Consultation Response:

Meta-skills are the future for Scotland

Thursday 25 November 2021
In this submission, we are urging the Scottish Government to make a strong case for management and leadership in its future spending priorities
"Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, United Kingdom"

CMI is pleased to see that meta-skills are regarded as essential in the Scottish skills landscape. In this submission, we are urging the Scottish Government to make a strong case for management and leadership in its future spending priorities if it is serious about recovering from the pandemic.

Management and leadership skills are critical to helping businesses across Scotland and public sector organisations to grow and thrive. This will be crucial to Scotland's economic recovery post-pandemic and to move towards a greener, fairer, and more inclusive society.

The main asks of the Scottish Government are to:

  • Maintain spending on meta-skills programmes and ensure all those who need to upskill or retrain can access these programmes.
  • Intensify its focus on management and leadership development to deliver access to core skills bolt on.
  • Conduct and publish assessments of the economic impact of the pandemic across different protected characteristics.
  • Partner with CMI to promote high quality leadership training for the R&D sector.

For further detail you can read the full submission here.

You might also like these posts on this topic:

Topic:

“Throw yourself in at the deep end – it’s how you’re going to learn”

Being a young manager is challenging, but hugely rewarding, says Olivia Hepplewhite CMgr MCMI, Chartered Manager of the Week

Read article
Topic:

How BIBF and CMI are Building Bahrain’s Leadership Pipeline

See how BIBF and CMI partner to build Bahrain’s leadership pipeline, offering accredited pathways.

Read article
Topic:

Highlights – 10 June

NEETs must: how investing in managers can help the youth unemployment crisis – and much more

Read article
Topic:

“Create clear boundaries”: tackling ‘shadow AI’ in your organisation

As AI tools become second nature, here’s how to embrace the benefits without exposing your business to risk

Read article

Don’t miss out - get notified of new content

Sign-up to become a Friend of CMI to recieve our free newsletter for a regular round-up of our latest insight and guidance.

CMI members always see more. For the widest selection of content, including CPD tools and multimedia resources, check out how to get involved with CMI membership.