What TEAMRISE LLC does

TEAMRISE LLC is a privately-held, founder-owned corporate training and teambuilding firm based in Wilmette, Illinois (1241 Central Ave., #662), serving institutional and commercial clients across the United States and Canada. Founded by Burt Tesler — who brings over four decades of experience in corporate training, teambuilding, strategy facilitation, and executive coaching, and who previously co-led GRT Productions in the 1980s and 1990s — the firm operates as a boutique consultancy delivering private, one-organization-at-a-time training engagements. Its named client roster spans aerospace and defense (Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman), consumer products (Mattel), energy (Chevron, Arch Coal, Nicor Energy, Premcor, Cenovus Energy), financial services (MB Financial Bank, Harris Bank, LaSalle Bank, Private Bancorp), healthcare/nonprofit (American Dental Association, American Brain Tumor Association, Wellpoint, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry), government (Chicago Board of Education), manufacturing (BF Goodrich, Solutia), hospitality (First Hospitality Group), and technology (InRule Technology).

The firm's core offering is the Collaborative Excellence Series, comprising five programs: Collaborative Problem-Solving (anchored by the trademarked Six Houses Decision Process™ and Six Houses of Teamwork™ methodology, originally developed for NASA's Space Shuttle Program), Influencing Skills Within Teams (3 Laws of Attraction), Creatively Managing Conflict (FACES of Conflict), Decision Strategies (Four Types of Decision-Making), and The Art & Power of Listening (CAPSTONE Method of Listening). Programs are delivered as 3-hour in-person seminars or 2.5-hour virtual webinars, and are bundled into a 3-day comprehensive engagement marketed both as the Collaborative Excellence Program and as "The Matrix Partnership" for matrix organizations. The company also holds two registered trademarks covering its core methodology and has released three children's picture books on Amazon (The Ballad of Turkey in the Store, The Amazing Six, BLUNE).

TEAMRISE generates revenue through a professional services, fee-for-service training model with quote-based pricing and multi-year contract cadences. Its go-to-market is exclusively direct and bottoms-out at a gated website contact form requiring detailed prospect information before any sales conversation begins; no public seminars, paid advertising, social channels, or ecosystem partnerships are documented. The company carries no disclosed external investment, no parent entity, no subsidiaries, and no M&A history. It is operated as a founder-led practice with no disclosed headcount or revenue figures in public sources.

Name

TEAMRISE LLC

Legal name

TEAMRISE LLC

Website

https://teamrise.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

TEAMRISE LLC is a founder-owned corporate training and teambuilding firm delivering private, methodology-based programs in collaboration, decision-making, conflict management, and listening to enterprise clients across the United States and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Training & Teambuilding Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Collaboration & Teamwork (EDABAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Team-Building & Offsite Services (HSACADAF), Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Corporate training services
• Team building programs
• Collaborative leadership training
• Executive coaching services
• Organizational development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmette

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Services: The company generates revenue through fee-for-service training and teambuilding programs delivered to corporate clients. Sessions are offered as in-person seminars, virtual webinars, or multi-day comprehensive programs tailored to individual organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

TEAMRISE LLC delivers private corporate training and teambuilding programs built around proprietary methodologies such as the Six Houses Decision Process™ and Six Houses of Teamwork™. Sessions are conducted exclusively for one client organization at a time, offered as 3-hour in-person seminars or 2.5-hour virtual webinars, with major portions bundled into a 3-day Collaborative Excellence Program (also branded The Matrix Partnership for matrix organizations). The company also publishes children's picture books available on Amazon as supplementary offerings.

Product overview

TEAMRISE LLC offers a unified training and teambuilding service centered on the Collaborative Excellence Series, which consists of five distinct programs: Collaborative Problem-Solving (using the Six Houses Decision Process™ methodology developed for NASA's Space Shuttle Program), Influencing Skills Within Teams, Creatively Managing Conflict, Decision Strategies, and The Art & Power of Listening. These programs are delivered as 3-hour in-person seminars or 2.5-hour webinars, or bundled as a 3-day Comprehensive Program (also called The Matrix Partnership for matrix organizations). The company also publishes children's picture books available on Amazon. Sessions are offered exclusively to one organization at a time as private training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collaborative Problem-Solving (Six Houses Decision Process™ / Six Houses of Teamwork™)
• Influencing Skills Within Teams
• Creatively Managing Conflict
• Decision Strategies
• The Art & Power of Listening
• Collaborative Excellence Program / The Matrix Partnership
• The Ballad of Turkey in the Store
• The Amazing Six
• BLUNE: A Rhyming Tale of Friendship Across Time and Space

Quantifiable outcome

• Participants learn how to achieve more positive outcomes from interpersonal interactions, leadership, and work relationships

Named customers25 records

Segments2 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Long-established corporate training provider offering private and in-person soft-skills, leadership and teamwork programs to enterprises globally. Closely comparable to TEAMRISE in delivery model (private sessions to one client at a time), methodology-based content and target buyer (corporate L&D/OD).
• FranklinCovey: Public corporate training firm built around proprietary methodologies (e.g., The 7 Habits) sold through enterprise workshops and multi-year engagements. Directly comparable to TEAMRISE in trademarked-framework-led delivery, enterprise sales motion and content-portfolio approach.
• The Ken Blanchard Companies: Leadership and management training firm built on proprietary, trademarked models (e.g., Situational Leadership). Directly comparable to TEAMRISE in founder-anchored methodology branding and corporate training delivery.
• BTS: Strategy execution and leadership development consultancy offering customized programs, simulations and workshops to large enterprises. Directly comparable to TEAMRISE in custom strategy-facilitation and team-effectiveness engagements.
• Wilson Learning Worldwide: Sales, leadership and interpersonal-skills training provider delivering workshops and content licensing to global enterprises. Directly comparable to TEAMRISE in soft-skills program structure and enterprise B2B training motion.
• Crucial Learning (formerly VitalSmarts): Specializes in soft-skills training (crucial conversations, influence, change) sold to corporate clients via workshops and licensing. Directly comparable to TEAMRISE in skill domains covered (conflict, influence, decision-making) and enterprise training delivery model.
• Forum Corporation: Workforce development and leadership training firm serving large enterprises with customized programs. Closely comparable to TEAMRISE in custom corporate program design and enterprise account engagement model.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Research-driven leadership development provider offering in-person and virtual programs to corporate clients and individuals. Closely comparable to TEAMRISE in leadership and team-effectiveness focus, with a deeper research and assessment layer.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Global leadership development and talent management firm offering training, assessment and consulting to enterprises. Directly comparable to TEAMRISE in enterprise leadership training programs and structured methodology offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm offering leadership development, talent assessment and executive coaching alongside broader HR consulting. Comparable to TEAMRISE as a broader incumbent in the leadership and team-effectiveness training space, though at vastly larger scale and with a consulting-led rather than workshop-led go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about TEAMRISE LLC