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Culture & Community in the Time of COVID-19

Explore how remote work has transformed Pepper Foster's culture & community including, the changing role of leadership, effective communication strategies, and creating unique opportunities for connection.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Pepper Foster Consulting employees share personal reflections on Breast Cancer Awareness Month, emphasizing the importance of self-exams and support for cancer patients.

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Sustainable COVID Recovery

Discover the latest insights on sustainable COVID recovery. Explore topics such as remote work, protecting employees, diversity and inclusion, resilient supply chains, and sustainable business travel.

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RAMP Methodology

Survive and thrive in uncertain times; embrace agility with Pepper Foster's RAMP Methodology for change and adaptation.

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Planning for Recovery

Prepare for post-COVID success with Pepper Foster's RAMP Methodology. Survive, revive, drive, and thrive in a changed world.

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Hello, 22!

Will 2022 be a 5-star year? Pepper Foster's founder and CEO takes a brief look back at 2021 and looks forward to 2022

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7 Reasons Why You Should Work at Pepper Foster Consulting

Discover the transformative culture at Pepper Foster Consulting: autonomy, balance, candor, community, diversity, growth, and transparency.

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Should American Business Leaders Look to France?

To most American business leaders, the laws and norms of French business seem to make it impossible to make money. And yet, the richest man in the world is French. And France has the world’s seventh-largest economy, one and a half times the size of Canada’s. So maybe, there’s something worth looking at?

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How we help our clients

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Greenhouse

Using StratX™ To Develop A Global Operations Strategy To Bring Innovative Horticultural Products To Market Faster

How we used our StratX™ Framework, a rich and comprehensive proven set of methods, practices, templates, and tools that ensure a clear, executable strategic vision is developed and realized, to develop a global operations strategy that helped capitalize on growth opportunities for the next 10-15 years. The plan specifically focused on how best to bring to market new product introductions as quickly as possible and how to transition from genetic development to large-scale regional commercial production.

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Big Data Exploration

Aligning Enterprise Privacy, Security, And Governance For Compliant Big Data Exploration

How Pepper Foster helped our client's innovation team align enterprise privacy, security, and governance so they could use newly emerging machine learning and AI technologies to discover new insights and opportunities from the data it has been collecting for over 40 years.

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Go Strategy

Developing A Diversification Strategy For The Board Of A Market Dominant Client

How Pepper Foster helped a client with a dominant position in a market undergoing rapid expansion, yet also displaying clear signs of maturation, develop a diversification strategy. A strategy that enabled them to align the executive leadership team and execute a more focused and targeted diversification strategy that allocated resources more effectively, prioritizing areas with the highest potential for success and ensuring optimal resource utilization.

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Success Story

Defining a Growth Strategy for Zarafa Consulting

Defining a Growth Strategy for Zarafa Consulting

An experienced DEI Strategist and Inclusion Coach approached Pepper Foster Consulting seeking support for scaling her firm’s impact. Her expertise is helping impact-oriented, heart-centered, and high-integrity executives who understand the importance of systemizing belonging and inclusion but don't know how to go about achieving it. She recognized the need for expertise in optimizing operations and accelerating growth.

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Cycle Oregon

Developing a Strategic Plan for Cycle Oregon

For 35 years, cycling events, rural economic development, and grants were the mainstay for Cycle Oregon. After establishing a Foundation to build stronger, safer, healthier, and more vibrant communities enabled by cycling, Cycle Oregon reached out to Pepper Foster to help it develop its first strategic plan, define success metrics, and narrow their focus to minimize resource impacts on the broader organization.

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Going For The Assist

Going for the Assist - Expanding Horizons with Strategic Planning & Market Analysis

In a dynamic collaboration with the management of a major and minor league sports franchise, Pepper Foster embarked on a transformative project that not only fortified the client's foundation but also paved the way for other opportunities of growth. Our mission: to establish their minor league team in the local community and amplify the major league team’s international presence and influence.

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