Guiding Leaders & Teams to Achieve Sustainable Business Success
Sustainable success isn’t left to chance—it’s built on a vivid vision, a compelling purpose, and a structure that empowers people to perform at their best. We help business owners and leadership teams implement proven frameworks for growth, decision-making, and long-term value creation. Through accountability, strategic alignment, and bold, yet humble leadership, we equip businesses to refine strategy, scale, transition, and thrive with confidence.
WHAT WE DO
WHAT WE DO
LEARN · GROW · TRANSITION
BUSINESS STRATEGY, OPERATING SYSTEM & GROWTH COACHING
Align vision, build structure, drive execution, and scale with confidence.
We help business owners and their leadership teams implement proven operating frameworks leveraging the Pinnacle Business Operating System to align vision, strategy and culture, improve decision-making, accountability, financial performance, and growth. From meeting cadence and issue-solving to scorecards and quarterly goals, we provide the structure and guidance needed to scale and maximize business value.
EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP COACHING
Develop humble—yet bold—capable leaders who execute and inspire.
Strong leaders learn first, model the core values and drive business success. We coach founder/owners, executives, leadership teams, and next-generation owners to enhance strategic thinking, communication, goal setting and accountability— creating high-performing leaders that align vision with execution. Whether you’re leading a growing team or preparing for leadership or ownership succession, we guide your approach and help you build a culture of trust and performance.
BUSINESS SUCCESSION, TRANSITION & EXIT PLANNING
Protect your business, plan for your future, and maximize value.
Every business will face transitions— whether through leadership succession, ownership changes, or an eventual exit. We help business owners learn the value of their business and what drives that value. We help owners define their Freedom Point—when they no longer must depend on income from the business to live their best life. We guide business owners through succession planning, continuity strategies, and exit planning ensuring a smooth transition while maximizing financial and operational strength.
ABOUT BATTLE BLC
Tommy Battle, MBA, CEPA, CFP®
Tommy Battle is the Founder and Principal of Battle Business & Leadership Coaching. As a Certified Pinnacle Business Guide, he has been recognized for his commitment to mastery in his field. Tommy holds designations as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor and a Certified Financial Planner™. Drawing from his experience in leading complex business turnarounds, he helps business owners and their teams achieve their ambitious goals through culture, brand, operational, and financial transformations. Tommy is dedicated to bringing experiences, resources, and a robust network of solutions providers together for the benefit of his clients. Tommy is a leading member of the Legacy Advisor Network, a national association of business advisors focused on helping their clients protect, grow and transition their businesses. Tommy and his family, and loyal black lab, live in Lynchburg, VA.
CORE PURPOSE
We build High Performing Leaders, Teams & Businesses who want to Learn, Grow, and Transition to positively impact their business, employees, families, and communities.
CORE VALUES
• We seek to Serve
• We are Humble & Coachable
• We Persevere and Finish Well
• We live with an Abundance Mindset
Industries We Have Served
CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTION
RETAILING
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
EDUCATION
Problems We Solve
Undefined plan for ownership, leadership, or management succession.
Stagnant revenue and profit growth with no clear path forward.
Complex or misaligned compensation structures disconnected from business value acceleration.
Operational inconsistency—too reliant on individual heroics instead of documented playbooks.
Uncoordinated advisory teams working in silos, lacking strategic alignment.
Uncertainty about business valuation and how to maximize its worth.
No structured ownership transition or exit plan that ensures a secure and abundant future.
Outcomes We Deliver
A clear understanding of your company’s current and potential value, backed by benchmarks and strategies for acceleration.
A written, strategic plan for business continuity, succession, and transition.
Talent strategies—including recruiting, retention, compensation, and coaching plans—to build and sustain high-performing teams.
An active and structured board of advisors or directors to guide strategic vision, governance, and decision-making.
Collaborative alignment with financial and business advisors to integrate growth goals and risk management.
Clarity on how to extract value from your business for financial security, retirement, and long-term wealth.
Confidence, strategic clarity, and the tools to execute a long-term vision with precision.
Why Clients Choose Us
We create clarity in vision, align teams, and establish shared accountability for execution.
We solve the real frustrations business owners face—succession planning, stalled profit growth, talent management, compensation structure, and operational inefficiencies.
We provide deep insight into business valuation, identify value accelerators, and ensure incentive pay aligns with long-term growth.
We help business owners define their ideal future and execute a strategic roadmap to achieve it.
We work collaboratively with existing advisory teams while providing the necessary accountability to drive action.
The Battle Process
We utilize a structured approach designed to drive business success, leadership excellence, and long-term value creation
LEARN
Discover Vision, Value and Plan
GROW
De-Risk & Build the Foundation Strategies to Drive Your Flywheel
TRANSITION
Success Plan for What’s Next
What Our Clients Say
SACKETT WOOD
CEO | MOORE & GILES, LEATHER SINCE 1933 (FOREST, VA)
Tommy has opened our eyes to a disciplined approach on how to define and achieve our future vision. We create actionable plans and allocate the resources to make measurable improvements. I firmly believe our business coaching relationship with Tommy is making us a better company.
MICHAEL EDWARDS
FOUNDER/OWNER | PINE APPAREL, INC. (PINEHURST, NC)
Tommy has been a strong strategic partner as the team at Pine Apparel stretches to navigate an ever-changing business climate. He’s invested time and exhibited a genuine interest by immersing himself in the business, from daily activities to long-term goals, allowing him to assess intricacies with a thorough perspective. Tommy creates an environment that’s engaging and rational, with individual attention, high integrity, and flexibility.
CHRIS THARP
OWNER/PRESIDENT | THARP FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY(LYNCHBURG, VA)
I have been working with Financial Designs for over a decade. In addition to helping my father and I successfully navigate the transition of ownership in our family business, Rick, Tommy and their team have helped us develop our management team through their Abundance Business Coaching Program. Our company is now more profitable than ever and all of us have a much higher sense of job satisfaction because our efforts and individual skills are aligned.
A Few of Our Clients
CONTACT US
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