Summit Leadership Partners Named America’s Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes for Second Year in a Row

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CHARLOTTE, NC – May, 16, 2023 – Charlotte-based leadership and organization performance advisory firm and top consulting firm for Private Equity and middle market companies nationally recognized with a 5-star rating for leadership advisory services by Forbes

North Carolina-based leadership advisory firm, Summit Leadership Partners, has once again made the list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms in 2023 by Forbes.

Despite global economic uncertainty, Summit Leadership Partners, and its clients continue to see exceptional growth in 2022 and 2023. The firm has successfully kept its rank as the premier consulting firm by providing exceptional client service advising boards, investors, CEOs, and senior leaders with actionable insights to accelerate growth and increase enterprise value.

“We are so grateful to our clients and partners for nominating us again this year. Our purpose has always been to unlock the full potential in leaders and their organizations to achieve peak performance,” said Dan Hawkins, Founder and CEO, Summit Leadership Partners. “We are thrilled that our clients and peers acknowledge that we are making a real difference.”

This recognition follows Summit Leadership Partners’ launch of its new organization Talent Solution and Organization Solution practices, the expansion of its consulting team by double, investment in its data analytics capabilities and recent partnership with Entromy. Summit aims to provide deeper trends, insights, and dashboards for clients and investors.

Since Summit was founded in 2014, the firm has also been awarded numerous prestigious recognitions, such as the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America for three consecutive years from 2020-2022, ranked #5 on Consulting Magazine’s 2020 Fastest Growing Companies, and was listed in the top 10 in Charlotte Business Journal’s 2020 Fast 50.

“Thank you to our clients for your continued support and loyalty, and to Forbes for this prestigious recognition. I am most proud of this award for our team. Their incredible talents, commitment, and passion to build a great company helped make Summit a premier consulting advisory firm for Private Equity and their portfolio companies,” Hawkins concluded.

This list is generated by Forbes’ partnership with Statista to survey more than 10,000 partners and executives of the management consultancies who had worked with the management consultancies and have been their clients over the last four years. These partners and executives were asked to recommend consultancies and self-nominations were not considered, ensuring the award rankings were unbiased. Over 1,200 management consulting firms were considered for this ranking. To see the full 2023 list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes, click here.