The Steering Group

What The Steering Group does

The Steering Group is a privately held, for-profit company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Flowery Branch, United States, that offers talent management and pre-hire assessment tools to support employee selection and development. Its functional focus is the HR and talent acquisition workflow, where its products are positioned to help employers evaluate and develop candidates and employees. Publicly available information is sparse: the company operates with an employee count in the 11–50 range, maintains a web presence at thesteeringgroup.com, and does not appear to have raised external funding or to have been the subject of recent press coverage in the aggregated data.

The underlying product surface, technology stack, integration footprint, and pricing model are not documented in the available source material, and the company website returned only a verification interstitial at time of capture. There is no disclosed information on proprietary features, AI/ML components, certifications, patents, or partnerships. The business model — how revenue is generated (per-assessment fees, subscriptions, enterprise licensing), go-to-market motion, and customer segmentation — is therefore not directly verifiable from the input; the most defensible inference is a B2B services-or-tools model targeting HR and hiring-manager buyers, consistent with the stated product positioning.

Name

The Steering Group

Website

https://thesteeringgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Steering Group is a privately held US firm, founded in 1996 and based in Flowery Branch, that provides talent management and pre-hire assessment tools to support employee selection and development for HR and hiring teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Talent Management and Pre-Hire Assessment Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Leadership Potential, High-Potential & Succession Assessments (BPACAMAH)

Keywords

• Talent management
• Pre-hire assessment
• Employee selection
• Employee development
• HR assessment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Flowery Branch

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

The Steering Group offers talent management and pre-hire assessment tools to support employee selection and development for employer organizations. The firm provides assessment-based resources and services intended to help organizations evaluate candidates and develop employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Talent Management and Pre-Hire Assessment Tools Pre-hire assessment tools and talent management services designed to support employer organizations in evaluating job candidates and developing employees. Aimed at HR leaders and hiring managers seeking structured approaches to employee selection and development.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm offering talent management and assessment-adjacent services for senior leaders.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm offering talent management, assessment, and leadership development services directly overlapping with The Steering Group's offerings.
• Aon Assessment Solutions: Division of Aon providing pre-hire assessments, talent analytics, and selection solutions, competing in the same target customer use cases.
• Spencer Stuart: Executive search and leadership consulting firm operating in similar senior assessment, talent advisory, and leadership development categories.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Talent management and career transition consulting arm of ManpowerGroup, with overlapping assessment and development offerings for employers.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Executive search and leadership advisory firm with strong overlap in senior-level talent assessment and development consulting.

Direct peers

• SHL: Leading provider of pre-hire psychometric assessments and talent measurement solutions, directly comparable to The Steering Group's pre-hire assessment offering.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Specializes in leadership assessment, selection, and development solutions, overlapping heavily with The Steering Group's combined selection + development value proposition.
• Hogan Assessments: Personality-based assessment provider used for employee selection, leadership development, and talent management — closely aligned with The Steering Group's assessment focus.

Emerging players

• PDI Talent: Provider of talent assessment and employee selection tools targeting mid-market employers, with comparable pre-hire assessment offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/eliminatebadhires
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-steering-group-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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