Society of Consulting Psychology

SCP Mission: Our primary purpose

We champion and support an inspired community of psychologists who advance the practice and discipline of consulting to individuals, groups, and organizations.

SCP Vision: Where we are headed

The Society of Consulting Psychology is a diverse community that elevates each member’s professional potential. Members feel known, valued, and engaged.

SCP Core Values: The behaviors we encourage

• Mutual respect: Embracing differences, understanding their importance, and responding with curiosity and care.
• Responsibility: Holding ourselves accountable for a psychologically safe climate in our Society. Taking ownership for the impact of our words and actions.
• Learning community: Valuing the science of psychology, its methods, and its application. Striving to serve each other as a resource, mentor, and/or peer coach.

Ensuring a Welcoming and Safe Community for all

• Our core values are the foundation
• Appreciate others for behaviors that enhance a safe and welcoming community
• Respond to complaints and/or concerns of violations to our core values
• Develop a process to ensure timely and effective responsiveness (draft process complete and awaiting board approval)

Strategies: How we achieve our vision

1. Enhance member engagement

• Grow regional groups
• Leverage and expand SIG’s
• Provide opportunities for peer consultation and mentoring
• Grow student membership and initiatives

            Guiding principles:

• • Recruit diverse expertise in the society to staff these initiatives
  • Provide resources to make it easier and more rewarding to join and lead these engagement opportunities
  • Quality control to make sure engagement is high value

1. Create and capture our unique value (as consulting psychologists)

• Increase brand awareness, internally and externally
• Outreach to academic programs
• Expand our voice in APA
• Leverage our IP, educational programs, and people to showcase our value
• Give people resources to help them increase brand awareness
• Quality control to keep consistent “brand” across channels
• Financial sustainability with a focus on legacy/donors – ? domain focused on development

Metrics/Targets: Measuring our Progress

1. Increase in people’s perception of professional potential and feeling valued; (e.g., measured by interviews, survey of perceived professional potential, client surveys, 1-question polls on Slack)
2. New member promoter score
3. Attendee promoter score
4. At least 50% of members involved in some SCP program/activity
5. Increase in student involvement
6. Attain or exceed our financial budget year to year
7. Maintain number of members to at least 820 (track quantity of active members; increase the number, measure this financially)

Strategic Plan: Next Steps

• Every action plan has a lead person
• Finish defining our metrics (and include target numbers)
• Use of documents to track progress
• Keep the plan in front of us at every board meeting
• Provide opportunities for keeping members informed and involved