Having attended two of the main party conferences in the last few weeks,
they all bring home the importance of grass roots support, and understanding
your audience. Much of what I saw and heard resonated with our own position:
the need to understand our membership, from those just starting out in a career
in credit management, to those who might already be at the top of their
profession.
As I write, I have just heard David Cameron talk about the need for us to
become an ‘aspiration nation’, and yet I witness this aspiration every day in
talking to our members. Our members aspire to great things, both personally and
in their professional lives, and recognise the role that the ICM plays in
helping them achieve their ambitions.
There is a clear recognition of the Institute of Credit Management as a
serious and professional organisation befitting the role of a professional
membership body, and this position has been helped significantly by our ongoing
engagement with Government and other like-minded professional bodies, and
through our consistent profile in the national press.
There is recognition too of the importance of our Qualifications, and
having a clear
career development pathway for credit professionals to support them throughout
their years in practice.
We recently asked our members what we are doing well and what else we
might be doing to even further enhance the value of membership. We listened,
and we are acting but the process is constantly evolving. I would like to
thank all of those hundreds of members who have taken part so far, and strongly
urge those who are currently sitting by the sidelines and watching to take part
in the discussion. There are many challenges ahead, but by facing those
challenges together, we can be sure that our Institute – and our members – can equally
attain the goals to which we all aspire.
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