Overview
Strategic Issues Management (SIM) is a proactive process used to identify, analyze and resolve challenges that can disrupt an organization’s goals, reputation, and operations created by changes to the social and political landscapes that shift the prevailing narrative.
SIM is a strategic, big picture, forward-thinking, integrative approach that helps clients anticipate and prepare for change to ensure stability and continuity. Provides insights that improve overall positioning and inform decision-making. Protects an organization’s reputation by enhancing outreach and engagement to maintain key stakeholder trust. Bolsters innovation and improves competitive positioning.
SIM helps organizations become more resilient and adaptable in rapidly changing environments.
- Association leader build support and awareness around an issue.
- Business Leader shape issues, laws and regulations.
- Board of Directors strategic support for senior management.
- Human Resources professional leadership training.
- Membership Organization improve value proposition.
- Issue advocate build a broader stakeholder coalition.
- Grassroots organization control the issue narrative.
- Elected officials manage public expectations.
The bottom line is to give our clients a strategic advantage.
About Our Founder
Dennis M. Powell is a creative, big picture thinker who helps clients to see issues clearly, act strategically and solve creatively. As a consultant and advisor he focuses on strategic issues management. As a trainer and workshop facilitator he designs and provides programs for established and aspiring leaders to learn SIM skills.
In his latest book, Leading from the Top: Presidential Lessons in Issues Management, he examines one issue managed by each of the last 15 presidents and presents lessons that can be learned and applied from the actions taken by each. These are the most complex issues, managed on the biggest stage, and under the most intense scrutiny.
Mr. Powell has worked on multi-billion issues helping align resources, set achievable goals, control the issue narrative, build broad-based coalitions, facilitate strategic planning, and execute and monitor strategy. He has also presented on strategic issues management concepts to international, national and statewide organizations.
He is a regular opinion contributor at The Hill and Inside Sources where he writes about social and political trends that shape issues. He produces video shorts on the concepts and underpinnings of strategic issues management and has hosted a nationally syndicated radio program on leadership.
Six SIM Questions
- Do you have systems and processes in place that anticipate emerging trends?
- Do you have a senior manager trained in strategic issues management?
- Are you aware of any capacity gaps that exist that could compromise your ability to manage disruptive trends?
- Do you have processes in place to maintain trust with key stakeholders during periods of disruption?
- Is your information formatted to easily share to build understanding and support around your narrative?
- Are you sufficiently focused and aligned internally to act quickly and decisively when managing disruption?
Contact Us
Join the ranks of leaders who have transformed their ability to develop and execute strategy around key issues that are vital to the success of your organization. Contact Massey Powell today.
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