Consulting Magazine Ranks Centric Consulting a Best Firm to Work For 2025
Centric Consulting, a leading business and technology consulting firm, has been recognized in Consulting Magazine's Best Firms to Work For 2025 awards.
The recognition highlights a commitment to employee experience built on culture, core purpose, and values.
Centric Consulting, a leading business and technology consulting firm, has been recognized in Consulting Magazine’s Best Firms to Work For 2025 awards.
Winners are selected based on comprehensive surveys completed by consultants within each firm, assessing six critical dimensions of employee experience: culture, career development, work/life balance, client engagement, compensation and benefits, and firm leadership. Consulting Magazine evaluates and compares firms and against all other qualifying organizations.
“Building and growing a culture that puts both employees and clients at its heart is incredibly rewarding, but it’s no small feat,” said Larry English, CEO of Centric Consulting. “Achieving this recognition validates the effort we pour into living out our culture, core purpose, and core values, showing that we’re bringing them to life in real, impactful ways.”
Centric strives to create unmatched experiences for clients and employees, with an employee experience built on the Three Cs: culture, core purpose, and core values. The firm’s seven core values define its commitment to what is most important to team members and clients, ranging from living a balanced life and maintaining integrity to delivering exceptional client value.
“The greatest reward is witnessing the positive difference our culture makes in the lives of our team members and clients,” English said. “This gets to the heart of why we founded Centric in the first place — to create a company where we could do great work but still have a life, with a fun culture that treats everyone like family and operates with honest and deep relationships.”
Expanding Community and Belonging
This year, Centric expanded and matured its collection of employee resource groups (ERGs) and Centric community groups, all created and led by employees. These groups celebrate diverse communities, promote understanding, and offer spaces for networking, mentorship, and support.
“Belonging is a basic human need and is a cornerstone of the employee experience we strive to create,” English noted. “We’re deeply committed to building an environment where everyone truly feels like they belong, recognizing that belonging looks different for every person.”
The firm also encourages employees to contribute to their local communities through volunteer work and pro bono professional services, from food drives and disaster relief to technology solutions for nonprofits addressing homelessness and supporting people in crisis.
Investing in an AI-Powered Future
As part of its forward-looking approach, Centric has made significant investments in training all team members in artificial intelligence, aligning with the firm’s culture of innovation that celebrates challenges and continuous learning. The company is working to become an AI-first firm, with initiatives including AI literacy competitions, LinkedIn Learning courses on prompt engineering, and the development of AI agents focused on culture, client delivery, strategy, and sales.
“Our goal is to invest thoughtfully in AI, where we see strong growth potential and an opportunity to empower our employees to gain new skills and prepare for an AI-powered future,” English said. “We want to be an AI leader without losing the relationships and human touch that has differentiated us from day one.”
See more in Consulting Magazine: The 2025 Best Firms to Work For: Centric Consulting
About Centric Consulting
Centric Consulting is the right partner — committed to delivering tailored solutions and unmatched experiences.
For 26 years, the international management consulting firm has combined the benefits of deep experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to solve its clients’ toughest problems. Its teams include strategic advisors and the best talent from across the United States and India with expertise in areas like artificial intelligence, cyber risk and compliance, people and change, business applications, and more. The firm builds teams that can scale up or down quickly based on client needs, industry, and desired outcome.
Headquartered in Ohio, with 1,400 employees and 14 locations, Centric has been honored with over 100 awards for its commitment to employees, clients and communities. It’s also been recognized 10 times by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms.
