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Vital Strategy Conversations

Vital Strategy Conversations

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...
The Art and Science of Engagement

The Art and Science of Engagement

Jul 14, 2020 | Organizational Change and Alignment, Strategy Development and Implementation

Jennifer Tomasik Principal Engagement is the art and science of including people in the shaping and implementation of strategy and change. In our experience, intentionally planning what we call the engagement architecture of a project or initiative that you want to...
“But if it’s Tuesday, it has to be a S.W.O.T. analysis”

“But if it’s Tuesday, it has to be a S.W.O.T. analysis”

Jun 29, 2017 | Strategy Development and Implementation, Uncategorized

Caleb White Senior Consultant The following blog is a thinkpiece in response to CFAR’s “Strategic Planning versus Strategy Making” Briefing Note. Our Briefing Notes are short summaries of linked themes that begin with our clients—practices we find that unlock client...
CFAR Recognized by Forbes

CFAR Recognized by Forbes

May 9, 2016 | Healthcare, News, Strategy Development and Implementation

 PRESS RELEASE PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 9, 2016)—CFAR, Inc.—a private management consulting firm with offices in Philadelphia and Boston—has been named one of the Best Management Consulting Firms of 2016 in the U.S. by Forbes.  The rankings were based on data from two...
Fighting the Right Fight on Hawk Hill?

Fighting the Right Fight on Hawk Hill?

Jul 3, 2014 | Higher Education and Research, Strategy Development and Implementation

Barry Dornfeld Principal The news from “Hawk Hill” in Philadelphia has been distressing. In May, the business school faculty at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia issued a vote of “no confidence” in the President, Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie. This followed close on...
Strategy and Design — Engaging Faculty and Staff

Strategy and Design — Engaging Faculty and Staff

Nov 13, 2013 | Higher Education and Research, Strategy Development and Implementation

Barry Dornfeld Principal Faculty in higher education don’t love meetings, but they want a say in the institution’s strategy. At a school of the arts, where the faculty, under previous administrations, felt disengaged from institutional processes like...

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