CMI CHARTERED MANAGER

APPLICATION FORM
To be completed by all applicants - information included within this form will support
your professional discussion

ABOUT YOU

Please complete the following information:

Name:

Please call me:

CMI Membership:

Contact Email Address:

Contact Phone Number:

Employer Name:

Job Title:

Work/Office Location:

Number of years in current

role:

Please do not include any embedded or links to files, complete your application directly in this document
only.

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PART 1: ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Please confirm your eligibility to apply for Chartered Manager by ticking ONE of the following boxes:

I have a degree level qualification in management, business, or leadership subject, plus at

least 3 years’ experience in a management role

I am currently working in a middle/senior management role, and have at least 5 years

management experience

1.1. Sponsorship letter

Please provide a letter of sponsorship from your line manager, other manager or another CMI Chartered
Manager with their job title and contact details.

1.2 Your current role

Please use the space below to introduce yourself to your assessor.
Your introduction should include bullet-pointed statements and the following sub-headings are
recommended:
● Job title and start date
● Level of authority and/or area of responsibility within the organisation
● A brief summary of the key tasks that you are responsible for

When completing this section, it is important that you focus on what you are doing and what your
role/responsibilities are. (The expected word count for this section is 200 - 300 words.)

1.3 Your management and/or leadership journey

Please use the space below to summarise your role as a manager and/or leader leading up to your current
role, covering the period of up to the last 5 years. You should start with the role you held before your
current role.
Your summary should include bullet-pointed statements and the following sub-headings are recommended
for each role:
● Job title, name of the organisation, and start/end dates
● Level of authority and/or area of responsibility within the organisation
● A list of the key tasks you were responsible for

When completing this section, it is important that you focus on what you did and what your

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role/responsibilities were. (The expected word count for this section is 300-400 words.)

PART 2: BEING AWARDED CHARTERED MANAGER, AND

YOUR ROLE AS AN ETHICAL AND INCLUSIVE LEADER

2.1 Your personal statement on what being awarded Chartered Manager would mean to you
Please use the space below to summarise the reason why you are applying for Chartered Manager status.
(The expected word count for this section is 200-300 words.)

Pass criteria: Identifies the significance of being awarded Chartered Manager status,
describes the impact on you, your role and organisation.

2.2 Your role as an ethical and inclusive leader

The CMI Professional Standard sets out what good practice in management and leadership looks like. At
the centre of the Professional Standard, are 5 competencies that define what it means to be “An Ethical
and Inclusive Leader”.

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 ● Indicate your level of confidence and competence in each of the following statements, using a
scale of 1 to 5 (where 1 = a limited level confidence/competence and 5 = an expert level of
confidence/competence)
● Provide an example of when you have demonstrated each of these behaviours within the
workplace that you are able to discuss in more detail as part of your professional discussion

(The expected word count for your examples is 100 - 200 words)

Pass criteria: Identifies your level of confidence and competence in each area, describes,
with a relevant example, how you embed this into your actions and behaviours.

Behaviour expected of an Level of Level of Example used to demonstrate this

ethical and inclusive leader confidence competence behaviour within the workplace

Leading With Integrity

I lead by example and hold myself
accountable in applying positive
moral principles, by building trust
and demonstrating integrity in my
actions and behaviours.

Championing Inclusivity
I am a compassionate leader who
ensures fairness for all, by
challenging injustice and
championing actions which
remove intentional and
unintentional barriers.

Looking After Wellbeing

I support a people-first culture that
considers individual needs,
ensures psychological safety,
open communication and
promotes and supports wellbeing
throughout the organisation.

Prioritising the Environment

I evaluate the impact that me, my
team and my organisation have on
the environment and take action to
minimise harm and maximise
positive outcomes for the planet
and its people.

Committing to Sustainability
I balance the needs of people and
society, the planet and the
environment, and profit and
economic sustainability.

PART 3: SHOWCASING YOUR SUCCESSES

As managers and leaders strive for better outcomes, it is important that they reflect upon their successes, as

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this will help them to continue to achieve results, manage unexpected change, and identify new ways of
working. By reflecting on what worked well and why, managers and leaders can often identify key
approaches, and develop a formula for success.

Use the space below to showcase 1 (ONE) key achievement from each of the following 3 (THREE) areas.

1. Leading Change and Innovation

2. Managing Others
3. Achieving Results

Your chosen key achievement needs to be something that you consider has had the biggest impact on your
role (as a manager/leader), your team, and/or your organisation. It should ideally be from within the last 18
months. You can either use a different achievement for each showcase, or the same activity as long as it is
relevant.

Each showcase should include bullet-pointed statements and the following sub-headings:

● Background and/or an introduction, including your reason for choosing this activity and your
role in the activity
● What the outcome was for this activity, and what was achieved
● What impact this activity had, on your area of responsibility and/or organisation

When completing this section, it is important that you focus on what you did, what your
role/responsibilities were, and how you knew it was successful. (The expected total word count for this
section is 900-1200 words)

3.1 Leading Change and Innovation

Pass criteria: Leads sustainable and creative approaches to change, manages resources and risks
effectively to support business strategy and performance. Adapts and manages communication to
engage and influence others.

3.2 Managing Others

Pass criteria: Creates a sense of purpose, sets expectations, and adapts to changing needs. Leads with

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 integrity and sustainability to build an effective and inclusive team. Encourages and supports others to
achieve their goals.

3.3 Achieving Results

Pass criteria: Demonstrates effective, conscious, and inclusive decision making, assesses your impact
on personal, team and organisational performance. Measures and achieves results efficiently and
effectively for all stakeholders.

PART 4: BEING AN INSPIRATIONAL LEADER

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Would your team and/or colleagues consider you as a role model and/or inspirational leader?

As a manager or leader, it’s likely that you recognise the importance of looking after the well-being of those
colleagues within your area of responsibility and helping them to reach their potential. But what about your own
well-being and development? Ongoing personal and professional development requires you to constantly be
looking for opportunities to learn and develop your skills to ensure that you are able to do your job to the best of
your ability.

4.1 Reflective practice and ongoing commitment to personal and professional development
Regular reflective practice can help managers and leaders to evaluate when something went well or needed
further development.

Part 1 of this section requires you to summarise what reflective practice means to you and how you currently
make time within your schedule for reflective practice.

When completing this section, it is important that you focus on what you do to reflect, how often you make
time to reflect and the impact this reflection has had on you and your role. (The expected word count for
this section is 200 - 300 words.)

Pass criteria: Demonstrates self-awareness and effective use of reflective practice to inform own
development, evaluates the impact of personal and professional development.

Part 2 of this section requires you to complete the table below by identifying 3 things that you want to improve
and/or develop further in the next 12 months.

(The expected word count for this is 300 - 400 words)

What do you want to develop and How are you planning on What would success look like

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 why? developing this knowledge, skill for you and for your
or behaviour? organisation?

4.2 Role modelling good practice in management and leadership

The final section in this application requires you to summarise how you currently role model good practice in
management and leadership. You will also need to explain why you feel it is important for managers and
leaders to consider ‘giving-back’.

Your introduction should include bullet-pointed statements and the following sub-headings are recommended:

● What role modelling good practice in management and leadership means to me

● At least 1 (ONE) example of how you can demonstrate being a role-model manager, and that
evidences good practice and/or when you have ‘given back’

When completing this section, it is important that you focus on what you do and why. (The expected word
count for this section is 100 - 200 words.)

Pass criteria: Identifies the impact of role modelling good practice in management and leadership to
support others and describes how you put this into practice.

What does role modelling good practice in management and leadership mean to me?

Please see below my example of being a role model manager

SUBMISSION CHECK

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Please complete the following information to confirm you have provided the relevant information and have
your supporting documentation to upload with this application

I confirm that I have completed all of the areas within this application form, and the
examples I have provided are activities that I can expand further on during the
professional discussion

I have a copy of my sponsorship letter to upload with my application

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