Aug 1, 2023 | CFAR Spotlight, Consulting
This week’s Spotlight features CFAR Manager Erin Konkle. Erin brings over 10 years of experience in higher education and community organizations. Her research, practice, and teaching are rooted in assets-based organizational development methods, including... 
Jul 19, 2023 | CFAR Spotlight, Consulting
This week’s Spotlight features CFAR Founder and Principal Nancy Drozdow. Nancy co-leads CFAR’s Family Enterprise and Owner-Led Business practice and has been instrumental in the development of CFAR’s approach to strategy. Nancy is internationally known for her... 
Jun 27, 2023 | Consulting, Governance
Erin Konkle Manager Daphnie Pierre Manager Board diversity is improving as nonprofits, higher education institutions, and private and public companies aim to add directors from underrepresented groups—people of color, women, LGBTQ+, and younger people—to their boards.... 
May 25, 2023 | Consulting, Strategy Development and Implementation
In our work with organizations across sectors and industries, we often see the need to highlight the critical distinction between strategic planning and strategy making. Along similar lines, a company’s strategy development process can often become unduly influenced... 
May 2, 2023 | Consulting, Healthcare, Leadership and Top Team Development
Daphnie Pierre Manager At the 2023 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) National Congress, a CEO started off a session by sharing that he had received feedback that he “does not exhibit executive presence.” This CEO, a male person of color,... 
Apr 13, 2023 | Consulting
Board and staff live in different micro-cultures, even as they share the mission and work of a particular organization. In our experience, there is a predictable pattern to the interactions between board and staff, especially around big meetings and retreats. One of...