What RISEQUITY does

RISEQUITY (operating as Rise Results) is a privately held, for-profit boutique culture and talent consulting firm headquartered in San Jose, California, with a stated location in Concord. The company was co-founded by Kim Steppe (CEO) and Marilyn Nagel (Chief Strategy Officer) and targets enterprise clients seeking culture transformation, leadership development, and DEIB/ERG program support. Its core offering is the Productivity Culture Map, a proprietary maturity-model assessment methodology developed by co-founder Marilyn Nagel during her tenure as Chief Diversity Officer at Cisco and delivered through a Diagnose-Strategize-Transform engagement framework. Service lines are organized around three pillars: Productivity Culture Map (culture assessment and roadmapping), Leadership Development (Leadership Accountability Plans, Executive Coaching, Customized Learning Labs), and Employee Experience (ERG Strategy & Advising, Sponsor and Protégé Program, Mentoring Circles, Employee Listening Sessions, Workshops, and Speaker Series Solutions). The firm also operates recurring virtual forums and quarterly webinars, and publishes a podcast on thepod.fm.

The business model is high-touch professional services delivered via direct enterprise sales. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; no self-serve, marketplace, or channel distribution models exist. The firm reaches enterprise clients through a combination of field sales, event-driven lead generation (ERG Leader Forum, Corporate Leaders Forum, quarterly webinars), and community-led referrals among HR, culture, and DEIB professionals. A flexible bench model assembles senior practitioners for each engagement, including named team members with analytics and facilitation expertise. The company reports having impacted 105 companies and 546,136 employees, with an average +74% engagement uplift cited across implementations, and serves a diverse set of named enterprise clients including PointClickCare, Zendesk, Cannondale, Interpublic Group, KPMG, Intel, Hellman & Friedman, Jack in the Box, Del Taco, Grocery Outlet, Cadence, AutoScout24, and Blend Labs.

Revenue and headcount are not disclosed; no external funding rounds, M&A activity, or institutional investors are evidenced. The company's competitive positioning rests on a proprietary methodology, founder credibility from Cisco and Watermark, and a growing community of enterprise culture buyers; what is not evidenced is any software platform, AI/ML capability, or scaled productization beyond custom consulting engagements.

Name

RISEQUITY

Legal name

Rise Results

Website

https://risequity.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

RISEQUITY (Rise Results) is a privately held boutique management consulting firm that delivers culture transformation, leadership development, and DEIB/ERG advisory services to enterprise clients using its proprietary Productivity Culture Map assessment methodology, supported by recurring virtual forums and a podcast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Leadership & C-Suite Development (EDABAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Assessment, 360 Feedback & Development Planning (EDABAAAK), Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH)

Keywords

• Culture transformation consulting
• Leadership development programs
• Employee experience solutions
• DEIB consulting services
• ERG strategy advising

Headquarters

HQ city

Concord

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Professional services engagements including ERG Strategy and Advising, Employee Experience programs, and culture transformation consulting delivered to enterprise clients.
2. Leadership Development Programs: Leadership Accountability Plans, Executive Coaching, and Customized Learning Labs delivered as structured engagements to develop organizational leaders.
3. Assessment and Workshop Services: Productivity Culture Map assessments, Employee Listening Sessions, and Custom Workshops providing data-driven insights and interactive training.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rise Results is a B2B professional services firm that delivers data-driven culture transformation, leadership development, and employee experience consulting to enterprise organizations. Its offerings are anchored by a proprietary Productivity Culture Map assessment methodology and organized across three core service pillars: Productivity Culture Map, Leadership Development, and Employee Experience. Services are delivered through customized consulting engagements, executive coaching, workshops, mentoring programs, and ERG strategy advising.

Product overview

Rise Results is a culture and talent consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services organized around three core pillars: Productivity Culture Map, Leadership Development, and Employee Experience. The Productivity Culture Map is a proprietary assessment and methodology used to diagnose culture maturity and create strategic roadmaps. Leadership Development encompasses accountability plans, executive coaching, and customized learning labs. Employee Experience covers ERG strategy, mentoring programs, workshops, and speaker series. The company also hosts events including quarterly webinars and monthly forums for ERG leaders and corporate executives. All services are delivered through a flexible, scalable consulting model with a bench of seasoned professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Productivity Culture Map

Quantifiable outcome

• 546,136 employees reached across client organizations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Catalyst: Nonprofit focused on workplace inclusion, DEIB research, and ERG/program advisory. Closely comparable to Rise Results' ERG strategy, ambassador program, and inclusion-focused corporate leader forum offerings.
• FranklinCovey: Training and consulting firm focused on leadership, culture, and execution. Comparable in delivery of structured leadership content, learning labs, and culture change workshops to enterprise clients.
• Great Place to Work: Culture assessment and certification provider offering employee survey instruments and benchmarking that compete directly with the diagnostic function of Rise Results' Productivity Culture Map.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Specialist in leadership assessment and development, offering behavior-based assessments, leadership simulations, and leadership programs. Highly comparable to Rise Results' leadership development, executive coaching, and maturity-model assessment offerings.

Emerging players

• Humu: People analytics and culture platform that uses nudges and survey-based diagnostics to improve engagement and inclusion. Comparable to Rise Results' diagnostic + Employee Listening Session approach but delivered via software.
• NeuroLeadership Institute: Research-driven consultancy applying neuroscience to leadership, culture, and DEI. Comparable in offering diagnostic-driven culture and inclusion programs to enterprise HR leaders.
• Coaching Corps / RAIN Group (executive coaching peers): Specialist leadership and sales coaching firm offering enterprise executive coaching and customized learning programs — directly comparable to Rise Results' Executive Coaching and Customized Learning Labs offerings.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company (Organizational Practice): Global management consulting firm with a large Organizational Practice covering culture transformation, DEIB, and leadership development. Competes for the same enterprise buyers as Rise Results but with much broader service portfolio and scale.
• Deloitte (Human Capital practice): Big Four firm with extensive human capital consulting including leadership development, culture transformation, and inclusion services. Targets the same enterprise CHRO/Chief People Officer buyer as Rise Results.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm offering leadership development, talent management, and culture advisory. Overlaps directly with Rise Results' leadership coaching, executive development, and culture transformation practices, but at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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