GROUNDED IN PROCESS.
CENTERED ON PEOPLE.
OUR SERVICES
crisis strategy • issues management • communications • board & investor interface • public relations • risk readiness • media response • training & workshops • grief support • simulations & testing • litigation support • threat & risk assessments • trauma-informed coaching
CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS
We advise public and private companies navigating crisis and disruption, from founder-led firms to global enterprises. Our backgrounds in finance, management consulting, entrepreneurship, brand management, and human capital mean that our approach to crisis is not narrowly defined by communications alone.
Examples
- Incident response: triage, interfacing with legal team, strategy development, strategic priorities, communications.
- Pre-crisis planning and incident response plan including playbook development and tabletop exercises.
- Workshops around high-stakes communications, legal response, and the lived experience of crisis.
We advise financial institutions and private asset managers — including SEC-registered funds, VC, RIAs, and PE — navigating complex regulatory environments and critical challenges with investors, regulators, and portfolio companies. Our experience spans private assets, fund structure (both institutional and HNW), and governance – from both operating and investing perspectives – including work with top global PE firms.
Examples
- Enterprise and portfolio incident response.
- Regulatory enforcement action response and communications.
- Risk and resilience assessments and planning.
We advise mission-driven organizations confronting complex political, cultural, and funding environments. Our work spans public health, venture philanthropy, higher education, and social impact. We’ve partnered with leading U.S. non-profits, served on boards, and worked within the sector – giving us a firsthand view of its unique challenges, from shared governance to limited resources.
Examples
- Board-directed risk management and crisis planning.
- Mission-related incident response and reputation recovery.
- Political and cultural landscape strategic planning, scenario analysis, and tabletop exercises.
We work with multi-generational family offices and private enterprises where the professional and the personal are the same system, and where a crisis in one inevitably becomes a crisis in the other.
Family enterprise crisis is distinct from organizational crisis. The stakes are personal, the relationships are permanent, and no part of the system is left untouched. We help families confront the realities others avoid — loss, conflict, and change — and bring structure to conversations that are too often postponed until it’s too late.
Examples
- Incident response: triage, interfacing with legal team, strategy development, strategic priorities, communications.
- Reputation and relationship management following public or internal scandal.
- Partner with existing advisors – legal, wealth, coaching – on issues stemming from grief or loss.
We work with individuals, families, and organizations working through grief, whether from loss, transition, or the aftermath of difficult or traumatic events. These engagements draw on Meredith’s experience as a hospice chaplain, helping people to navigate grief and begin to integrate it into their lives. We are uniquely effective with founders, executives and teams because we understand both the personal weight of grief and the professional pressures that accompany it, and we can work fluidly in both.
Examples
- Support for individuals, families, and organizations following death or suicide.
- Guidance during hospice, end-of-life, and legacy transitions.
- Group facilitation for families managing loss-related conflict.
- Coaching for leaders managing the overlap of personal grief and professional obligations.
SPEAKING + WORKSHOPS
Ravenyard Group delivers thought-provoking keynotes and interactive workshops that blend strategic insight with practical crisis tools. Designed for leadership teams and industry events, our sessions equip audiences to navigate high-stakes disruption with focus, resilience, and human-centered perspective.
PROCESS IS AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING WE DO
Some situations demand immediate action. Others allow time for a deeper dive. Either way, we follow the same process, scaled to the moment. Because effective strategy starts with understanding the factors driving a crisis.
DEFINE THE CRISIS
A 360 assessment clarifies the crisis by mapping risks, root causes, and stakeholder needs.
WEIGH TRADEOFFS
Drawing on tools from operations, management consulting, and marketing ideation, we test scenarios and play out tradeoffs to the end. Mapping the ripple effects of each choice surfaces the critical path.
SET PRIORITIES
Priorities guide every decision. We identify what matters most — to the organization, the brand, and the people behind them.
OPERATIONALIZE THE RESPONSE
We deliver a detailed action plan, timeline, and clear deliverables. Crisis can be chaotic; structure creates calm.
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE
We weave psychosocial support into every engagement, helping leaders and teams navigate the stress, grief, and dysregulation that come with high-stakes situations.