Diverse solutions.
Better management outcomes.
The Barthwell Group, a Certified Woman-Owned, Minority Business Enterprise, is a strategic management consulting firm. We work with a range of clients, from small colleges and universities to Fortune 100 companies, to help them achieve better management outcomes. Through customized assessments, strategic planning, and trainings and workshops we help our clients in a wide range of areas including: diversity and inclusion, brand strategy, supplier diversity strategy, cultural change/organizational cohesion, and strategic collaborations.
Our Core Values
SERVICE
We believe that service is the most important part of everything that we do. Our focus is on anticipating, recognizing, and meeting our clients’ needs to drive satisfaction. We make ourselves available, determine what is going to make them successful, and work together to find ways to achieve that success.
CUSTOMIZATION
We do not believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. We leverage our experience and expertise and work closely with our clients to develop customized engagement plans that reflect their needs, success metrics, and budget.
PRAGMATISM
We are pragmatic, we want our clients to see measurable change and/or have a feasible action plan when we complete our work.
ENGAGEMENT
We believe that meaningful change cannot happen without an understanding of the perspectives of organizational stakeholders and their buy-in. We engage internal and (when appropriate) external stakeholders throughout the engagement process.
ADDITIVE WORK
We review past and current work as well as external best practices to develop innovate solutions. We develop and implement creative solutions to add value, not repeat what has already been done.
METRICS
We believe that objective metrics must be used to measure change.
FLEXIBILITY
We are flexible and understand our need to change to the evolving needs of our clients. In our work, while we integrate the impact of projected future driving forces into our solutions, we know that plans must remain flexible enough to respond to unexpected circumstances.
The Barthwell Group, Inc.
2035 West Boston Boulevard
Detroit, Michigan 48206-3019
Phone: (313) 866-9000