Future Leaders Blog

Do you ever feel like you're struggling to get noticed or progressing more slowly than you would like?


CMI Future Leaders is here to help. This blog is designed to provide young professionals with the latest news, advice and guidance to help you get started in your career and make your mark on the world of leadership and management.

We'll be posting new content every couple of weeks - including tips from CMI students, graduates and leaders, updates on relevant opportunities and events and information on how to get more involved with us to boost your career.

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CMI believes that diversity makes us stronger and we are keen to feature a wide range of views and experiences. If you'd like to contribute to this blog please email a short summary of your blog idea including your contact details to: flsubmissions@managers.org.uk

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Topic: Personal Development

What I’ve Learnt About Leadership By Making Mistakes

Too much unrealistic pressure put on young leaders to consistently perform but it’s important to make mistakes.

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Topic: Personal Development

The ‘Soft-Skills’ Employers Are Looking For In A Graduate

How to make sure you are demonstrating the skills that employers are really looking for

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Topic: Personal Development

What Does It Mean To Be A Future Leader?

Gain those all-important early leadership roles with tips from the Chair of our Future Leaders Panel, Reetu Kansal

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Topic: Personal Development

The future of management: meet the next generation

Young leader Ganesh Gupta talks about the benefits of studying for a CMI Accredited course

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Topic: Personal Development

A guide to apprenticeships for future leaders

As GCSE students consider their future, here is a simple guide to apprenticeships

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Topic: Personal Development

Career Advice: Five Tips for Students From Elon Musk

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has this career advice for students as they receive their exam results

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Topic: Personal Development

Five Innovative Ways Higher Education Is Developing 21st Century Leaders

From running African charities to self-employed placement years, these are some of the ways that higher education institution

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Topic: Personal Development

4 Surprising Confidence Hacks for New Managers

Psychological flaws are sabotaging your confidence at work – here’s how to overcome them

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Topic: Productivity

How To Grow Your Millennial Leaders

What incentives do millennial managers respond to most? What do they hate?

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Topic: Personal Development

21st Century Leaders – Building Employability Through Higher Education

Supporting student employability is an urgent challenge for universities – and has national significance.

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Topic: Personal Development

Advice for New Managers: Take Time to Listen (and Talk)

Taking up a management position for the first time is a new ball game. Above all, you’ll need to get the communication right

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

The Middle Manager Lifeline

The Middle Manager Lifeline

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