What The Ryan Group does

The Ryan Group, Inc. (also doing business as RGi) is a Dallas, Texas-based management consulting firm founded in 1981 by Wayne Davis and operated as a closely held, founder-controlled practice with 11–50 employees. The firm delivers consulting services across strategic planning, change management, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and career transition to private corporations, federal and military government agencies, non-profits, and educational institutions, with engagement footprint spanning 15+ industries and North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Revenue is generated primarily through custom-quoted professional services engagements, supplemented by workshop delivery (in-house, digital, and train-the-trainer formats) and an emerging layer of recurring assessment licensing and self-serve resources.

The company's product foundation is a portfolio of proprietary, validated psychometric and behavioral assessments — CenterMark (personality type), MatchPoint (career planning), Working Styles (behavioral styles), and ValueBase (values alignment) — with 400,000+ cumulative completions feeding downstream consulting engagements. Adjacent platforms include the Vertex Strategic System (decision-quality and growth-readiness diagnostic across 53 dimensions), the Growth Readiness Framework, the HR Performance Center (200+ diagnostics), Game-Based Simulations, the PowerWorks Library (130+ Situational Context Learning resources), and 100+ on-demand structured tools. Recent (2025) additions include CenterCore Solutions with its Self-Developing Intelligence analytics layer, generative-AI-enabled career transition services, and the New Net Positive organizational development approach.

The business model combines bespoke senior-consultant engagements (priced per scope), workshop licensing, and a growing self-serve/PLG motion through online assessments and on-demand resources. Sales is direct and senior-led, anchored by Wayne Davis and Darlene Davis, supported by conference speaking engagements (HRPA, ASTD Forum, HR Southwest, APTA, IO&D Summit) and academic guest lectures at five universities including University of Southern Mississippi, Texas Wesleyan University, Vienna University, Penn State, and UT Dallas. The firm has no external institutional investors, parent company, or active M&A activity, and is independently rated #1 in all seven Dun & Bradstreet past-performance categories for General Services Administration engagements.

Name

The Ryan Group

Legal name

The Ryan Group, Inc.

Website

https://ryangroupinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Ryan Group is a Dallas-based management consulting firm founded in 1981, delivering strategic planning, change management, leadership development, and career transition services to private corporations, federal and military government agencies, non-profits, and educational institutions, anchored by proprietary psychometric assessments and a vertically integrated analytics platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Strategic planning consulting
• Organizational effectiveness consulting
• Leadership development services
• Career transition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Engagements: Professional consulting services delivered directly to organizations including strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, and creating value consulting. Delivered through direct client engagements with senior leadership teams.
2. Workshop Delivery: High-impact training workshops available in three formats: in-house delivery, digital/online delivery, and train-the-trainer certification. Workshops cover leadership, change management, teaming, creativity, decision-making, and organizational topics.
3. Assessment Tools and Licensing: Online psychometric and behavioral assessments including CenterMark, MatchPoint, Working Styles, and ValueBase with associated reporting tools. Includes multi-rater components and team reports.
4. Career Transition Services: Career transition programs for professionals including Navigating the Future manual and companion Career Development Plan, virtual workshops, AI-powered job search sessions, executive coaching, and transition guidebooks.
5. On-Demand Resources: Self-serve, on-demand resources including over 100 structured tools, frameworks, articles, case materials, scoring maps, templates, and decision aids spanning leadership, career development, management, communication, and change.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Ryan Group is a management and organizational effectiveness consulting firm that delivers strategic planning, change management, leadership development, and career transition services to organizations. Its work is anchored by a suite of proprietary psychometric and behavioral assessments (CenterMark, MatchPoint, Working Styles, ValueBase) and supporting platforms (Vertex Strategic System, Growth Readiness Framework, HR Performance Center, PowerWorks Library), sold or licensed alongside direct consulting engagements and workshops.

Product overview

The Ryan Group (also known as RGi) is a strategic consulting firm founded in 1981, operating as a platform of seven interlocking business verticals that integrate assessment, strategy, execution, analytics, leadership development, and performance realization. The product portfolio centers on four flagship psychometric and behavioral assessment tools—CenterMark (personality type assessment), MatchPoint (career planning and development tool), Working Styles (work style preferences assessment), and ValueBase (values alignment assessment)—supplemented by strategic planning systems (Vertex Strategic System, Growth Readiness Framework), business intelligence platforms (CenterCore Solutions with Self-Developing Intelligence, Expert Systems, StemCore Analytics, Agentic Processes), performance management tools (HR Performance Center, Morning Reports and Dashboards), and gamified learning solutions (Game-Based Simulations, PowerWorks Library). The seven verticals—Psychometric and Behavioral Assessments, Planning/Executing/Accomplishing, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Behaviors, Professional Development, Organizational Performance, and Business Intelligence—form an interconnected ecosystem where insights from assessment tools inform consulting engagements and strategic solutions. Additional offerings include career transition programs (military-to-private-sector and public-to-private sector), Organizational Dynamics psychology-driven HR consulting, workshops, and On-Demand Resources library with 100+ self-serve tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CenterMark: Online self-assessment tool providing insights into individual personality type and its relationship to various aspects of work life, including unique characteristics, career paths, management style, and communication.
• MatchPoint
• Working Styles
• ValueBase
• RGi PowerWorks Library
• Vertex Strategic System
• HR Performance Center
• RGi Verticals

Products and services

• Consulting Services Management, organizational effectiveness, and creating value consulting engagements delivered directly to executive teams and organizations, covering strategy alignment, performance improvement, and operational optimization.
• CenterMark Online self-assessment that maps an individual's personality type to work-life behaviors including management style, communication style, learning style, problem-solving, and career paths; independently validated across ethnic, gender, and age groups.
• MatchPoint Career planning and development tool that evaluates competencies, personality traits, vocational interests (using Holland's RIASEC structure), values, and environment fit to recommend satisfying career paths; includes Skills Appraisal and Competency Profile Assessment components.
• Working Styles Online self-assessment measuring work style preferences across four behavioral styles (Expressive, Amiable, Driver, Analytical), with an optional multi-rater (360) component and team reports (TeamStyle).
• ValueBase Online values assessment and Values-Based Organization workshop series that clarifies personal and organizational values to support employee, team, and organizational alignment.
• Vertex Strategic System Integrated strategic decision and execution system that assesses decision quality, strategic readiness, execution, and accomplishment under complexity across 48 critical disciplines.
• Growth Readiness Framework Enterprise diagnostic and advisory system assessing organizational capacity across 53 validated dimensions of readiness, integrating quantitative and qualitative insights to bridge strategy-to-results gaps.
• CenterCore Solutions Self-Developing Intelligence analytics platform that continuously processes data streams to deliver metrics, statistics, and insights across people analytics, performance analytics, engagement analytics, effectiveness analytics, and predictive forecasting.
• HR Performance Center Comprehensive performance management hub containing tools, databases, and 200+ diagnostics for building performance frameworks, core baselines, job and functional profiles, and departmental effectiveness measurement.
• Game-Based Simulations Interactive simulations including Game Plan for Change, Game Plan for Innovation, Game Plan for Teams, and others for confronting organizational challenges, solving problems, and developing competencies through situational role-play.
• PowerWorks Library Dynamic resource platform offering 130+ ready-to-use tools and resources using Situational Context Learning methodology for personal and organizational growth.
• On-Demand Resources Self-serve library of 100+ structured tools, frameworks, articles, case materials, scoring maps, templates, and decision aids spanning leadership, career development, management, communication, change, trust, and future skills.
• Workshops Ready-to-deploy workshops covering productivity, change, cost, leadership, creativity, decision-making, trust, and well-being, available in-house, online, or as train-the-trainer certification programs.
• Coaching Services Executive, performance, team, and manager coaching delivered privately for career advancement, leadership development, and performance transformation.
• Career Transition Services Career transition and separation programs covering strategic positioning, personal branding, networking, AI-powered job search sessions, executive coaching, and career portfolio design for professionals and skilled employees.
• Military-to-Private-Sector Transition Program Structured program with workshop, guidebook, resume templates, and 90-day planning workbook to help active-duty, recently separated, and retiring military personnel and military spouses transition into civilian careers.
• Bridging the Challenges Workshop Interactive workshop for public-to-private sector transition covering experience translation, cultural navigation, professional narrative reframing, and 90-day integration planning.
• Organizational Dynamics Psychology-driven HR consulting framework offered in three tiers: Foundation (talent strategy, performance systems, conflict resolution), Growth (leadership development, well-being, learning), and Transformational (culture change, engagement, crisis response).
• Competency-Based Organization Framework Framework defining and implementing competency-based organization structures, including core, global, leadership, manager, business, and emerging competencies by function.
• Strategic Planning System Integrated strategic planning approach organized around Strategic Planning (hedging, leveraging, shaping strategies), Strategic Execution (signal intelligence, strategic levers), and Strategic Accomplishment (strategic currency, effects management).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400,000 individuals have taken RGi assessments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature13 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm offering talent management, executive search, leadership development, and assessment (Korn Ferry Assess) directly overlapping Ryan Group's strategy, organizational effectiveness, and assessment verticals.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Global outplacement, career transition, and talent management provider; directly comparable to Ryan Group's career transition and outplacement practice (e.g., Fannie Mae engagement).

Direct peers

• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Specialist in leadership development, behavioral assessment, and organizational effectiveness consulting for enterprise and government clients, closely matching Ryan Group's flagship assessment + consulting delivery model.
• Hogan Assessments: Provider of personality-based assessments (Hogan Personality Inventory, MVPI, HDS) widely used in executive selection and leadership development, directly comparable to CenterMark, Working Styles, and ValueBase.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Nonprofit leadership development and assessment provider serving government and corporate clients with executive education, 360 feedback, and organizational consulting, directly overlapping Ryan Group's leadership and assessment offerings.
• Lee Hecht Harrison: Career transition, leadership development, and assessment provider; comparable in military transition programs, executive coaching, and organizational consulting delivery.
• FranklinCovey: Training, assessment, and consulting firm offering leadership development workshops, content libraries, and enterprise subscriptions; comparable in workshop + self-serve resource delivery model.
• BTS Group: Strategy execution and leadership development consultancy using business simulations and experiential learning; directly comparable to Ryan Group's Game-Based Simulations and strategic planning practices.
• RHR International: Boutique executive coaching and leadership advisory firm serving senior leadership teams; comparable in executive coaching, manager assessment, and senior leader development.
• Personnel Decisions International (PDI/PDI People Insights): Behavioral assessment, leadership development, and talent analytics provider; comparable proprietary assessment + consulting model and similar mid-market positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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