MSG was started in 1996 by Liz Allen Fey and Debra Grimes.
The company was designed to provide consultation and facilitation in the arenas of management and organizational development. The company was the brainchild of the two principals, who after spending over 20 years in management positions, realized the need for a culture shift in companies. With a shrinking work force and reduced company loyalty, companies found that they have to move from a leadership style and structure based on command and control to one of participation. Companies who are successful take more of a participatory approach, keep people longer, and build productivity thereby keeping costs low. Also, with the advent of the information age, companies are recognizing that the structures built in the industrial/manufacturing age no longer work. Change is happening too fast for one person to have all the information needed to make the right decision.
Built on the principals’ combined management experience and the success at developing a non-profit entity into a learning organization, MSG was born in the fall of 1996. Since that time, MSG has worked with over 200 organizations in business, government, education, religion, not-for-profit, and commerce. Services provided have included organizational assessments, needs assessments and feasibility studies, strategic planning, operational planning, leadership development, coaching, and training.
In 2003, Mary Flanagan opened a second office in San Antonio.