The Leading Edge Group, Inc. is a team of senior level professionals dedicated to enhancing the performance of organizations, programs, and individuals.  We believe in making a difference with every project we undertake.  We believe the key to a culture of excellence and sustainable continuous improvement is by seamlessly linking strategic goals with execution, collecting meaningful and actionable data of process as well as outcomes, and using that information to inform improvements.  

The Leading Edge has a long history of providing quality planning, program evaluation and policy audit/compliance services.  We have conducted hundreds of successful program evaluations, analytic studies, and capacity building projects.  Clients include Federal, state, local government entities, criminal justice and social service agencies, private and for profit organizations and foundations.  

♦Data collection services provided include quantitative and qualitative data collection, mixed methods evaluations, general population, client and marketing surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews, analysis of secondary data.  

♦Facilitation experiences include strategic planning, capacity building, and theory of change development models.  Other services include grant writing and preparation of reports to fulfill contractual and mandated obligations.              

♦Program evaluation and assessments - implementation fidelity, audits, outcomes, logic models and theory of change facilitation.  
              
♦Fragile and at-risk family and youth programs, school based research and surveys, ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drugs) surveys, program assessments, Best Practice research and consultations

♦Accreditation support (regional WASC, SACS, as well as professional agencies such as AACSB, etc.) Program review expertise for academic program evaluation and feasibility studies

OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE      
♦ Senior level executives and managers

        ♦Strong commitment to our developing relationships with our clients      

♦Integrity and openness      

♦Sustainable, Participative and Flexible        

♦Clear Communications

♦Exceptional Data Collection & Reporting Capabilities