Affiliated Organizations

To best serve our clients, CMPartners cultivates strategic relationships with partner organizations around the globe.

The Bridgeway Group

The Bridgeway Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals, organizations, and institutions around the globe negotiate and communicate more effectively, manage differences, and resolve conflict. The Bridgeway Group develops and shares new ideas and theories, advises and trains practitioners in the public sector, and supports constructive public dialogue and its enabling environment through collaborative partnerships.

Recent Bridgeway Group projects have included training and advising leaders in Sri Lanka and building the negotiation and communication capacity of UNAIDS staff.

Triad Consulting Group

Triad Consulting Group is our Cambridge Alliance partner. Triad builds individual and organizational capacity to manage difficult conversations and critical relationships, helping clients navigate complex problems where values are at stake and emotions run high. The firm's approach, honed through its association with the Harvard Negotiation Project, is effective, direct, and flexible. Whether implementing change in corporate culture or assisting a community confront a divisive issue, Triad is always mindful of the simple question, "what works?"

CMPartners and Triad collaborate on workshops that help individuals and organizations in both private and public sectors effectively negotiate and master difficult conversations.

American University of Beirut (AUB)

The American University of Beirut (AUB) is a standard-setting leader in international higher education. Its rigorous curriculum is modeled on the American liberal arts tradition, emphasizing critical thinking, open debate, and diversity.

CMPartners has worked closely with AUB in recent years to develop workshops for business and government leaders on the topics of conflict management and "difficult conversations."