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Consulting + ALT Engine

You already spend money to make money.
Time works the same way.

I run a consulting firm built on one trade: leaders spend time on purpose so they can transfer ownership and get real time back.

Align. Lead. Thrive. is that method — it's how the work gets done in every engagement.

ALT Engine is what keeps it going after our call ends. Founders and CEOs use it to hand off the work that's turned them into the bottleneck, and get the productivity, morale, and profit that follow when ownership actually moves.

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Leading yourself instead of a team? Start here.

Trusted Insight

Recognized by the authors leaders already trust

Before ALT Engine was software, it was a book — Align. These are the people who read it first.

Patrick Lencioni
Patrick Lencioni
Author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
“This is an extremely insightful and powerful book. It has profound, hopeful implications for how we must lead in a society that has become so lost and isolated.”
Marshall Goldsmith
Marshall Goldsmith
Author, Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There
“If you want to build a great team and do great things, pick up a copy of Align and get ready for amazing results!”
Bob Goff
Bob Goff
Author, Love Does and Dream Big
“Chris' real-life examples show how to lead with empathy which in turn empowers others. A must read.”
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Align the culture. Lead with empathy. Thrive as a business.

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For years, I ran my company the way most owners are taught to: hold on tight, make every call, keep control close.

It worked, until it didn't.

I'd made myself the bottleneck of my own business. Growth stalled. Good people started leaving. I nearly lost everything I'd built.

What changed wasn't a new strategy. It was trading my control for what my people were actually capable of.

Align. Lead. Thrive.

Align — the What. Four steps to build a culture your people actually want to show up for.

Lead — the Why. The case for trading control for connection, and what it costs your company when leaders don't.

Thrive — the How. The practices that make the shift stick (still being written).

That trade took my company from stalled to a $70 million exit. I built ALT Engine so other founders don't have to hit the wall first.

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The Software

ALT Engine: Align. Lead. Thrive. Your business catalyst.

I didn't want another task app, or a survey tool that ranks people. I wanted one system that holds the whole thing together: culture, ownership, and the follow-through.

Align

How the culture actually gets mapped, named, and prioritized, instead of assumed.

Lead

The daily practice of making people known, heard, and valued, not just managed.

Thrive

The discipline of investing to influence, instead of controlling to get results.

Guardrail

The read-and-draft-first checkpoint that stops ownership from quietly sliding back to you.

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The Books

The framework behind the work

Align and The Empathy Revolution carry the full Align. Lead. Thrive. framework, now built into ALT Engine. Leaders like Marshall Goldsmith and Jordan Raynor have already put it to work.

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Align: Four Simple Steps to Create Employee Fulfillment

A practical, four-step framework for closing the gap between what leaders intend and what employees experience.

“If you want to build a great team and do great things, pick up a copy of Align.”— Marshall Goldsmith
Get it on Amazon Start Solo ALT Engine
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The Empathy Revolution

A case for empathy as a leadership discipline, not a soft skill, and practical wisdom to combat organizational loneliness.

“A must read for anyone thinking seriously about turning the Great Resignation into the Great Re-engagement.”— Jordan Raynor
Get it on Amazon Start Solo ALT Engine
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“The Empathy Revolution offers a powerful framework for leadership that emphasizes the importance of honoring your team, cultivating community, and leading with authenticity and empathy.”
— Kevin Jonas Sr., Founder of Jonas Entertainment Group
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For Individual Leaders

Leading yourself before you lead a company?

The same Align. Lead. Thrive. framework works one level down. Three short self-assessments, matched to each pillar, so you can see exactly where your own practice stands.

Align

Alignment Self-Assessment

Sixteen statements on how clearly you and your team see the culture you're actually building.

Take the Align Assessment
Lead

Lead Self-Assessment

Sixteen statements on trading control for connection — are the people around you known, heard, and valued?

Take the Lead Assessment
Thrive

Thrive Assessment

Twenty statements on whether your leadership habits hold up when you're not in the room.

Take the Thrive Assessment
Start Solo ALT Engine — $29/mo

Or get the Align Handbook first, the four-step framework condensed, and explore 1:1 coaching.

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Thirty minutes to walk through where your company is stuck and whether ALT Engine is the right fit. No pitch deck, no sales script.

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Leading yourself instead of a company? Take one of the self-assessments instead.