they are one of the first orgs to do appreciateive inquiry which is a up and coming methodology.

About

Founded in 1989, [Coray Gurnitz Consulting] (CGC) guides performance improvement efforts for organizations through developing and implementing strategies and processes that are co-created with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
A woman-owned, boutique firm in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, they focus on the government niche—working with Federal, State, and Local governments as well as private companies and not-for-profit associations. Current clients include: FEMA, FMCSA …….

Approach

Like many organizations, CGC clients struggle with human capital planning, working hard to connect performance to organizational outcomes and measures. CGC tries to resolve these issues using the tenets of Appreciative Inquiry and Social Constructionism —focusing on what’s possible, not what’s broken, to push through barriers and create faster, more lasting change. By co-creating solutions with their clients, they bring the tools and the processes and mine the organization’s knowledge to develop business solutions that are implementable and sustainable.

Strategy Development and Implementation

Coray Gurnitz leverages the expertise and institutional knowledge of the client to accelerate strategy formulation. This allows them to cut through problems, barriers, and politics, focusing instead on what’s possible. By providing tools, thought leadership, methodologies, coaching and best practices CGC helps organizations transform successfully on their own.
Performance Improvement

CGC’s performance improvement efforts focus on improving an organization’s capital. It involves a commitment to asking the hard questions, questioning long standing assumptions, and making data driven decisions to drive the organization to a new level of performance. Coray Gurnitz’s performance improvement practice includes: process/system redesign, organizational and workforce alignment, survey design and analysis and program evaluation.

Customer and Community Connection

At Coray Gurnitz Consulting helps organizations of all types (government, nonprofit, and private) accomplishing their missions, in part by enabling them to more effectively connect with their customers and their communities. Beyond simply working with organizations to improve customer service, we work with our clients to ensure that all components of their organization are aligned with one another and with the needs of their customers and their communities.
We help organizations answer important questions such as:
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