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

Debbie Bing's paper "Crowding Out the Space: The Weakness of a Strong Leader" has won the first Harold Bridger Award at this year's International Society for Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO) annual conference. The Bridger Award is given for the best paper presented at the previous Symposium by a member who joined ISPSO within the previous five years.

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.

July 2008

SAP Business Insights—Mario Moussa and Richard Shell have "10 questions for Would Be Wooers" to help prepare for any idea-selling encounter. read the article.

August 2008

Society of Consulting Psychology—Larry Hirschhorn's article, "The Fall of Howell Raines and The New York Times: A Study in the Moralization of Organizational Life," has been selected as the winner of the Elliott Jaques Award as the most outstanding journal article in the Consulting Psychology Journal.  This award is selected annually by the Editorial Board of the journal.

Family Firm Institute—Debbie Bing has been named to a three year term as a member of the board of directors for FFI's New England Chapter.  She will serve as Secretary/Clerk for the coming year.

September 2008

University Health System Consortium—Linda May with PJ Brennan and Victoria Rich are presenting their paper entitled: "Clinical Leadership on the Unit and at the Top—a 'Swiss Army Knife' for Sustained Performance" as part of UHSC's Quality and Safety Forum.

Family Business Magazine— Debbie Bing's article " The Power of Negotiating in a Family-Owned Business" appears in the Autumn 2008 issue of the magazine. A pdf version of the article is availble for download.

October 2008

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)—October 10 and 11. 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

Family Firm Institute—October 31. Nancy Drozdow and Debbie Bing will present "The Paradox of Performance in Established Family Businesses" at the Institute's annual conference. The presentation will examine the real-life experiences of family business leaders who have made choices that improved their competitive edge while preserving their firm's core values and culture.

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.

December 2008

The Wharton School—December 17. Mario Moussa will discuss “Silo Busting for Growth” at a symposium for pharmaceutical leaders. Also presenting at the complimentary event will be Joe Ryan, from Wharton (“Designing the High-Performance Organization”) and Roch Parayre, from Decision Strategies International (“Changes in the Periphery”)

February 2009

Council On Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference—February 1. Debbie Bing will present her paper " Empowering the Next Generation of Giving" as part of the next generation track at the conference.

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