You don’t have to build your business alone.

Operating System + Ecosystem

The weight of leadership is real. We help your team build a clear operating system to run the business, then surround you with the people, expertise, and experiences you need to keep breaking through ceilings as you grow.

Two climbers on a rock spire, one belaying the other up on a rope

One partner. Two ways we help you build.

An operating system can get you organized. We think leaders need more than that.

How we help
01 · The Catalytic Operating System

How you run the business

Build the clarity, alignment, strategy, and rhythms your company needs to run well.

See the operating system →
02 · The Catalytic Ecosystem

Who’s in your corner as you grow

Access trusted leaders, expertise, events, cohorts, and strategic partners when you hit the next ceiling.

See the ecosystem →
Together

Most people come to us for the operating system. A lot of them stay for the ecosystem.

The Catalytic Operating System

This is the structure your company runs on. We build it with your leadership team, then strengthen it with you one quarter at a time.

  1. Start

    Right Fit Session

    See if we’re the right fit.

  2. 01

    Basecamp

    Get your structure, first priorities, and leadership team pointed in the same direction.

  3. 02

    Vision Building

    Get clear on a vision your team understands, owns, and is excited to build.

  4. 03

    Team Optimizer

    Build trust, strengthen your team, and get the right people working together. Clients tell us this is where we help the most.

  5. 04

    Quarterly + Annual Planning

    We create your future one year and one quarter at a time. We facilitate the room so you can be in the conversation.

Every quarter, step out of the day-to-day, see the whole business, and choose the next challenge to solve.

Go further · when your team is ready

Strategy Catalyst

Clarify how you’ll win in your market and turn your vision into strategy.

Company Rollout

Take the system past the leadership team, so the whole company knows where you’re going and how their work fits.

What It Builds Across Your Business

Marketing · Sales · Operations · Finance · People

  • Know Where You’re Going

    Clear vision + strategy

  • Get the Right Work Done

    Turn priorities into progress

  • Run Better Meetings

    Real issues get solved

  • Lead People Well

    Managers lead with clarity and care

The Catalytic Ecosystem

Every season brings a different ceiling. One year it’s leadership, then sales, then finance, then AI. You shouldn’t have to figure out each one alone.

The right help at the right time
Built around the core channels of your business
Marketing
Sales
Operations
Finance
People
01

Thrive Cohorts

Quarterly gatherings for your marketing, sales, operations, finance and people leaders. They learn and solve problems next to leaders from other companies.

02

Catalytic Events

Practical workshops you can tap into when a need comes up, like High Performance Management, AI Catalyst and Strategy Catalyst.

03

Strategic Partners

Fractional CFOs, marketing and sales experts, HR leaders and more. We know these people personally, and we only connect you when it’s a real fit.

04

Strategic Planning

Facilitated annual and quarterly planning. You can start here even if you’re not running our operating system.

You don’t need the full operating system to use the ecosystem. Plenty of companies start with one planning session or one event.

You’ve got a hundred options and nobody looking at the whole picture.

Too much noise
What’s going on

You don’t know who to trust.

Consultants, coaches, books, frameworks, agencies and peer groups all have an answer for their piece of it. Nobody’s looking at the whole picture.

How it feels

You’re carrying it by yourself.

The decisions land on you, and so do the problems nobody else can solve. It gets lonely, and honestly, it gets heavy.

Why it’s wrong

It shouldn’t be this hard.

Finding someone who can really help you build a great business should be a lot easier than this.

Why us

The weight of leadership is real. You don’t have to do this alone.

We’ve spent a lot of time in leadership team rooms. Scott spent nearly a decade at Gallup and has given more than 1,000 strengths-based presentations. Behind him is a growing network of business leaders and experts we trust.

Faith shapes how we work. It’s present in our system and never pressed on yours.

“LC has helped get alignment from the exec team and throughout the entire company.”
Chad Williams · Five Q
“Leadership Catalyst cares more about our operation than their own. The focus is on us and what it takes to improve.”
Scott Heaton · Anderson Auto Group
“The intentionality we now give to people, processes, finance, and strategy is due to LC’s leadership and accountability.”
David Nelson · Green Cover Seed
Owners we walk with
Stahla
Five Q
Green Cover
RentVision
Anderson Auto
Zeng
HobbyTown

Let’s work together

Three steps to your next breakthrough
STEP 01

Schedule a discovery call

Talk through what’s going on with one of our guides. It’s just a conversation.

STEP 02

Find your starting point

We figure out your biggest challenge and where to begin. For some teams that’s the operating system. For others it’s planning, a cohort or an event.

STEP 03

Build the path together

We map out the next steps and walk them with you, so you’re never working it out on your own.

Same business. Same leader. You’re just not carrying the weight alone anymore.

If nothing changes
  • Every problem ends up on your desk.
  • Strategy gets buried under whatever’s urgent this week.
  • Your team drifts out of alignment.
  • Growth brings more complexity, and you’re still looking for answers alone.
With a guide beside you
  • Your leadership team is united around one vision.
  • Strategy is clear, and everyone knows what matters.
  • A steady rhythm keeps the whole company moving.
  • When you hit the next ceiling, you’ve got trusted people to call.
Accelerate your next breakthrough

It’s lonely at the top. Take someone with you.

If your business is growing and you’re tired of carrying it by yourself, a discovery call is the right next step. You don’t need to know what you need first. We’ll help you find the real challenge and where to start.