Mar 2, 2023 | Consulting, Governance, Healthcare
Given the unprecedented turbulence in healthcare, governing boards should be asking themselves whether they have the optimal membership, diversity, skills, structures, and practices to make good decisions and effectively fulfill their fiduciary obligations in an... 
Feb 9, 2023 | Consulting, Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses
Nancy Drozdow Founder and Principal Only a third of family firms continue beyond the first generation, fewer still make it to the third, and so on. (Beckhard & Dyer 1983). “Our work is largely to help these businesses beat the odds. Continuity is our goal, even... 
Feb 2, 2023 | Consulting, Governance, Leadership Succession
CFAR Founder Tom Gilmore’s article, “The Importance of Linking Leadership Succession, Strategy, and Governance,” offers three common dilemmas in leadership succession, three case studies that demonstrate the important relationship among strategy, governance, and... 
Jan 26, 2023 | Consulting, Healthcare
Jennifer Tomasik Vice President and Principal Interprofessional collaboration between and among physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other clinical and administrative professionals continues to play an increasingly important role in the future of... 
Jan 19, 2023 | Consulting, Leadership and Top Team Development, Leadership Succession
Small, subtle leadership actions have a big impact. Small leadership moments are characterized by two key features: Leveraging small efforts to create a disproportionately large effect Enacting or symbolizing emerging new directions. We liken “small leadership” to... 
Jan 11, 2023 | Consulting, Leadership Succession
Jennifer Tomasik Vice President and Principal “The rate of leadership turnover is increasing, and the norm of organizational loyalty is weakening. Organizations risk a succession of new leaders, each of whom do not serve long enough to fully implement a new strategy....