Frequently Asked Questions
What is Touchstone?
Do you serve private industry as well?
What services do you offer?
What are the steps Touchstone uses to produce business results for clients?
How long will it take Touchstone to get my organization on a successful track?
Who are your clients?
Are you on the MOBIS GSA Schedule?
Who is on the Touchstone Team?
Why should I hire Touchstone?
I have questions regarding contracts - where can I get answers?
What is Touchstone?
Touchstone is a Washington, D.C. based management and strategy consultancy with a strongly established track record of serving senior executives in the public sector. We enable our clients to produce strategic business results through a collaborative planning approach for achieving alignment, consensus and commitment to a compelling vision and strategy. We help leaders and their leadership teams develop a clear vision of strategic intent and achieve alignment on that strategy. We have a sturdy reputation for helping those teams develop implementation plans that achieve the strategic intent and we effectively track and manage those implementation efforts.
Touchstone creates an environment in which:
- Leaders can lead
- Leadership has a closer alignment with the organization and is in touch with the individuals assigned tasks to achieve success
- Results can be achieved quickly (in under a year)
- Success can be identified and quantified
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Do you serve private industry as well?
Yes. We have a long history of helping both public and private sector achieve success. Our primary focus, however, is government.
What services do you offer?
Our major practice areas are:
- E-Government for administrative agencies
- Performance measurement for the defense and intelligence communities
- Human capital management for services organizations
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What are the steps Touchstone uses to produce business results for clients?
We implement a systematic approach to strategy development and execution to improve the leadership team’s effectiveness through the following steps:
- Translate your organization’s vision into a compelling strategy
- Build real commitment and consensus for your strategy throughout the organization
- Execute strategic initiatives that deliver intended results on time and under budget
- Efficiently allocate resources to complete mission-critical initiatives successfully
- Develop metrics and implement balanced scorecards to measure your success
How long will it take Touchstone to get my organization on a successful track?
It varies with the task at hand but, on average, the process takes about 18 months from start to win.
Who are your clients?
Among them are: the U.S. General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Energy, Missile Defense Agency, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and several other DoD Services and Agencies.
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Are you on the MOBIS GSA Schedule?
Yes. You can call 202-338-2525 or 888-999-4377 to be connected to an account representative.
Click here to view the Touchstone MOBIS GSA schedule rates.
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Who is on the Touchstone Team?
The Touchstone team includes over 180 professionals with broad organizational and project experience in the public and private sectors. Areas of expertise include strategy development and management, balanced scorecards, strategic communication, and program management.
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Why should I hire Touchstone?
We stay with you from start to win. We have long-standing relationships with clients by earning their trust through performance.
Many of the nation’s most important government agencies and other organizations have achieved success through their relationship with Touchstone. Touchstone clients include the U.S. General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Energy, Missile Defense Agency, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and several other DOD Services and Agencies.
We understand Washington. We have strong relationships with members of the leadership teams of federal agencies.
Our clients tell us that Touchstone transforms leadership intent into commitment and business results more than 30-percent faster than other firms they have worked with.
Touchstone has a national reputation for excellence in helping executives achieve the daunting task of organizing their team around a clear goal and showing significant success in reaching it within 12 to 18 months.
The Touchstone team includes more than 100 professionals with broad organizational and project experience in the public and private sectors. Areas of expertise include: strategy development and management, balanced scorecards, strategic communication and program management.
We are cool under fire, highly professional and personable. People genuinely like working with us. Our clients love our people.
I have questions regarding contracts - where can I get answers?
Please check out our Contract FAQs for answers to commonly asked questions.