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NEWSLETTER OVERVIEW Board Perspectives ASP Annual Conference Update https://mailchi.mp/bbd96cae31fc/strategic-edge-june-2021
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Announcements Upcoming Events Strategic Stockmal Certification Corner Meet the Members Click here to visit the website
BOARD PERSPECTIVES Delivering ASP Member Value and Advancing the Mission:
Utilizing a robust strategy management cycle to advance our goals ASP is constantly striving to bring members value through delivering on our mission: Lead and support people and organizations
By Denise McNerney, President
ASP Board of Directors
through the promotion of a holistic approach to strategy management and by setting standards for strategy through thought leadership, professional development and certification.
As I write this final article in my role as board president, I am amazed at the incredible contributions that so many ASP members have made to make so much of our strategic plan come to fruition. In the Strategic Edge Board Perspectives Section on January 1, titled ASP Strategy Management – Taking the Mission to the Next Level – Thanks to Our Volunteers I recognized many of those folks for their continued contribution. Looking at the list of accomplishments today, I am humbled and extremely proud to be a part of this stunning collective effort! The following provides a summary of both our strategy management process, as well as key accomplishments over the past year+ that continue to advance member value and the ASP mission. As it should be (after all, we are The Association for Strategic Planning), we https://mailchi.mp/bbd96cae31fc/strategic-edge-june-2021
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have put into place a robust strategy management process that is aimed at advancing our mission, while being good stewards of the funds entrusted to us. Our strategy management process has closely followed the process outlined by our new ASP Body of Knowledge (BoK 3.0): Formulate Strategy: Devising a new or adjusting an existing strategy. Includes environmental assessment (Internal and external), defining the drivers and measures of success, identifying strategic alternatives and creating a strategic plan. Transform Organization: Often overlooked but critical to success, aligning the operating model (how the organization functions – its structure, processes and practices) with its newly formulated strategy. Includes designing the target enterprise structure, elaborating the transformation roadmap, capital and workforce planning, and advancing transformation projects. Execute Strategy: Delivering on the value propositions defined in the strategy. Includes executing all primary and secondary processes at the heart of the organizations’ operating model in alignment with the strategy, leveraging business intelligence and committing to continuous improvement. Engage Stakeholders: Engaging and building commitment to strategy among stakeholders across the organization (employees, board, and leadership) and removing barriers to successful strategy execution. Includes change management, strategy facilitation, collaboration and diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Govern Strategy: Directing and overseeing all strategy activities within the organization. Includes implementing, overseeing and evolving governance mechanisms and processes, overseeing strategy and strategic transformation such as allocating resources, monitoring risk, and assessing and responding to strategic performance. To formulate the strategy, the ASP Board of Directors considered the internal and external environments including our members’ desires and needs, as well as trends, research and innovations in strategy management and related fields. We created explicit KPIs to track and demonstrate our progress and success while transforming some of our operating model to support the strategic priorities. All operational efforts have been focused on executing our strategy, and explicitly engaging stakeholders in this process. Our volunteerism through members stepping up to further engage in the association thought leadership, professional development and networking activities have been profound and certainly has been key in our continued progress to achieving our KPI’s. (Read more about this later in this article.) And, from a governance perspective, we created an explicit https://mailchi.mp/bbd96cae31fc/strategic-edge-june-2021
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execution process with ongoing oversight and quarterly review and reporting of progress towards plan accomplishments – both outputs and outcomes. This process has also further enabled us to adjust more quickly when conditions changed. This entire strategy management approach certainly drove our resource allocation decisions as well as allowed us to pivot quickly when that agility was needed during the pandemic, while not losing sight of our longer-term goals. We have structured the ASP strategic plan content under the following 5 pillars: Mission Driven Pillars: 1. Thought Leadership: Create and curate relevant theory and practice, introduce high-level and innovative strategic thinking and approaches, and create new knowledge and high-impact tools. 2. Professional Development:
Deepen ASP’s content offerings,
expanding the value ASP brings to members and continuing to use this information as an opportunity to connect with potential members and leaders in the strategy field. 3. Member Experience: Offer worldwide and local networks to enhance experience where people share experiential knowledge and ideas in strategy. 4. Certification: Establish a high level of quality and consistency within the fields of strategic planning and management so that strategic planners and those responsible for developing and deploying strategy can assist organizations in meeting and exceeding the challenges of the 21st century. Foundational Pillar: 5. Foundation: Financial Sustainability/Operational Excellence/People: Deliver value and impact for our members through operational efficiency, transparency and stewardship. The following provides an overview of many of those accomplishments over the past year that have further enriched the value ASP brings to members and to the field of strategy management. (Read more)
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ASP’S 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE UPDATE We hope you enjoyed ASP’s 2021 Annual Global Conference ‘Mastering the Strategy Life Cycle’. The conference was filled with many opportunities to learn and network with colleagues from around the globe. A reminder to attendees, all of the recordings are available for on-demand viewing until November 2021. To access them, please sign into the Pheedloop virtual event platform. We want to thank our sponsors, speakers and all of the attendees! Thank you to our 2021 Conference Sponsors PLATINUM
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The Cure for FOMC—Fear of Missing the Conference The word is out—the 2021 Global Conference was a hit. Afraid you missed out on the great keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions? Not to worry! You can purchase access to the full conference agenda right now. Visit our website to purchase your all access pass to “Mastering the Strategy Life Cycle.” You’ll find conference presentations that will open your eyes to a broader and deeper understanding of the intersection of all elements of strategy management and equip you with skills, tools and processes you can use to advance your career and your organization's success. Once registered you will receive a link to Pheedloop, the conference virtual platform, and be granted six months of unlimited, on demand viewing to absorb 15 breakout sessions, 2 keynotes and 2 panel discussions. You can also visit the virtual exhibit hall to check out information booths created by conference sponsors. There’s no need to miss out. Purchase your conference pass today and catch up on what everyone is talking about.
Conference Re-Watch, Catch Up If you attended the 2021 conference don’t forget you have full access to the two days of conference events through the end of November 2021. Go back and rewatch a session you enjoyed or catch up on the sessions you missed. Log in via Pheedloop using your user credentials. Need help accessing? Contact Meaghan Wiemer meaghan@managingmatters.com for technical support
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Strategy Magazine Issue 36 Available Now Strategy Magazine is your resource for the latest ideas in the industry. Written for strategists by strategists since 2005, Strategy Magazine strives to provide its readers with high-value, innovative ideas and practices. The publication is dedicated to helping executives, strategists, managers, and other professionals better formulate, implement, execute, engage and govern strategies. Get your digital copy today by visiting www.strategymagazine.org.
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Strategy Magazine: Have you got a good idea for an article? If you are interested in contributing to the next Strategy Magazine issue, we want to hear from you! Click here to review what we look for and what you need to do to be considered.
Government CoP Update The Government Community of Practice (CoP) is offering different ways to bring knowledge sharing, learning, and networking to the government strategic planning community. The CoP will once again host it’s quarterly “book club” discussion on research published on public sector strategic management practices. The next virtual discussion of the Public Sector Research Discussion Group (PSRDG) will be on Thursday, June 10 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST. We will discuss the paper titled “Successful strategic plan implementation in public organizations: Connecting People, Processes and Plans (3Ps),” which is available at Click Here Register now In July, the CoP will hold their quarterly webinar on July 21, 2021 at 130 pm ET. The topic will include an International panel to share and exchange strategic management world-wide lessons and practices in developing and executing strategic plans. The panel will include representatives from Europe, Africa, and the Asian Pacific region. We look forward to having you join our Gov CoP events!
UPCOMING EVENTS Webinars in June Global Membership Committee (GMC) Townhall Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 PM (ET) Register
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ASP Government CoP Presents: Public Sector Research Discussion Group Date: Thursday, June 10, 2021 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM (ET) Register
ASP's Nonprofit Center for Excellence CoP Presents: Solving Wicked Problems Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 2:30 PM (ET) Register
ASP Chicago Presents: Rethinking Data as Strategy - A Goldilocks Approach to Strategy Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM (CT) Register
ASP NorCal Presents: Use Conscious Capitalism To Inform Your Strategy Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM (CT) Register
Click here to view the full events calendar.
STRATEGIC STOCKMAL
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This month I had the good fortune to facilitate two breakout sessions for ASP’s 2021 Virtual Conference, and I had several takeaways. I really enjoyed Jen Miller’s top five learnings developing and implementing a new strategic plan for the health care system in southeastern British Columbia: Go slow to move fast – take time to assess your readiness for embarking on a new strategic plan; General Electric’s change accelerator process of the ADKAR model was mentioned as a key approach. Be proactive and adopt an iterative approach – include budgeting and enterprise risk management into your process. Focus on utility – based on your constituents' needs, evaluate which strategic planning tools are most useful to address them; consider logic models or the Cynefin model, a “sense-making device” to aid leaders to make decisions. Culture – often trumps strategy, so she recommends engaging with all levels of the organization as well as external experts; celebrate your culture publicly. One size does not fit all – evolve your approaches over time as you build organizational capacity for strategic planning and management; use a variety of techniques including visuals to depict your strategy or use a “world café” approach to include as many stakeholders as possible. Click here to read more
CERTIFICATION CORNER
Did you miss the ASP’s May Certification Exam Cycle? Don't worry, registration for our fall and winter cycles will open soon! NEXT EXAM DATES Fall Session Schedule your exam in the two week period: September 20 to October 8, 2021 Application Deadline For September-October Exam Cycle - July 30th, 2021 https://mailchi.mp/bbd96cae31fc/strategic-edge-june-2021
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Winter Session Schedule your exam in the two week period: November 22 to December 3, 2021 Application Deadline For November-December Exam Cycle - September 30th, 2021 Find out more and how you can be added to our notification list here.
MEET THE MEMBERS Welcome to new members who joined in May 2021 Atlanta Chapter Mark Ondash Anessa M Yates
Chicago Chapter Paul Grohman
Members at Large Maxwell Akerele Andrea Camille Baker Jackie Dalton David MacAskill Terri Moore Mark Ondash Kristin Phillips Emily Pierce Eric Popiel Renee Singleton Richard Walker
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