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In the state I live in, if I want to pay to get a haircut, I have to go to a licensed cosmetologist at a place of business who has been trained to cut hair.
In contrast, if I want to hire a strategic planner for business or personal planning, I can hire anyone—whether or not they have training or experience.
In my case, I have ample amounts of both training and experience. However, as of yet, there is no formalized planning certification.
I’m involved with the Association of Strategic Planning (ASP), which is an organization that is currently spear-heading the development of a National Standards and Certification. Program based upon a systems thinking model of Think-Plan-Act. It’s the only organization that supports strategic project management. Check out their website at www.strategyplus.org. And get involved with ASP—the planning methods are great and so are the people!
If you’re a strategic planner with some thoughts about a certification program in the planning field, I’d love to hear from you at terry@managementpro.com. My belief is that whether or not you are grooming yourself or grooming your business, having a certifiable expert in any field can help make you shine.
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↓ Quote | Posted March 31, 2009, 6:49 pmTerry,
Thanks for the referral to ASP. I’ll follow that up. BTW, I don’t think management or project management is strategic until it adds a 4th step, which is document. Without feedback the whole system and attempt to be more strategic gets bogged down in a mire of information and an absence of timely feedback.
I wrote that up in a past blog, would appreciate your thougths, you’ll find it at:
http://www.managepro.com/blog/index.php/working-and-managing-strategially-clean-up-the-missing-4th-step/
Rodney Brim, CEO
↓ Quote | Posted April 1, 2009, 4:55 pmPerformance Solutions Tech
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