Issue Management Council

Members

Members come from diverse industries, countries, cultures, and sectors. Yet all are alike in their intent to exercise corporate leadership on issues, rather than waiting until issues reach a crisis stage or are narrowly interpreted by special interests. The majority of members (approximately 75 percent) represent management of large corporations. Consultants to these companies compose the second largest membership segment (approximately 15 percent). Approximately 7 percent of IMC members are issue management practitioners in the public sector. Academic participation is the smallest membership segment, at approximately 3 percent.

Governance

An international board of directors governs the IMC, representing a diverse combination of industries, countries, cultures, sectors, and expertise. The chair is elected from the board of directors and serves a two-year term. Officers—the chair, president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary—serve as the executive committee. Projects are completed through board member–led task forces that in 2003 developed programs in membership value, issue management advocacy, awards, and membership development. Board members are nominated and elected from the membership and can serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms. All board members serve in a volunteer capacity. A small staff provides administrative support at IMC headquarters near Washington, DC.

Mission Statement

As steward of the issue management discipline, the Issue Management Council is the advocate for effective and principled global application of issue management and the source for practitioners seeking education, collaboration, recognition, and inspiration.

Areas of Emphasis

• 1.
  Membership development and advocacy work to create global awareness of the field of issue management and the resulting desire to become a member of the council.
• 2.
  Operations and governance center attention on leadership and management of a robust, growing, and practitioner-based professional organization.
• 3.
  Stewardship exercises the responsibility to exert IMC's leadership to advance the discipline.
• 4.
  Products and services continue to refine educational, communication, and consultation offerings to support practitioner needs and field advancement.

Products and Services

IMC offers the following services to the global body of issue management practitioners, as well as to any member of the general public who is interested in learning more about issue management: