New York State
Society of Professional Engineers

Scope of work:

In early 2000, the new president elect of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers was looking for a mechanism to communicate his vision for the next two years. The Society had begun a strategic planning process the year before, but that initiative had only limited success because it set out to accomplish too much in a short period of time. The president elect wanted to “take the strategic plan to the next level” by focusing an eighteen month program on a limited number of strategic objectives.

At the president elect’s request, The Bukiewicz Organization (TBO) contracted with the State Society to design and deliver a two day planning retreat in March of this year. An additional contract calls for a half-day workshop on “Leadership for Engineers” at the Society’s annual meeting in Lake Placid this June.

Accomplishments:

The thirty-five participants at the March planning session represented local Society chapters from across New York State. They all agreed the session was very successful. Structured activities guided people through a process that not only provided a focused direction, but also gave them more tactical steps and milestones to get there. The president elect felt the group accomplished more than any other State Society meeting he had attended in his long history with the organization. He is confident that his program will come to fruition during his term and now has the tools to objectively measure that. He is looking forward to moving on one of these initiatives in June by having TBO present a leadership workshop tailored to the engineering profession.