Coaching leaders since 2003

Create leaders.
Build teams.
Increase results.

Peak Performance Group pairs PhDs, MBAs, certified business coaches and former military leaders to sharpen how your organization leads, sells and executes.

CLIENT PERFORMANCE TREND — REVENUE UP, TURNOVER DOWN
23 yrs
Coaching & leadership development
4
Markets — TX, CA & AR offices
PhD · MBA
Advanced credentials on staff
USNA
Former military leadership expertise
Our signature program

The Emerging Leaders Academy

Building leaders for the future

Leaders are made, not born. Our custom two-year program takes high-potential talent from personal effectiveness to organizational leadership — through servant leadership, not a one-time workshop. Since launch, we've put over 300 leaders through the process.

Integrity Discipline Trust Communication Collaboration Personal accountability
Prep

Thinking your way into a new way of acting

Participants are introduced to servant leadership through guided reading and a management follow-up model, setting the foundation before Year One begins.

Year two

From self-leadership to team leadership

The focus shifts outward — presentation skills and values-driven team leadership — capped by a group-led community project.

Track record
300+

Emerging leaders developed through our custom two-year program.

2 yrsProgram length
15–20Per cohort
What we do

Four ways we move the needle on performance

01 · Assess

Assessments & Strategy Development

Individual and team assessments that surface the real gaps, feeding directly into a big-picture strategy built around your business.

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02 · Align

Team Building Programs

We help your team synergize around a shared focus, so effort translates into the results that actually count.

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03 · Develop

Corporate Leadership & Sales Development

Leadership development and sales training that equips your staff with tools they'll still be using a year from now.

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04 · Coach

Executive Coaching

Every top CEO and athlete has a coach. One-on-one coaching built to keep your edge in a competitive market.

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Our mission

To improve your business's performance and build a strategy that lasts.

We help business owners lay a solid foundation and business strategy so they can succeed — working to improve sales, productivity, organization, company culture and employee relations.

Certified business coaches Former military leaders PhD & MBA staff DISC certified
Rick Kolster

Rick Kolster, CBC, CPBA

Founder & Head Coach — Dean of the Emerging Leaders Academy

Coach Rick established Peak Performance Group in 2003 to help leaders and teams grow and work together more effectively. A 2023 Hall of Fame inductee of the Trusted Advisors coaching network, he sets the vision as our Head Coach.

Lauren GammageVP/Senior Facilitator — 14 years building successful teams and growing business, with 5 years coaching leaders toward the goals that matter most to them.

Dr. Mike Bolen, PhDExecutive Director — USNA, former Marine officer

Mark Graham, MBASenior Associate — DISC & leadership sciences

“Peak Performance and Coach Rick delivered what they promised. The Leadership Pipeline program enhanced our leadership, and many participants said it changed the way they led their teams.”
Dr. Di Ann Sanchez, PhD, SPHR
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Straight talk on leadership, sales and business growth from Coach Rick Kolster — no filler, no fluff.

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Ready to build what's next?

Tell us where your team is stuck, and we'll bring the right coach to the table.