Professional Practice Committee Updates
Mark L. Poteet
Professional Practice Committee Updates
TIP, January, 2016
Mark L. Poteet
Organizational Research & Solutions, Inc.
Greetings SIOP! Over the past few months the Professional Practice Committee (PPC) has made progress on several fronts in its efforts to support I-O psychologists who practice. As can be seen in the current issue of TIP, the second of several planned articles summarizing results of the 2015 Practitioner Needs Survey, authored byMeredith Ferro, Ben Porr, Ted Axton, and Soner Dumani, has been produced. Information from this survey will be used to help shape the future agenda of the PPC with regard to projects and initiatives that drive practitioner support and development.
At the time of this writing, initial results have been reviewed and additional analyses are about to be conducted to finalize the business acumen competency model. Information about the competency model will be published early 2016 through multiple communication channels (e.g., TIP; SIOP website; technical report). As was highlighted in the above-referenced Practitioner Needs Survey article, as well as in the results of the Careers Study of I-O psychologists (e.g., Zelin, Oliver, Chau, Bynum, Carter, Poteet, & Doverspike, 2015), practitioners view business skills such as strategic thinking and demonstrating ROI as important contributors to their success. Providing detailed information about the key competencies and behaviors of business acumen can help I-O psychologists direct their ongoing education efforts and provide information to SIOP for developing additional learning resources.
Practitioner group mentoring is well underway with over 90 protégés and 19 mentors meeting regularly in small groups to discuss practitioner-related experiences, best practices, issues, and topics. Midpulse evaluations are currently being planned and should be rolled out around the time of this publication. Interest in this program continues to grow and in past programs both mentors and protégés reported high levels of benefit and satisfaction. Stay tuned for further communications if you are interested in participating as a protégé or mentor in either the next cycle of group mentoring or the speed mentoring event at the upcoming annual conference.
In terms of other learning resources for practitioners, a new SHRM–SIOP Science of HR Series white paper has been published and posted to the SHRM and SIOP websites. The paper, entitled “Implementing Effective Cyber Security Training for End Users of Computer Networks,” was authored by Richard E. Beyerand Bradley J. Brummeland can be found here. Membership subscriptions continue to grow for the SIOP Research Access service, which provides subscribing members access to three EBSCO Host research databases and the SIOP Learning Center. Click on this linkto learn about rates and information for this service. Finally, three new practitioner miniwebinars on the subjects of delivering and receiving feedback effectively, best practices in employee engagement, and demystifying succession planning have been posted to the SIOP website and can be accessed here. We are always looking for practitioners to record webinars, so if you are interested in sharing your knowledge and experience through this effort, please contact me.
If you would like more information about the PPC’s activities or goals, or have any feedback or ideas for how the PPC might further support the effective practice of I-O psychology, please contact me directly at mlpoteet@verizon.net.