For Immediate Release

Morningstar Consulting Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Quantum Leadership Solutions

Rochester, MI - September 24, 2003 - Morningstar Consulting Group formally announced today its strategic partnership with Quantum Leadership Solutions, an LA-based consultancy focused on leadership enhancement, systems thinking, and organizational change.

"We've been working with Ahmed Yehia, Quantum's Chairman and CEO, for several months now as we've gone through the process of bringing our Business Philosophy™ practice up to scale," said Joe Morrow, Morningstar's Managing Director. "Given the degree to which Morningstar and Quantum are philosophically aligned, formalizing a partnership was an easy and obvious step."

Yehia agrees. "Quantum has had several partnership opportunities over the years, but after getting to know [Morningstar partners] Joe Morrow, John Strelecky, and Vince Cavasin, there was no doubt in my mind that Morningstar presented the best fit."

Morningstar's Business Philosophy™ practice focuses on providing executives with new approaches to obtaining cross-organizational strategic alignment and becoming more effective leaders. Morningstar's approach in this field draws heavily from the work of Peter Koestenbaum, philosopher, consultant, author, and creator of the Leadership Diamond®. Quantum Leadership Solutions has been instrumental in developing and marketizing the Leadership Diamond® and related methodologies.

"Discovering Peter's work was, for us, one of those almost uncanny experiences," said Morningstar Partner Vince Cavasin. "His Leadership Diamond® framework provides, in our opinion, the most highly evolved, comprehensive approach to improving leadership effectiveness."

Added Morningstar Partner John Strelecky, "It also compliments our Strategic Foundations™ framework, which focuses less on the individual and more on creating alignment across all individuals in an organization. In a nutshell, the Leadership Diamond® helps leaders lead; Strategic Foundations™ helps organizations align around leadership."

Greatness: The Leadership Calling™ is the first event in which Morningstar and Quantum will participate together. It is a two-day workshop to be presented November 3 and 4, 2003, in cooperation with Oakland University's Center for Executive and Continuing Education in Rochester Hills, Michigan. This workshop uses the Leadership Diamond® to teach participants powerful new techniques for dealing with ambiguity and paradox, for overcoming the "stuck points" that inhibit both individual and organizational progress, and for holding polarity-the condition that arises when one must make a decision involving two equally crucial yet opposing options. Ahmed Yehia will be the primary facilitator. Full details on this workshop and on Morningstar's upcoming Strategic Foundations: Driving Business Results™ workshop are available at www.mscgi.net/workshops or by calling 248.693.0888.

Morningstar Consulting Group is a management consulting firm that brings together Business Strategy and Business Philosophy™ to create lasting value for its Fortune 1000 and middle-market clients. Morningstar is comprised of a group of seasoned management consultants and executives with experience at several top consulting firms and Fortune 500 companies, including McKinsey & Co., A. T. Kearney, DiamondCluster International, Hewlett Packard, and Walt Disney. Morningstar's partners are certified by PiB, Peter Koestenbaum's organization, as practitioners of the Leadership Diamond®.

Quantum Leadership Solutions consults in and provides innovative workshops and simulations focused on leadership enhancement, systems thinking, strategy refinement and organizational change in complex environments.