Our story is over 25 years in the making. And we’re just getting started.
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”That’s what we are - partners in performance.”
Mike Cook founds Colleague Consulting in his dining room in Scaggsville, MD. The vision is simple - partners in performance.”
— 1997
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”We should probably get more space.”
Colleague graduates from a house to a real office in College Park. Mike’s family assembles IKEA desks on the weekend - desks that we still use today. ”
— 2004
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”Of course we can manage the whole thing.”
We win our first prime contract - a five-year training BPA with the Department of Energy. ”
— 2005
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”Flight training?”
Building on our decades of custom course development experience, Colleague partners with the FAA to develop training for newly-hired aviation safety inspectors. ”
— 2008
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”This is an entirely new way to approach executive coaching.”
Colleague proposes an entirely new way of matching coaches and clients — later an industry standard — and welcomes the IRS as our first executive coaching client.”
— 2009
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”Thank you, DOE.”
After five wonderful years as a prime contracting partner to the Department of Energy, Colleague is fortunate enough to win the follow-on five-year contract.”
— 2010
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”Let’s bring JumpStart to life.”
Alongside our partner, TRG, Colleague wins a five-year training and development BPA with USAID.”
— 2017
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”This is going to be big.”
Colleague Consulting earns a spot on GSA’s best-in-class training vehicle, the Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) contract — both small business and unrestricted. ”
— 2017
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”This is everything we do.”
Alongside our old and dear friends at TRG, Colleague wins a five-year training contract at the Foreign Service Institute within the State Department.
The contract brings together everything we do - training design, development, and delivery; coaching; mentoring; and organizational development. After the win, Mike is (professionally) reunited with his old friend and colleague, Scott Graves. ”
— 2019
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”Another cornerstone client.”
After executing a multi-year plan, Colleague Consulting proudly welcomes HRSA as a strategic client. (Since 2019, our relationship with HRSA has continually expanded!)”
— 2019
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”Granted...”
For several years, Mike believed grants training was the next big thing. His focus paid off when Colleague won a five-year contract to develop and deliver grants and cooperative agreements training for the Defense Acquisition University.”
— 2020
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”Who wants to go to Hawaii?”
Building on our successes at DAU, Colleague hatches a cooperative agreements training relationship with the National Guard. Perhaps by coincidence, the first training is in Hawaii. ”
— 2021
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”What does the next 25 years look like?”
After nearly 25 years at the helm, Mike passes the baton. Maya Larson joins Colleague Consulting as President.”
— 2021
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”Welcome, Senior Managers”.
Colleague expands its leadership development and coaching relationship at the IRS, winning the Senior Manager Course (SMC) contract.”
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