January 2007

CFAR Hires Chief Marketing Officer—January 2. Katharine Watts joins CFAR as Chief Marketing Officer. Katey comes to CFAR with twenty years experience in the professional services industry.

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)—January 18 . Tom Gilmore will be delivering three sessions at the Executive Development Seminar for Deans. The topics of the sessions will be "Critical Issues Facing Academic Medical Centers," "Campaigns as a Vehicle for Organizational Change," and "Creating Effective Organizational Roles and Processes."

HEC School of Management—January 26. Tom Gilmore is giving a session on "The Psychodynamics of Consulting" as part of the Consulting and Coaching for Change program at HEC Executive Education. More information can be found on the program's websites

Essentials of Management Program, Wharton School —January 21 through 26. Mario Moussa is co-director of this program which is geared towards managers stepping into an executive role. More information and a short video clip can be found on the program's website.

Mario Moussa gives several general guidelines for taking new knowledge back to work in an article entitled Translating Ideas Into Action in Wharton@Work, an e-newsletter for Wharton Executive Education.

February 2007

Wharton/ASIS Program for Security Executives, Wharton School —February 4 through 9. Mario Moussa is academic director of this program which covers the core concepts of business to broaden your managerial and strategic perspectives. More information can be found on the program's website.

Wharton/SSPA TEchnology Support Services Managment Program, Wharton School —February 19 through 23. Mario Moussa is academic director of this program which covers key advanced management practices, focusing particularly on what service and support managers need to be successful. More information can be found on the program's website.

March 2007

Richard Shell and Mario Moussa's new Wharton program on Persusion is discussed in an article entitled Beyond Negotiations: The Art and Science of Strategic Persuasion in the March issue of Wharton@Work, an e-newsletter for Wharton Executive Education.

The Holland & Knight Institute—March 21. Debbie Bing and Beulah Trey will present a framework for recognizing and managing the delicate nuances of relationships, aspirations, and competition among family members that often come into play at key moments in a family business’ lifecycle. The presentation will use client stories to demonstrate how the advisor can navigate these “make or break” transition moments.

System Centered Theory Annual Conference—March 27 and 29. Jessica Geiben Lynn, Beulah Trey and Larry Hirschhorn will be presenting a workshop on the 27th entitled “Exploring Similarities and Differences: An Organizational Case Presentation Comparing SCT and Tavistock-Based Methods”. Jessica Geiben Lynn and Beulah Trey will be co-presenting a workshop on the 29th with Rowena Davis and Chris McIlroy on "Building a Community of Practice"

April 2007

CFAR Hires New Associate—April 15. Jason Conroy joins CFAR as an Associate. Jason comes to CFAR after several years experience with the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The Boston Club—April 24. Debbie Bing and Beulah Trey will be presenting a session entitled " Working Across the Generational Divide: Ways to Do it Better" as part of The Boston Club's roundtable luncheon series.

Essentials of Management Program, Wharton School —April 29 through May 4. Mario Moussa is co-director of this program which is geared towards managers stepping into an executive role. More information and a short video clip can be found on the program's website.

May 2007

CFAR Alumni Event— May 11. CFAR welcomes back former employees to help us celebrate our 20th Anniversary. For more information e-mail reunion@cfar.com

ASIS International—May 23. Mario Moussa will be the presenter for a webinar on Managing and Leading Change. More Information on the course can be found here.

June 2007

Essentials of Management Program, Wharton School — June 10 through 15. Mario Moussa is co-director of this program which is geared towards managers stepping into an executive role. More information and a short video clip can be found on the program's website.

CFAR Hires New Associates—June 18 . Nathalie Manevich and Kelvin Schleif join CFAR as Associates. Nathalie comes to CFAR after working in the consumer products and media & entertainment industries. Kelvin joins CFAR after co-founding a mobile
applications company and working in the aerospace and healthcare industries.

Aresty Institute of Executive Education, Wharton School — June 24 through 27. Mario Moussa will be co-directing a program entitled "Strategic Persuasion: The Art and Science of Selling Ideas" . The program provides executives with critical tools to sell their ideas at work.  More information and a short video clip on the program can be found on the programs website.

International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations—Annual conference in Stockholm, Sweden

• Larry Hirschhorn and Chatham Sullivan will lead a "Consulting Case Seminar" as part of the professional development workshops at the society's annual meeting. The seminar will focus on analyzing participant¹s consulting cases.  This seminar will run on June 26 and 27.
• Debbie Bing will be presenting a paper entitled "Crowding Out the Space: The Weakness of the Strong Leader" on June 29.
• Chatham Sullivan and Larry Hirschhorn will be presenting a paper entitled "When a Group Feels Intact, and When it Doesn’t: Clinical Teams in an Academic Health Center" on June 30.
• Tom Gilmore will be presenting a paper entitled "Headhunting: Psychodynamics of Potential Spaces Created in the Executive Search Process" on July 1.

August 2007

Academy of Management— August 7. Tom Gilmore, Larry Hirschhorn, and Michellana Jester will present "Ideas in Philanthropic Field Building: A Case of Talent Development Among Youth-Oriented Foundation Grantees" as part of the New Directions in Socio-Ecological Thinking Symposium. The symposium brings together twelve associates of the late Fred Emery and Eric Trist, and highlights recent research of theirs conducted using principles of socio-ecological thinking

October 2007

Executive Leadership for Academic Medicine Program (ELAM)—October 4. Tom Gilmore will be teaching CFAR's "Campaigns as a Vehicle for Organizational Change."

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)—October 5 and 6. Tom Gilmore will conduct three sessions as part of the Executive Development Seminar for Associate Deans and Department Chairs. The Topics of the sessions will be

"Critical Issues Facing Academic Medical Centers"
"Leading and Planning for Change"
"Organizational Diagnosis"

University Health System Consortium—October 12. Larry Hirschhorn with Betsy Riley-Wasserman is presenting their paper entitled “Disrespectful Behavior Among Clinicians: It’s Not the Individual, It’s the Work Practices.” as part of UHSC's Quality and Safety Forum

Family Firm Institute Annual Conference —October 19. Chatham Sullivan and Barry Dornfeld will present an interactive case study entitled "Building the Next Generation in Dubai: Leadership Development in the Global Culture."   They will discuss their experiences leading an Action Learning program with the Wharton School designed to develop the next generation of leaders in Dubai.

"The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas"—October 18 by Mario Moussa and G. Richard Shell will be published by Portfolio/Penguin.

The Art of WOO encourages a mastery of the following:

• Self awareness, including emotional intelligence
• Credibility, a critical personal quality that includes expertise, position, sincerity and trustworthiness
• Organizational intelligence, including the mapping skills needed to assemble winning coalitions
• Attention to your specific audience, bringing just the right tool at just the right time to make the sale

Family Firm Institute Annual Conference —October 20. Debbie Bing will conduct a workshop entitled "The Art of Adaptation: Negotiating Differences as the Family Business Evolves."  The workshop will present a framework for surfacing and “negotiating” differences at key transition moments that has helped family businesses adapt and respond to conflict when they need to while preserving cultural aspects that are deeply rooted in the family’s identity and history.

November 2007

Aresty Institute of Executive Education, Wharton School — November 4 through 7. Mario Moussa will be co-directing a program entitled "Strategic Persuasion: The Art and Science of Selling Ideas" . The program provides executives with critical tools to sell their ideas at work.  More information and a short video clip on the program can be found on the programs website.

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