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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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...