In many places, we will show success, and in some cases, failure and the need for newly focused effort. There is a time to plan change and a time to make change. We have come to that second stage. In the real world, planning and acting, the preparation and the implementation, go on simultaneously. But there is shift in emphasis now.
Implementation comes to the forefront.
There are still plenty of details to work out. But as the year ends, take a moment to reflect on how much we have done together. There is a natural tendency to keep adding items to the agenda but let's resist it. Now is the time to complete what we have begun in the schools and encourage the virtues of follow through and continuous improvement. Preventing fraudulent practice Each year our Office of the Professions receives more than a thousand complaints alleging fraudulent practice among members of the 38 professions that we license.