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North Group Consultants

Direction For Your Future

Who We Serve

Through sustained relationships, North Group develops leaders and organizations toward their highest potential.

We are an organizational health and leadership development firm. We help organizations grow and guide them through various kinds of transitions, including generational. We do this through leadership and team development, organizational assessment, succession planning, hiring, and mergers and acquisitions.

We serve privately-held organizations, family businesses, nonprofits, and ministries in many different industries.

Services We Provide

We’re focused on developing and encouraging leaders and their organizations to reach their highest potential. You can learn more about our core services below.

Organizational Health & Performance Assessments

We provide organizational assessments to help you tie together the “current location” of your organization with your “desired future state.” We help you construct a roadmap to your future.

Transition & Succession Solutions

We provide a full range of services to guide organizations through leadership transitions, whether planned or unplanned.

Leadership & Organizational Development

We support leadership and organizational development using proprietary methods that focus on leaders, teams, and their organizations.

Private Company Transactions

We offer advisory services to business owners who want to buy or sell a business, managing all aspects of the process while maintaining a focus on aligning and sustaining organizational culture.

Hiring & Talent Selection

We provide comprehensive solutions to support clients in hiring executives and leaders at all levels. Our efforts are focused on identifying right-fit talent for your team.

offering relevant, timeless principles
and life-changing value

We focus on the character and self-awareness development of leaders and its impact on their organizations. Through long-term relationships, we model leadership and healthy team interactions while providing expertise on a wide range of business topics. We’re dedicated to engaging thoughtfully and honestly to challenge assumptions and bring fresh perspective. At the same time, we deliver hope for the future and belief in human potential.

About Us
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