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... 
Mar 30, 2023 | Higher Education and Research
This whitepaper was originally written by Founders Tom Gilmore and Larry Hirschhorn and then revised with Principal Barry Dornfeld. We describe some of the dynamics particular to leadership strategic planning in higher education. We emphasize the “loosely coupled”... 
Mar 23, 2023 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses
Founders of businesses are often characterized by a powerful belief in their ability and vision for their business—an almost invulnerability and purposeful drive that includes extraordinary perseverance. The melding of a person and their business that enables founding... 
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...