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 Hello,
Society of
Consulting Psychology Members!
Welcome to the Fall 2006 Issue of the Consulting Psychologist! I hope the
Fall season has been a good one for you. I want to let you know
about some things your Board has been doing and some upcoming events that
I think will please you.
The executive board of the Division met in
Chicago
one weekend last month to begin the planning for the next three years of
divisional activities. We had a very productive meeting, and David
Peterson bought a few bottles of great
California
wine as a reward for the diligence of the team. (Thanks, David!)
During our meeting we worked on putting together a more efficient and
effective organizational structure (more details to follow) that puts
Members-at-Large in a more mission-critical position.
They—Virginia Mullen, Sheila Kampa (who was recently
married....congrats!) and David Brewer—are on the forefront of building
our community. Thanks to each of them for being willing to work so
hard on behalf us all. And a special thanks to David Brewer, who has
taken on the role of planning the Division’s contribution to the 2007
APA convention in
San Francisco
.
Our mid-winter conference is coming up!! Mark your calendars for
February 8-11 in
Miami
. What better place to be in the middle of the winter! This is
a terrific program put together by Jeff Auerbach and Catherine Ruvolo.
They have found the very best speakers in the area of leadership and
diversity and also worked hard to maximize the content for your CE needs.
I've heard from a few members that “leadership and diversity” is an
old topic. Let me address that concern. Yes, it is an old
topic, but it is even more urgent in 2007, and companies are recognizing
the need to develop a broader range of leaders and are spending more on
leadership and diversity consulting. A little context setting:
At last count, there are only a handful as CEO's in the Fortune 500
who are other than white males. And, while more that 50 percent of
midlevel leaders in the
US
are women, less than 10 percent sit in the senior ranks. For people
of color, GLBT and people with disabilities, these numbers are even
smaller. In my consulting practice, organizations of all types are
struggling for better ways to develop leaders who are other than white and
male.
Please join us in
Miami
for discussions on this critical topic. I really hope to see you
there.
I want to thank you for keeping our division a welcoming place to belong.
We continue to be one of only seven APA divisions showing a growth in
members. That brings me to ask something of each of you: Would
you please give your ten apportionment votes to Division 13 when you are
asked to vote in November? That's the way we were able to secure a
second council rep last year. We would really like to hold on to
that seat, and (I may be dreaming) it would be nice to get a third seat in
the future. (Then Council has to pay more attention to the agenda of
consulting psychologists.)
Wishing you a warm and happy
holiday season,
Randy White, Ph.D.
President, Society of Consulting Psychology
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