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Our Cases

Our cases highlight our conflict management strategies and are grouped by our Practice Area categories: Environment & Natural Resources, Land Use Planning & Transportation and Organizational Change Management

Organizational Change Management

Large Denominational Church: Northern Colorado

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Organizational Effectiveness & Team Building

Summary:

A large local denominational church was falling into three rival factions over whether the national church and/or the regional district had departed from traditional church beliefs and principles. These issues raised the question of whether the local church should separate itself from the national church and organize into two or three new groups.

Services:

Mediation, Process Design

Family Business Enterprise

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Organizational Effectiveness

Summary:

A large family with members located in three different parts of the country owned multiple commercial properties in the Chicago area. The family units disagreed about how to manage their properties and leasing commissions, distribute rental income, and create a plan of succession from the older to younger generations. As distrust grew, they hired us to facilitate their conflict and build consensus about the issues most important to them.

Services:

Facilitation

County Executive Office Reorganization

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Organizational Effectiveness

Summary:

To cut costs and improve operational efficiency, the county executive sought to consolidate two departments to cut the county budget. However, some of the county directors and their staff wanted to keep their departments intact, including their existing access to the county executive.

Services:

Assessment, Mediation