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Precision, Innovation, Results Your Partner in Federal Workforce Solutions In 2002, GKG began as an HR and Executive Search company supporting the federal government. Through meticulous planning and building, our team has the most knowledgeable professionals in the industry. GKG has evolved into a trusted, agile, and customer-focused professional services company. We have expanded to offer a breadth and depth of services dedicated to helping the government address strategic, organizational and operational needs. Meet Our Team GKG Leadership GKG’s talented team includes a multitude of former federal employees, including a cadre of Senior Executive Service professionals. Our team also consists of retired flag officers and other high-level staff officers from across the DoD. Meet Our Leaders GKG LIFE Core Values As individuals and a corporate family, our core values define us. GKG LIFE.

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Goode Design & Consulting, founded by Matt Goode, provides executive coaching, fractional operations, and leadership infrastructure for growth-stage founders, independent schools, and mission-driven teams. Its work runs on four frameworks and starts with the On-Board Diagnostic. Matt Goode is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and EQ-i 2.0 Certified practitioner, and author of CLUTCH.

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Goodwin Solutions, LLC is a consulting firm led by founder Kim Goodwin that provides transformational change management, organizational and team development, and executive and team coaching. It uses data-driven business strategies and neuroscience-based development to help HR professionals and business leaders drive culture change, build high-performing teams, and achieve measurable results. Based in Danbury, Connecticut.

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Goose Creek Consulting is a boutique executive coaching and organizational development firm founded in 2010, originally focused on mental health and career coaching before expanding into leadership development in 2014. It partners with leaders, teams, and organizations across government, corporate, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors, using evidence-based, science-grounded approaches.

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Greater Than Equal® is a strategy advisory firm that helps organizations navigate complexity, align stakeholders, and drive strategic impact for high-stakes initiatives. It specializes in bridging human dynamics, partnerships, and decision-making processes across government, industry, academia, nonprofits, foundations, and communities, with work at the intersections of Clean Energy Infrastructure, Emerging Technologies, and Community Resilience.

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GRIT & Pivot, LLC is a woman-owned and veteran-owned business providing leadership, coaching, and assessments for individuals and organizations. Founded by Dr. Amanda Lords, an executive coach and industrial-organizational psychologist, the company helps people navigate change, build resilience, and grow through challenge. Its work blends expertise in adult learning, psychological assessment, and leadership development.

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Guardian Defense Group is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that fuses master psychologists and intelligence community experts to provide tactical training and cognitive science programs for the warfighter. It supports Special Operations Forces, HUMINT, and the Intelligence Community, with expertise in SOF training, human performance, and leadership development.

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Gwen, Inc. is a leadership development corporation that helps leaders achieve business goals by developing the leadership competencies of confidence, competence, courage and calm. It specializes in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) services for individual leaders, companies, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions, and provides leadership development support for emerging and established leaders. President/CEO Gwen Webber-McLeod also delivers keynotes based on her book 'Your Leadership Journey.'

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Building leadership and institutional capacity for complex systems Hatpin Revolution is a mission‑driven social enterprise that helps public and workforce organizations execute effectively, equitably, and sustainably—especially in technology‑mediated environments. We focus on leadership, governance, and systems—not slogans, tools, or short‑term fixes. Public systems don’t fail for lack of expertise. They struggle when leadership capacity, decision clarity, and human systems can’t keep up with complexity. Hatpin Revolution strengthens the leadership and institutional infrastructure that allows organizations to deliver on their mission—under real‑world constraints. Leadership and Capacity Building We design and deliver applied leadership development that treats leadership as public infrastructure embedded in real work, accountable to real outcomes. Explore leadership & capacity.

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Helix Group, LLC describes itself as a leader in Strategic Developmental Transformation. It builds business cultures, activating commercial growth and sparking human development, and designs institutions that help people develop through their work while improving organizational function. Founder is Kazimierz Gozdz, Ph.D., based in Alamo, California.

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Hera Associates is a global social impact consulting firm founded in 2022 by Dennia Gayle and Jennifer Rider. It partners with mission-driven organizations, government agencies, and businesses, specializing in government contracting, nonprofit capacity building, and strategic planning to help clients optimize operations, secure funding, and drive measurable impact.

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Hill & Hill Consulting Group is a leadership and public safety consulting firm led by Lauretta Hill, a law enforcement executive with over 31 years of experience. The firm works with government, corporate, and higher education leaders nationally and abroad to build trust, strengthen culture, and improve performance, treating DEIB as core to resilience and mission success.

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HIRE Strategies is a certified Woman Owned Small Business Enterprise providing recruiting, staffing, and workforce solutions. Founded by Sonya Hopson, known as 'The Lady with the Pink Hard Hat,' the company helps organizations attract, retain, develop, and optimize their workforce through strategic recruiting, retention insights, leadership development, and workforce optimization. It serves private organizations, federal agencies, state and local municipalities, contractors, engineering firms, and professional service organizations.

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HKPO is a Small, Woman-Owned Business founded in 2006 with a mission to help organizations achieve Organizational Excellence and continuously improve. It partners with public and private sector organizations to build sustainable systems of improvement, integrating Lean Six Sigma, Agile practices, Project Management, Cybersecurity awareness, Artificial Intelligence integration, and leadership development. HKPO experts have trained more than 85,000 professionals and helped organizations achieve over $3 billion in measurable savings.

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Hogan Assessment Systems is a science-based organization that develops and publishes data-driven personality assessments used for employee selection, talent acquisition, leadership development, and executive development. Founded in 1987, the company reports having assessed more than 14 million people in 190 countries and 50+ languages, and its assessments are used by 75% of the Fortune 500.

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Homestead Coaching is a coaching and consulting business led by Becky Magnotta, MBA, PCC, CPQC. It offers individual coaching, team coaching, and Positive Intelligence mental fitness coaching, helping clients with leadership development, career transitions, conflict resolution, and building cohesive teams. The company serves both public and private organizations throughout the United States.

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Horizon Performance is a consulting and technology firm founded in 2003 that helps organizations turn human capital into a competitive advantage. It delivers three integrated solutions: leadership development, human capital consulting, and enterprise technology and analytics, serving government and defense, athletics, construction, first responders, hospitality and restaurants, and nonprofits.

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Howe Human LLC is a business management consulting firm focused on human capital growth, professional and executive development, and leadership development. It provides one-on-one coaching sessions, human capital growth strategies, and leadership and professional development tools instilling the 4 Es Leadership Principle. The firm partners with businesses of all sizes, from small local businesses to multinational corporations, on a transformational journey from strategy to plan to action.

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HRCatalyst, Inc. is a management consulting firm established in 2003 that helps organizations maximize their talent potential through customized solutions. It provides talent assessment, leadership development, team development, and organizational effectiveness services, collaborating with senior business and HR leaders across industries including retail, financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, hospitality, and higher education.

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H3C is a boutique human capital consulting firm that transforms workplace behaviors. With over 30 years of experience, it delivers precision-driven, project-based human capital consulting that closes workforce gaps and builds organizational strength across industries including government, transportation, education, and media.

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Humanity HR Consulting provides scalable human resource solutions for growing businesses, offering fractional HR support and as-needed project support as an alternative to a full-time in-house HR department. The company specializes in human resources and talent management, with expertise in HR best practices, industry trends, and compliance requirements. It is an SBA-Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB).

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Human Synergistics is an organizational culture change consultancy that provides validated surveys, assessments, and simulations for measuring culture and climate, developing leaders, and building teams. Founded on the work of Dr. Robert A. Cooke, it offers the Organizational Culture Inventory, Life Styles Inventory, Leadership/Impact 360, and teambuilding simulations. Since 1971 it has supported thousands of organizations, with 19 offices on four continents and products in 35+ languages.

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IHHP (Institute for Health and Human Potential) develops leaders and transforms organizational cultures through its Last 8% Culture System and Emotional Intelligence programs. Founded on research since 1996, IHHP helps organizations build high-care, high-accountability cultures with courage and connection, serving clients from startups to global enterprises.

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ImagiNexGen Institute of Excellence is a Tempe-based organization offering mentoring, workshops, and leadership development. Its inclusive workforce development programs and workshops aim to cultivate inner harmony in work and life, minimize the effects of Imposter Syndrome, stress, and fear, and nurture a community of individuals leading joyful, meaningful, purposeful, and fulfilled lives.

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