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Dear Welcome to December's issue of the SPS e-newsletter. Welcome, too, to a new version of the SPS website. If you haven't visited for a while, or even not at all, then do have a look. It's been substantially redesigned to give far easier access to the content that makes it such a unique resource for SPS members. Over 100 articles, papers and conference digests are currently available and more will be added in the coming months. It also boasts an easier-to-use Diary & Events page, with SPS events and those of our partner companies simpler to find. This also means that member organisations are now able to advertise their own events which SPS members can attend. So please do email us and help spread the word about your event to fellow strategists. As some of you know I work in broadcasting, so you might expect me to be obsessive about new media. However, I have championed these improvements not for their own sake, but because there was some great content on the old website which was buried. Now I think all of our members will find the new website far easier to use and I hope you'll come back to it more regularly. 
James Leaton Gray, Chairman |
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Strategy Magazine published All members will shortly be receiving their copy of the December 2007 issue of Strategy Magazine. This issue puts strategic talent management concerns in the spotlight. The first of two articles on this topic examines the challenges organisations need to address if they are to ensure they attract and retain the right talent to maintain their long-term competitiveness, while the second reports the findings of one of the biggest employment surveys of its kind, revealing that employers know far less than they think they do about the motives and intentions of their employees. Also included are articles on strategy engagement, a roundtable discussion exploring 'what if' scenarios organisations should incorporate into their strategic planning, as well as the latest instalment of our biannual publications update. If you are not a SPS member but are interested in joining, you can request a sample copy and membership details: contact membership@sps.org.uk or visit the SPS website and provide your details. |
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Annual general meeting finalised The SPS AGM will be held at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA) at 6pm on Tuesday, 15 January 2008. Information about the venue and map is available on the RSA website. |
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Strategic talent management The modern world and the steady march of globalisation have forced people issues to the top of the business agenda. In issue 14 of Strategy Magazine, Peter Cheese, managing director of Accenture's human performance practice, argues that in order to maintain long-term competitiveness, organisations need to ensure they have employees with the right skills and capabilities to support their business strategies. » Read the full article |
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Playing to win One of the biggest employment surveys of its kind shows that employers know less than they think they do about the motives and intentions of their employees. In the December issue of Strategy Magazine, Richard Donkin, leading author and Financial Times journalist, looks at how these gaps in employer knowledge are undermining financial success and defining winners and losers in the war for talent. » Read the full article
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Shaping Tomorrow – key trends revealed Shaping Tomorrow provides new and renewing SPS members with a high-level peek into key trends. This month the service highlights key emerging patterns and predictions for 2008 and beyond, including: media and social networking converge; security tightens at public establishments; rich internet applications increase in use and functionality; web personalisation grows; consumers receive services in exchange for attention; new market beckons as phones become mobile TV sets; big oil producers invest trillions of petrodollars in global shopping spree; DIY dress design; US dollar's status as the 'global reserve currency' threatened by the Euro; emergence of personal genome services. SPS members enjoy free access to Shaping Tomorrow's newsletter containing 10 new trends per week and its organised database of over 12,000 future, strategy and change management resources. More info |
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Ashridge Open Programmes The SPS and Ashridge have teamed up to offer SPS members some exclusive benefits, the first of which is a 10% discount on any of Ashridge's open strategy programmes. Ashridge has a wide variety of short, residential programmes to help individuals and organisations to achieve their development needs. These programmes focus on blending the practical experience of their faculty with leading-edge business thinking, to inspire and challenge you. In addition, learning in small classes – typically 12–30 participants – promotes collaboration on your own issues and ensures individual support, enabling all participants to return, better able to transfer learning to the workplace. For more details, visit Ashridge. Please quote your SPS membership number when booking. |
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Aid your strategic thinking Delivered by a faculty renowned for its contribution to management practice and profound working knowledge of business, our strategy programmes offer senior decision makers the opportunity to become more effective leaders. Our strategy programmes will aid your strategic thinking, equip you to make better strategic decisions and help you deliver strategic organisational change. The strategy programmes for 2008 are: The Non Executive Directors' Seminar February 2008 Breakthrough Strategic Thinking March 2008 Delivering Strategic Change April 2008 Developing Deliverable Strategies April 2008 The Director as Strategic Leader May 2008 Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work May 2008 We also invite you to join us at our free 'Director Development' taster event on 9 January 2008. To find out more or to book a place, visit our website or contact Louise Gardener or Diane Cain on + 44 (0)1234 754503, or email us quoting CSM1542. We look forward to welcoming you to Cranfield. Cranfield School of Management: improving the practice of management |
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