Common Good Solutions

Corporate/Business:

Our processes help private companies to improve their bottom line by integrating social impact into their business models.

Non-Profit:

We help nonprofit organizations successfully engage in business activity that is aligned with their social mission

Community:

We help communities to use all of their local resources to build “Made at home” solutions to their most pressing social issues.

Educational Institutions/Youth:

Engaged students are provided with enterprise and social impact tools and skills they can immediately implement in their communities.

“We help non-profits start mission-related businesses, and businesses create social value with their work."

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"Within only a few months after working with CGS, we have seen great benefits, where sales are stronger and creative new ways to grow the enterprise have been established."

David Farmer, Director of the Breton Ability Centre, for the Best of Cape Breton Store

- Dr. Norman Greenberg, Community Carrot Co-operative

Blog:

Setting Expectations – Your First Meeting with a Consultant

So – you’re working in a non-profit (or for-profit) organization, and you’re planning to hire a consultant. After determining whether hiring a consultant is a good idea for you (see this post), be sure to prepare for your first meeting with the consultant – the contracting meeting. Here you’ll determine what type of consultant you […]

Good (and Bad) Reasons to Hire an External Consultant

Consultants have garnered a somewhat unfavoable reputation in popular society today. Why is that? I can think of a few reasons, and they revolve around the expectations client organization have regarding consultants. For example: Clients sometimes think that hiring a consultant means that their problem will be solved in the “best way” possible, usually without […]