If this message is not displaying properly, please view the online version.   Building a trusted community of professional colleagues around the world AUG 2015 ISSUE           ICMCI ExCom Update               With this month's issue focussing on leadership it's only prudent to focus my remarks on leadership also, but as we come to the end of another term for ExCom perhaps this is one time we can permit ourselves to reflect.       CMC Toolkit               This month, the connections below take you to sites/resources with more perspectives, commentary and discussions of engaging, facilitative leadership. Excellent reads on Leadership! The Leadership Gap - David Weiss & Vince Molinaro Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan - book reviews Hope Is Not a Method - Gordon R. Sullivan & Michael V. Harper Bridging the Leadership Gap - Reflections of Professors Marilyn Taylor and Hugh MacLeod Integrative Leadership and some Leadership Paradoxes         FEATURE ARTICLE     Professional-izing Management Consultancy The RationalManagement consulting is a rapidly changing world where continuously new capabilities and disciplines, new services and new delivery models as well as stakeholders are being integrated. In the past decades the impact of the consulting industry has been remarkable in the actual governance of countries as well as in the economy and society. As government spending on consultants has risen remarkably over the last 10 years often in cooperation with financial institutions, consultancy projects have influenced political agendas and spending strategies as well as transformation of businesses. This influence can also be evidenced in the notable spread of management innovation in the economy that has been invented together with consultants across the globe.  Addressing Today's Leadership Gap Ladies & Gentlemen we are having difficulty achieving our targets! Today's most pressing organizational challenges lie mainly in the socio-strategic domain. We have shown to be quite good actually in the area of technical ingenuity, automation, etc; but very poor in the areas of social ingenuity - adaptability to changing conditions, and strategic insight. Amid this, there is a fascinating "condition" I am noticing evolving in a significant number of executive suites around the world - across business, government and the third sector - and it might well be called "Gap-itis". Gap-itis is not as contagious as the Avian Flu, but it just might be more debilitating, and affect more employees, suppliers, shareholders and communities!    Caught in the Action!               From the America's Hub in Toronto June 19, 2015. NEW! Caption this photo!Send your ideas on a fun caption for this photo to: cmctoday@icmci.org.We will print the "winning" caption in the next issue!        CMC Intl Conference               COMING SOON!Sept 22-23International Consultancy Conference 2015Innovation in Consultancy | Global Examples, Local Effects If you haven't booked your attendance for this year's exciting CMC International Conference there's still time! We have scheduled an unforgettable experience for  you with an international world class programme for management consultants, that includes unusually good conversations and remarkable interactive company visits.            IMC Share Zone     AMCOR-ICI-BERD - Professional Corner MeetingThe Romanian Management Consultancies Association (AMCOR), in partnership with The Internal Control Institute (ICI) and The European Bank of Reconstruction (BERD), is organizing a new Professional Corner Meeting. .Austrian IT and Consulting Day:"Back to the Top - Mobilize Resources for Austria's Competitiveness and Growth".The IT- and Consulting industry is one of the most succesful industries in Austria. Despite the unfortunate business environment the industry total revenue grew by 7.2% to 23.60 Billion Euros (2014).       Quotables               Ordinary professionals focus on giving worthless advises; extra-ordinary professionals focus on giving results. - Ashish Patel Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you. - David H. Maister from "True Professionalism"          CALENDAR OF EVENTS   September     September 7, 2015   AMCOR - ICI-BERD - Professional Corner Meeting WHERE:Ovidus University Auditorium, Constanta, Romania@ 12.00pm September 22-28, 2015   2015 CMC International Conference & ICMCI Congress"Innovation in Consultancy - Global Examples, Local Effects" WHERE:Noordwijk, The Netherlands   November     November 26, 2015   Austrian IT & Consulting Day"Back to the Top - Mobilize Resources for Austria's Competentiveness and Growth" WHERE:Austrian Economic Chamber 2014-15 CMC Today Publishing Schedule & Themes Publishing Month Theme July-Aug Leadership Sept-October Information Technology & Organizational Effectiveness Software Nov - December Human Resources & Training Jan - February Internal Processes/Systems/Quality-BPR/Productivity Mar - April Governance May - June Government/Community/Public Relations   Quick Quiz   Is your Management Consulting Firm and its Consulting Members Clearly "Professional"? Q1 Proposals- Do all of your consultants use a common template, providing consistency of brand image and clarity of your Uniqueness/Value Proposition?- Is there transparency for the client as to fees and charges and how they will be applied to the scope of work of the proposal?- Are all your consultants and 3rd-party resources either CMC's or individuals committed to the CMC Professional Code of Conduct? When was this last reviewed with everyone?- If doing business internationally, are you in compliance with local tax regulations?          Video or Audio Blog     "Being A Professional" - Dale Atkins @ TEDxYouth What it takes to be a Great Leader Today? - Roselinde Torres Lead Simply™ The 5 Levels of Leadership - John Maxwell Ten Leadership Theories in Five Minutes Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek Kid President - Pep Talk about Teamwork & Leadership