ANN FRANCKE OBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CMI
You’ve got this! many economists and commentators believe that we’ll that end, I’m pleased to be on the advisory council for the see a productivity uplift as a result of the coronavirus UK government’s new ‘Help to Grow: Management’ scheme, pandemic. But will we build back better? That’s one of the which aims to help small and medium-sized companies boost key themes in this CMI magazine. The past year has been their productivity. an enforced hiatus, a time to reflect on and improve the way If you have any feedback about what we’re doing for we go about things. As you’ll discover in several stories in CMI members and how we can improve, please contact me this edition, the best managers and leaders have seized the direct or email us at editorial@managers.org.uk opportunity to accelerate digital developments, improve the way they communicate and engage with their people, CHARTERED MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT become more agile, and be more aware of the community In the spirit of driving up professionalism, we’re excited and context in which they operate. to be officially launching the Chartered Management We’re all part of the process of building back better; how Consultant (ChMC) award at the end of April. This is you behave as a manager is the key to unlocking great the product of a joint partnership with the Management performance. The secret, as you’ll read on page 26, is to dial Consultancies Association (MCA), the trade association for up the behaviours and skills that got you this far. Keep up the the UK’s leading consulting firms. The award celebrates process of self-reflection (a cornerstone commitment to excellence, ethics, client of the Chartered Manager process) and trust and assurance. We’ve been running commit to learning and development. various pilot waves of the award for the For example, at CMI, we have focused past 18 months, and we now have 350 on self-improvement and delivering on ChMCs and a further 1,500 people on our mission over the past year, and this the path to assessment. At present, 25 consulting firms are working to accredit is producing some great results. There their in-house training programmes. are now a record number of Chartered Managers (11,500, up from 8,500 at the ETHNICITY PAY REPORTING end 2019/20) bringing a positive and As well as building back better, we must professional approach to organisations around the world. More than 100,000 are also build back more inclusive. At CMI, we learning with us, and ever greater numbers were disappointed that the government’s of students are becoming CMI members. Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities This means our management community is only recommended a voluntary approach Chartered Managers – now more than 150,000 strong. And we’re for organisations to report their ethnicity that’s a record! supporting those managers and leaders pay gaps. Organisations of all sizes benefit with digital events, content and forums, from greater transparency – as we’ve seen as well as new benefits such as access to with gender pay gap reporting – and it mental health and well-being resources. would have been a catalyst for change to managers in our make this requirement mandatory. We’ll As ever, we also strive to encourage the community latest best practices in management. To be keeping up the pressure on this.
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