program.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Boutique leadership development and executive coaching firm serving Fortune 500 clients with proprietary assessments and programs; directly comparable in target buyer (L&D, CHRO), delivery model (coaching + programs), and emphasis on leadership behavior change.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Specialist leadership and talent management consultancy offering leadership development, change management, and engagement solutions to global enterprises; comparable in services mix and enterprise/government client base.
• RHR International: Boutique leadership advisory firm focused on executive coaching, leadership team effectiveness, and board advisory — closely comparable boutique positioning, services, and target C-suite buyer to Highlands.
• FranklinCovey: Global leadership and organizational change consultancy; Highlands' founding principal Kendall Lyman and partner Tony Daloisio both led organizational change practices at FranklinCovey, making it the closest methodological and DNA-level comparable.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company (Organizational Practice): Global strategy incumbent with dedicated Organization Practice covering change management, leadership development, and culture; competes for the same Fortune 500 transformation mandates, though at much larger scale.
• Korn Ferry: Large global organizational consulting firm with substantial leadership development, talent management, and rewards practices; overlaps Highlands' services as part of a much broader portfolio including executive search.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global leadership advisory spanning executive search, culture shaping, and leadership coaching; comparable buyer (CEO/CHRO), enterprise scale, and leadership development capability.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and board advisory firm with a dedicated Leadership Advisory Services practice serving CEOs and boards on succession, team effectiveness, and culture — comparable at the C-suite buyer level.
• Bain & Company (Organization Practice): Global strategy consultancy with an Organization practice advising on operating model, change, and leadership; comparable buyer profile and enterprise transformation engagements, often at greater scale than Highlands.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with strong leadership assessment, coaching, and team effectiveness practices; overlaps Highlands' executive coaching and leadership development offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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