Case Studies

CBI helps the United Nations Development Group build the "political acumen" of United Nations field leaders, by defining the political acumen skill set, developing an assessment protocol for UN Resident Coordinator candidates, and training UN Country Team members in partnership with the UN System Staff College.

CBI, along with the World Resources Institute, facilitates workshops in Ghana and Vietnam and designs tailored role-plays to help participants consider risks associated with climate change.

CBI conducts a stakeholder assessment around the construction of a hydropower project in northern India, with the aim of pinpointing and resolving conflicts between the energy company and the local community.

CBI assesses key opportunities and delivers tailored negotiation training courses for McDonald's on Mutual Gains partnership between corporate and franchise leaders, in order to improve capacity among the company's senior leaders.

CBI helps Procter & Gamble's Customer Business Development group improve individual and organizational negotiation capacity by delivering tailored training, developing custom curriculum materials, and helping company leaders build internal training resources.

CBI delivers tailored negotiation workshops to groups across Hewlett-Packard, assisting in the creation of new metrics for success and helping to implement a consistent negotiation framework.

Retained by the Ex-Offender Re-Entry Policy Council (RPC), CBI facilitates the work of the Council's Health and Housing Advisory Group, building consensus on best practices for ensuring access to healthcare and housing for returning citizens, with impact on practice around the country through into the influential RPC Report.

CBI assembles a multi-cultural team of Jewish and Arab-Israeli mediators and planners to address issues surrounding land use by the Israeli government and the Israeli Beduoin community in the Negev region.

CBI conducts an issues assessment and manages a negotiated rulemaking process to develop new rules governing off-road motor vehicle use within the Fire Island National Seashore.

CBI conducts an issues assessment and designs a stakeholder engagement process to address corporate-community conflict over public health concerns related to a pulp mill in western Maine.

With the State of Vermont facing difficult choices around their electricity supply, CBI and Raab Associates, Ltd. design and facilitate a public engagement process, involving more than 700 Vermonters in decision making about the state's energy future.

CBI conducts a negotiations audit to design and deliver carefully tailored negotiation training workshops to leaders at WPP Group, an international holding company owning 40 percent of marketing and media companies in the world, using CBI's Mutual Gains Approach to negotiation.