For the launch of Hartz & Minds, we share the history and philosophy of Corporate Hartz, LLC.
History
In 2000, over nine years ago, Jennifer Levine Hartz merged her strategic consulting experience, corporate relations expertise, and nonprofit (volunteer) leadership energy into this firm. Her work is informed by a background in Industrial Psychology, Public Policy and an MBA, as well as a deep understanding of all three sectors – for-profit, non-profit, and government – domestically and abroad.
Strategy, program design, and change management are the firm’s strengths. Corporate Hartz clients span nearly every industry, size, and geography and projects have touched virtually every function.
Philosophy
Addressing challenges and leveraging opportunities through Corporate Hartz’s unique lens, which appreciates the complexities of institutional problems and the possibilities of creative resolutions, is valuable and profitable for ALL clients and their partners.
- Activities must be scrutinized as BUSINESS investments
- Leadership must begin at the TOP, but include all levels of the organization.
- Partnerships must be aligned with and integrated into business STRATEGY
- Policies, programs, and processes must be seamless to OPERATIONS
- Plans must be AUTHENTIC – words do matter, but only actions elicit real change
- Successful collaborations must become part of the CULTURE and not rely on one person’s (or consultant’s) charisma, network, presence, or power
- Progress must be MEASURED and REWARDED
- COMMUNICATION, both internal and external, must be believable, transparent, targeted, clear, and consistent
Alliances, especially those among the for-profit, non-profit, and government sectors, can be challenging to develop and manage. We know that if they are envisioned and implemented wisely, these partnerships can be extremely powerful: for the enterprises, causes, and people involved.