January 2008

CFAR hires new Associate—Matthew Hill joins CFAR as an Associate in our Philadelphia office. Matthew comes to CFAR after working as a consultant in the computer technology, financial, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.

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."

Harvard Management Update—Mario Moussa is interviewed about persuasion.

William Alanson White Institute—January 27. Larry Hirschhorn and Chatham Sullivan will present a session entitled "The Psychology of Strategy". The session examines the intersection between the economics and strategy of business on the one hand, and the social and psychological processes within organization on the other.

February 2008

HEC School of Management—February 1. 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

Mario Moussa and Richard Shell have an article entitled “Idea Champions” in the February issue of Associations Now. A pdf of the article is available here.

"The Art of Woo" by Mario Moussa and Richard Shell has been chosen as Best Business Book of the Month by Soundview Executive Book Summaries. More information can be found on the Soundview website.

Mario Moussa will be conducting a presentation on Woo to a Google leadership group in New York

University of Pennsylvania — February 22 and 23. Chatham Sullivan and Barry Dornfeld will be teaching a course entitled "Negotiation and Strategic Persuasion" at the School of Social Policy and Practice. More information can be found on the course website.

The Advisory Board — CFAR's work with the University of Pennsylvania Health System is featured in a story in the Advisory Boards publications Nursing Watch and Clinical Strategy Watch. The article is available here.

March 2008

CFAR is Growing! As of March 3rd our new Cambridge office address is:
1030 Massachusetts Ave.
Suite 330
Cambridge, MA 02138

CFAR Hires New Consulting Staff

• Jerrel Jones joins CFAR as an Associate in our Cambridge office. Jerrel comes to CFAR after founding a food manufacturing company and working in the real estate and consulting fields.
• Arthur Rogers joins CFAR as a Senior Manager in our Philadelphia office. Arthur has worked primarily in the healthcare industry as a consultant to hospitals and health plans.
• Nat Welch joins CFAR as a Senior Manager in our Cambridge office after running his own consulting practice focused on improving organizational effectiveness through increased collaboration, knowledge sharing, and application of organizational network analysis.

Center City Proprietors’ Association — March 4. Mario Moussa will be giving a presentation based on his book The Are of Woo. More information on the program can be found on the association web site.

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) — March 15. Tom Gilmore will be delivering a session entitled "Leading Change: High Energy for High Quality" as part of the Chief Medical Officers Forum

SEAMAAC—Barry Dornfeld was honored for five years of service on the SEAMAAC board.

April 2008

Essentials of Management Program, Wharton School — April 28 through May 2. 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 2008

Healthcare Executive—Jennifer Tomasik has an article entitled "Building a Shared Language" in the May/June issue of the magazine. A pdf of the article is now available.

Happy Coaches Webinar Series—May 13. Mario Moussa will be the presenter for a webinar on persuasion. More information on the session can be found on the Happy Coaches website

June 2008

SEAMAAC—Barry Dornfeld has been elected Chair of the Board for SEAMAAC, a Philadelphia based agency that provides services for the southeast Asian and broader refugee and immigrant communities.

Karen Silverman is featured in this month's Reviewer Profile for the Library Journal. The full article can be found on the Library Journal website.

Essentials of Management Program, Wharton School — June 9 through 13. 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.

Special Libraries Association—June 15. Karen Silverman will be presenting a poster session entitled "Web 2.0 Inspirations: Collaborative Chapter Event Planning Using Wikis and Google Docs" with Karen Krasznavolgyi, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University

ISPSO Symposium Annual Meeting — June 16-22. Larry Hirschhorn and Debbie Bing will be Co-Chairs of the ISPSO Annual Symposium. The theme for the Symposium is "Motivation and Meaning at Work" and will explore meaning, motivation and the links between them from a psychoanalytic point of view. Additionally several members of CFAR will speak at the conference:

• Malachi O’Connor and Jennifer Tomasik will direct a professional development workshop with Lynne Kornblatt, Senior Vice President of Human Resources , Albert Einstein Healthcare Network and Steven Merahn, Vice President, Branding and Marketing, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network on “Creating an Authorizing Environment for System-Wide Change.” June 16
• Chatham Sullivan will give a presentation with Lynn Langdon, Chief Operating Officer, American Board of Internal Medicine entitled: “The Principal Contradiction.” June 21
• Nancy Drozdow and Barry Dornfeld will conduct a session on
  "Consulting with Family Businesses." This interactive workshop will provide participants with a rich sense of the work of consulting to family businesses, beginning by presenting a theoretical framework for understanding family businesses and how effectively to consult to them that integrates perspectives from systems theory, psychology, and business strategy. June 17

More information about the conference can be found at www.ispso.org.

Aresty Institute of Executive Education, Wharton School — June 23 through 26. 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 and is a complement to "The Art of Woo". More information and a short video clip on the program can be found on the programs website.

November 2008

Arrive, the Amtrak magazine — Mario Moussa will be interviewed for a feature article on persuasion.

Aresty Institute of Executive Education, Wharton School — November 17 through 20. 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 and is a complement to "The Art of Woo". More information and a short video clip on the program can be found on the programs website.

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