Profile

Strategy Matters is a Boston based, certified woman-owned consulting group founded in 2000. We work with mission-driven organizations to develop creative solutions to complex problems. We are a unique consulting firm in many respects, including the… Strategy Matters is a Boston based, certified woman-owned consulting group founded in 2000. We work with mission-driven organizations to develop creative solutions to complex problems. We are a unique consulting firm in many respects, including the collaborative, equitable management style we embrace. Aspects of this are visible in some of our policies, including that the Principal cannot earn more than 3x the salary of the lowest paid employee, a profit sharing program with 36% of all profits paid out quarterly to employees with more than 1 year on the job, and our commitment to Open Books Management, enabling every staff member to see our full financials at any time. Over 80% of our clients since 2016 have referred us to a colleague, hired us for a second (third or fourth) project, or both.
Our Services Include:
Strategic planning design and facilitation
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative leadership and support
Leadership and management training
Teambuilding, conflict management
Change management
Implementation support
Training design and delivery
We work in many sectors and domains, and this enables our team to bring ideas and insights across professional and industry boundaries. We often find that a framework, tool, or metaphor from, for example, arts and culture serves to help clients think differently in, for example, education or public safety.
Our approach to working with groups is tailored to meet each organization's specific needs and is highly results-oriented. We have been trained in a wide range of planning methodologies, including Public Conversations, Technologies of Participation (Institute for Cultural Affairs), Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, and Future Search, but rarely use any of these methods off-the-shelf. Instead, we work with client teams to identify the best tools and custom design innovative approaches to meet unique and specific organizational goals.