These questions drove the Long Range Planning Committee to formulate a strategic plan for the Fraternity. For the past several months, that committee has been reviewing the plan with undergraduates, alumni, industry experts, educators, accountants and business leaders. These folks determined that Sigma Chi is about leadership—that Sigma Chi should be striving to be the preeminent leadership development organization on college campuses across North America, and ultimately the world. And why not? Sigma Chi has something that people are looking for and cannot deny. We are an organization that embraces individuals who strive to better themselves and thereby better their college campuses and communities. We are Sigma Chi—the leaders of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

So what exactly do we mean by “leadership?” Former Medtronic CEO and leadership guru Bill George, Georgia Tech 1964, provides us with a specific definition for leadership as it applies to the Sigma Chi mission and landscape. Next, Associate Editor Krissy Claes examines the Fraternity’s current leadership programs to determine if Sigma Chi is developing the kind of leaders that the strategic plan calls for, and if the plan will change the future of the Fraternity’s award-winning programs. Since the strategic plan’s official unveiling in June, there continue to be questions regarding how it will affect the Fraternity and the membership. We gathered these questions and consulted with Grand Pro Consul and Chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee Keith Krach, Purdue 1979; here, we share the answers. Finally, Keith Light, Stanford 1978, reminds us that even though the strategic plan is full of imperatives and action plans, nobody has lost sight of what Sigma Chi is and will always be about—friendship.
As Sigma Chi ventures boldly forward, the strategic plan provides direction, focus and hope for the future.