Build a business worth more than it is today.
We help founders of $5M-$100M businesses get the right people in the right seats and install the systems to their team runs on.Â
Most Founders Have All the Right Ideas.
They Just Can’t Implement Them.
There’s a name for what’s in the way. It’s called the Trapped Potential Problem. The growth you can see but cannot unlock, because the people and systems aren’t built to release it.
It shows up in two ways. Either your growth is stuck. You can see the next level. You can’t reach it. Or your growth is winning you. Revenue climbing, team drowning, best people burning out.
Both are the same problem in different clothes. Both stay trapped until the right people and the right systems are in place to hold real growth.
Leadership team not aligned
Bad hires that don’t stick
Still in every decision
No systems to scale
Burnout from doing it alone
Which one are you?
Growing too fast
Sales and marketing work,
but the team structure and systems can't support the growth.
Not growing fast enough
You're ready and eager to scale,
but revenue and profit won't accelerate.
What It Looks Like When the Potential Is Unlocked
The right team, established
A leadership rhythm, installed
Growth that sustains itself
You, elevated to lead
You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone
If you’re carrying the whole business, I understand. The wrong hires. The operating chaos. The 3:00 AM worry that next quarter looks like this one, or worse.
I’m Tom Johnston. I’ve spent 30+ years in that room, alongside founders elevating from that weight to a business where the people and business grow together.
Certified in both Predictive Index and Bloom Growth, I install the systems that unlock the trapped potential in your business.Â
My job is simple: get the right people in the right seats, install the rhythm your team runs on, and elevate you out of the day-to-day so the business can sustain growth without you in the middle.
A 17-Location Chain.
Turnover Cut in Half
Club16 Trevor Linden Fitness was losing its best people. We fixed who was on the team and built the systems to keep them.
“You've got to have the right people and the right process. You can have the best people and a poor process, you'll probably fail. And vice versa."
Trevor Linden | Co-Founder
Club16 Trevor Linden Fitness Featuring She's Fit!
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What the Club16 Leadership Team Says
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You've built the business.
Now build the team and systems to grow
At Talent Optimizer Group, we know you want to be the founder of a business that runs without you in the middle of every decision, and that's worth than it is today.Â
Getting there takes tow things, and most companies only have one. The right people in the right seats, and the operating instructions to run the business. People without a system to run on, or a system with the wrong people in it, both stall growth.Â
We believe growth shouldn't cost your time, or your piece of mind. That's why we install The Talent Optimizer Method. One integrated approach to unlock the trapped potential in your organization.Â
Here's how we do it:Â
Discover: One 30-minute conversation to identify where you're stuck and what's possible.Â
Install: Over the first 90-days, you'll put the right people in the right seats and install the system your team runs on.Â
Growth: You lead the business. The business runs. Growth sustains itself.Â
So schedule your Discovery Call now. And in the meantime, take the Business Health Assessment to see where you stand today.Â
Stop grinding through another year of turnover and chaos. Start building a business that runs without you and is worth more because of it. Â
From first call to full momentum
Discover
30 min
One call. We name where you’re stuck and discover what’s actually possible.
Install
First 90 days
Install the systems to get the right people in the right seats and the operating rhythm your team runs on.
Grow
Ongoing
You lead the business. The business runs. Growth sustains itself.
Two ways to work together.
Both install Bloom Growth, the operating instructions for your business, so everyone knows what to do and when. The one decision is whether you add Predictive Index for your people decisions.
Bloom Growth
Bloom Accelerated Install the Bloom Growth Framework your team runs on. Where most leadership teams start.
WHAT CHANGES
Your team runs the business on a rhythm they trust, and execution stops depending on you being in the room.
Bloom Optimized Bloom Accelerated, plus Predictive Index the behavioral science for every people decision.
EVERYTHING IN ACCELERATED PLUS
WHAT CHANGES
You can answer the two questions at the center of every scaling decision: do we have the right people, and do we have the right system?
From Trapped Potential to Unlocked Growth
Before
You, doing every job. Potential trapped.
After
You, leading a business that runs. Potential unlocked.
You Don’t Need More Hustle. You Need the Right People and the Right Systems.
Growth doesn’t have to cost you your team, your time, or your peace of mind. Establish the right team. Install the systems they run on. Unlock the potential you see.
