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Newsletter - December 2003 

Poised for growth in 2004 

This year IMCNZ has achieved its intermediate plans and is very well positioned now to grow - we plan to double membership within a year and keep adding more value for members.  A tall order you may think - and we'd agree.  Highlights for the year included: 

• Continued administration of the CMC qualification that most members value very highly.
• A survey of members' views resulted in a remarkable 60% response and invaluable information about what members want of IMCNZ.
• A business plan was developed taking account of the survey results - and we're well on track to achieving the goals.
• Maurice Ellett attended the ICMCI Congress in Istanbul and brought back vital information regarding professional development, CMC and competence frameworks, and reinforced useful relationships with overseas members.  The past and new ICMCI Chairs, Richard Elliot and Barry Curnow, congratulated Maurice and IMCNZ on our continuing contributions.
• We have two new Councillors, Rachel McInnes from Auckland and Murray Compton from Christchurch - you'll hear more about their roles next year.
• Membership now includes free printed or online subscription to the leading Consulting to Management (C2M) magazine.
• The Constitution was modified to allow electronic 'attendance' at meetings and update membership criteria.
• An ethics framework is being established together with an ethics committee and process.
• A relationship has been established with Management magazine resulting in an article in this December issue about IMCNZ and flagging our national survey on management consulting (see below).  An article analyzing the results from the survey is planned for the March issue with more articles to follow.
• A visit from Richard Elliott, ICMCI President, and Caroline Barker, UK Professional Development Coordinator provided invaluable advice.
• The membership process has been strengthened.  A new application form is on the IMCNZ website.
• The number of members and visitors accessing the IMCNZ website at www.icmnz.org and accessing information has doubled.  Over half our members have registered details of their services that can be found through the sophisticated search engine.
• Plans are being drawn up to carry out the CMC accreditation audit, together with professional development requirements for all CMC members.
• Many visits to promote IMCNZ have been made to consulting companies and organisations associated with management consulting.

All together, we think that IMCNZ is a worthy representative of the management consulting profession in New Zealand, and is adding considerable value for its members.  But we have much more to do next year, including professional development, extending the IMCNZ profile, increasing membership, completing the ethics framework, planning the CMC accreditation, providing for more and better communication between members and much more. 

We are very grateful to those members who have interviewed applicants for membership - we plan to have many more interviews next year.  To maintain this level of services and value considerable funds are required in addition to the effort provided without charge by Councillors and members.  Some $7,000 of our reserves has been used this year.  As such there will be an increase of $60 to the annual membership fee, taking it to $240 plus GST representing the value IMCNZ has added this year and with the intention of balancing the budget for next year.  This fee level is half what most professional institutes charge, and Council expects that this time next year we will demonstrate even more and better services, and may apply another increase in fees commensurate with the value added. 

Please complete the national survey on management consulting - and ask your colleagues and clients to as well 

The survey takes about five minutes to complete online.  Developed in conjunction with Management magazine, this represents a major promotional opportunity for IMCNZ as well as a means of gathering valuable information from both management consultants and users of management consulting services.  Please complete the survey yourself and encourage as many as possible of your management consulting colleagues, clients and others interested in the subject to complete the survey.  Access is via the home page on the IMCNZ website, www.imcnz.org. 

Best wishes for a happy Christmas and a successful New Year 

We know some of you have had a very busy year, and others have had a shortfall in work necessitating more focus on marketing.  Either way, all the members of Council and National Secretary Suzanne wish you a very happy and relaxing Christmas, and a healthy and successful New Year.   

On a personal note, President Peter Senior said how much he appreciates all the effort put in by IMCNZ Councillors and Suzanne.  Without this extraordinary and selfless effort, IMCNZ would not exist, and we and our profession would be much the poorer for it.

 Council Members:
Peter Senior, President: senior@xtra.co.nz
Geoff Lee, Vice President: Geoff.Lee@xtra.co.nz
Maurice Ellett, Immediate Past President: mellett@executivesearch.co.nz
Celia Burton: burtonc@ihug.co.nz
Rachel McInnes rachel@potentiality.co.nz
Martin Dealy: mdealy@clear.net.nz
John Rofe: jcrofe@xtra.co.nz
Murray Compton murray@clear.net.nz 

National Secretary:
Suzanne Barley: IMCNZ@barley.co.nz