A portfolio of practices dedicated to building the foundational strength that holds up under pressure.
Our Philosophy
We don't build on top of instability. We build from the ground up. The Rooted Group Operating Principle
Every practice we build begins in the same place: with what is holding weight. A leadership team that cannot have a hard conversation will not be fixed by a new strategy. A body that cannot stabilize will not be fixed by a heavier lift.
Capacity is structural. It is built in the joints, in the trust, in the habits nobody applauds. Which is why we start with an honest assessment of the foundation, and then we rebuild it in the right order, at the pace the structure can absorb.
It is slower work at the outset. It is the only work that compounds. Whatever the discipline, everything we do serves one outcome: strength that still stands when the pressure arrives.
The Practices
Each practice answers to a different discipline and a different client. All of them answer to the same conviction about how strength is built.
Red Root Leadership
Executive advisory, coaching, and corporate development for organizations that take talent seriously. We help executives and their teams build leadership cultures that retain top talent and drive real performance.
Visit Red Root LeadershipRoot Strength
Corrective exercise, strength training, and physical performance for individuals ready to build the body that carries them through a full life. Rooted in movement that lasts.
Visit Root StrengthThe portfolio is built to grow. A practice joins it only when it can be built to the same standard, from the same root.
About The Rooted Group
The oak tree, the skyscraper, the leader, the athlete. Nothing that lasts is built without a foundation.
Most people spend their lives working on the top layer. The performance. The output. The version of themselves they want the world to see. And they wonder why it keeps collapsing.
The Rooted Group exists for the people who are ready to build differently. To do the foundational work first. To develop the physical, mental, and leadership capacity that holds up when the pressure comes.
We're a portfolio of specialized practices, each one focused on building strength from the root.
The Founder
Founder & Principal
Kris Phillips
Built in environments where the foundation was the whole job.
More than a decade of leadership experience across military training, the Department of Defense, and enterprise cybersecurity operations. These are environments where teams are asked to perform with incomplete information, under real consequence, and without room for a shaky base.
That work made one pattern impossible to ignore: the failures were almost never at the top layer. They were structural, and they were visible long before anyone named them. The Rooted Group (TRG) was founded to do something about that, wherever the pattern shows up. We focus on discovering the root cause, building a plan to address it, and giving people real tools to empower them.
“I built The Rooted Group because I believe real strength (physical, leadership, spiritual, health) requires digging up the root and working on that. The work that a lot of people skip.”
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Every practice under The Rooted Group starts in the same place. Tell us which foundation you are ready to build.