The Chartered Management Institute has a vast range of practical qualifications on offer to help you increase your leadership knowledge and skills for the workplace. These skills can help you to progress up the career ladder, increase your salary and help you to lead from the front. The CMI qualifications are suitable for all industries and sectors and cover a wide range of levels to suit you at the point you are currently at in your career. There are over 100k people training to become better managers right now through a CMI qualification!

What Is The Chartered Management Institute?

The Chartered Management Institute was created at the end of the Second World War to help British industry to rebuild and develop. Since then, the main goal has remained the same: To raise and improve the quality and standard of management practices in the workplace. The CMI was the first organisation to develop a diploma in management studies and they have retained a very prominent position ever since. In 2002, Her Majesty’s Privy Council granted CMI the Royal Charter, designating CMI as the standard-bearer for the profession of management, making them the only organisation who can award Chartered Status.

CMI is the only chartered membership body dedicated to professional managers and leaders. Over 100,000 managers and leaders are currently part of the CMI community.

CMI membership is available to you as part of your CMI qualification. As a CMI member you can benefit from a range of comprehensive products and services. Membership provides practical help whenever you need it; tools and techniques to save time and stress and new ways to enhance your professional reputation.

Who Are CMI Qualifications For?

Maybe you are currently a department manager with a team of colleagues to guide on a daily basis. While you were ‘one of the team’ and stepping up, it was relatively easy to support and get the job done. Now you have gained the promotion, you are feeling like you have a massive responsibility and you are not sure what to focus on first. It can be quite overwhelming when you are first promoted, but these courses will equip and support you to become a manager of people while developing yourself to become a great leader of people.

Perhaps you have been asked to cover an additional area in the organisation. Maybe you have been promoted a little quicker than you anticipated or aimed for. There are some people who can naturally evolve into management positions and have done it well. The majority of us however, need tools and support to get to the next level. Whether it is a need for mentoring or coaching in the workplace, we can help. Guiding you with understanding why certain techniques can support with an aspect of your role, coaching you through processes to take the next step in your career path and helping you to identify where and how you can save time.

There is far more to managing people than gaining a qualification. People and soft skills are a huge aspect of management and leadership. You could be the most qualified manager on paper, however if you do not have the people and soft skills to run alongside, you may find it a challenge getting your team to buy into you.

Are CMI Qualifications Recognised?

When you choose to study with CMI, you will become part of a global network of over 160,000 members worldwide. You will gain access to the globally recognised learning resources that are part of the package when you choose a CMI qualification.

You can increase your employability when you have a CMI qualification – 79% of managers completing a qualification said they had used their new skills to improve team performance. 81% of individuals completing a qualification said they were able to share some of their skills with their team. CMI research shows that organisations who invest in management and leadership development programmes see on average a 23% increase in organisational performance and a 32% increase in people performance.

You may be reading this and wondering what qualifications you might need. It is different for everyone, but if you are in a role where you are supervising and managing a team, a specific management qualification would help you to develop your leadership skills. You do not need previous qualifications to start a management course. Ideally you will need to be leading a team in some capacity and then the appropriate qualification can be decided. We ensure that everyone who signs up for a course with us has a one-to-one discovery call so we can work with you to plan the content of the qualification that gives you the skills you need with the support to achieve it in a realistic timescale.

Why Choose A CMI Qualification?

When you choose a CMI qualification you choose the flexibility that you need. The online resources can be accessed at whatever time suits you, your lifestyle, and commitments. While learning and developing your skills, you also gain free affiliate membership to CMI for the duration of your course.

These courses will equip and support you to become a manager of people while developing yourself to become a great leader of people. There are some who can naturally evolve into this and have done it well. The majority of us however, need tools and support to get to the next level. Whether it is a need for mentoring or coaching in the workplace, we can help. Guiding you with understanding why certain techniques can support with an aspect of your role, coaching you through processes to take the next step in your career path and helping you to identify where and how you can save time.

Develerate are here to support and guide you firstly to build the right units in your management qualification, then to ensure you have all the right tools in your kit to achieve your management qualification within the timescales set at the beginning. We would love to celebrate your success with you and set you up to achieve all of your career goals. Alongside the management qualification, we have a range of bitesize courses that can further enhance your skills and knowledge as a manager and leader of people.

The Year Of The Great Resignation

There is far more to managing people than gaining a qualification. People skills are a huge aspect of management and leadership and you can have the most qualified manager on paper leading a team, however if they don’t have the people skills to go with this, they are not going to get very far and their team isn’t going to buy into them.

Managers who have not received any training are 36% more likely to leave their jobs in 2022, the year of the so-called ‘Great Resignation’. Loving your job is one thing but loving your job and remaining forever loyal to your employer are not the same. If you feel let down by your employer at any point, the people you work with won’t be enough to make you stay If you do not feel valued.

When I have conversations with people regarding their jobs, they usually always say ‘it’s the people I work with that make it special’. Personally, the people have always been a massive factor for me in every job I have had. Not all of my previous employers have offered me the opportunity to gain qualifications, however self-development for me is a hugely important part of who I am and it is something I will continue to do.

Why Choose Develerate For Your CMI Qualification?

The qualifications for management that we offer have the options to be Awards, Certificates and Diplomas. They are all different in length and content, so we really can tailor it to suit you.

Leadership and management has come a long way and it so important in the working world. Learning how to manage teams effectively will free up your time to focus on more strategic aspects of your role, free up your time so you can spend more of it doing the things you love and give you a toolkit that you can use when you need to.

I have been the ‘accidental manager’ and managed pretty well throughout my career until I was given the opportunity to enrol on a management course. After many lightbulb moments during that first course, I have continued to develop my own leadership and coaching skills which have really helped my career to evolve and escalate.

If you choose a management or coaching course with Develerate, you will absolutely spend some of your time with me during your course, as I am qualified to teach everything we offer. We have Masterclasses, Lunch & Learn sessions and guest speakers to further enhance your knowledge and skills.

We are now partnered with CMI – an organisation that holds a unique Royal Charter to award Chartered Manager status. This in itself is the highest status that can be achieved in the management and leadership profession. Gaining this level of professional recognition will lead to higher salaries, a raised skill level and ability to lead your team to the highest standard. The impact on the organisation can include reduced employee attrition, increased loyalty and ultimately, added financial value.

If you would like a no-obligation chat with one of the team, please email your contact details to hello@develerate.com and we will be in touch. In addition, we have a Facebook Group called Accelerate with Develerate, so feel free to join this group where we will be sharing skills and strategies to help you lead from the front.