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Leaders of small to medium sized businesses, corporations, public sector organizations, 2 Buildings Against Skyand non-profit organizations can look to First Hawthorn Group to solve their most pressing strategic, operational, and organizational problems. Clients requiring an independent, fact-based perspective choose us to help them make the decisions that can improve their performance and build value.

Find out more about what we do and learn about the steps of a typical First Hawthorn Group consulting project:

  • Defining the Approach

  • Assessing Potential Opportunities

  • Presenting Recommendations

  • Coordinating Implementation

  • Measuring Value Creation

Defining the Approach

Before we undertake any client work, we begin with an initial meeting to discuss the situation and define the proper approach to best serve our client’s needs.
We believe it is in the client’s best interest as well as our own best interest to only pursue work that we believe will create sustainable value for our client.

Assessing Potential Opportunities

Leveraging a disciplined set of consulting capabilities, we bring the best of our methods, frameworks, and tools to each client situation.
We build a fact-based understanding of the situation and identify the central issues and key opportunities that demand our client’s attention.

Presenting Recommendations

We present our findings as recommendations that can best address our client’s needs.
We conduct follow-up meetings to help prioritize the steps our client should take.

Coordinating Implementation

We partner with our client to develop an action plan for their new initiatives.
A joint client/First Hawthorn Group team focuses on building necessary business capabilities and making organizational improvements to facilitate implementation.

Measuring Value Creation

To secure long-term results, we arm our clients with the tools and processes to measure the on-going value delivered by the implemented initiatives.


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