Blueprint for Balance

Resources and Guidance for Gender Equality

Welcome to CMI Women's Blueprint for Balance - our innovative open source tool to promote diversity in the workplace.

With this tool you can download best practice resources, benchmark your organisation and even upload and share your own resources to support the drive for diversity in the wider management and leadership community.

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Blueprint for Balance Report

View our guidance for promoting diversity in the workplace.
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Broken Windows campaign

This campaign reveals the 'broken windows' of gender bias that still, for far too many women, mar the reality of work. The report focuses on fixing gender discriminatory behaviours in the workplace.
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Management Transformed

The research underpinning this study was conducted when management was on ‘high alert’, and under unprecedented pressure. Find out more from the Diversity and Inclusion segment. 

Resources for Gender Equality

Blueprint for Balance covers six key themes: Balanced Recruitment, Flexible Working, Pay and Rewards, Mentoring & Sponsorship, Skills & Career Development and Promoting Leadership Equality. These key themes are mirrored through the below resources.

Blueprint for Balance is a collaborative tool, developed by members of the CMI Community, and is free to access for all. Take a look around, upload your own resources and join the conversation to support diversity in the wider Management and Leadership community.

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Blueprint for Balance: Flexible working

Help organisations tackle their gender diversity gaps and support women in their careers.
[Webinar] [Equality and Diversity]

CMI Women: Mentoring and Sponsorship

Practical insights into the benefits of mentoring and sponsorship.
[Webinar] [Equality and Diversity]

Blueprint for Balance: An ambitious new approach to inclusion

Our experts provided practical insights on how to create a more inclusive work environment
[Webinar] [Equality and Diversity]

Blueprint for Balance: Pay and Rewards

Hear all about pay & rewards in a gender-balanced workplace.
[Webinar] [Equality and Diversity]

Blueprint for Balance Community Resources

Collaborating with men report

Collaborating With Men is Research Into the Behaviours and Perceptions of Men Regarding Women’s Workplace Experiences
[Resource] [Equality and Diversity]

Pay and Rewards A Blueprint for Balance

A Blueprint for Balance: Unlocking the Six Key Areas to Achieving Gender Balance.
[Resource] [Equality and Diversity]

Balanced recruitment

Balanced recruitment
[Resource] [Equality and Diversity]

Making flexible working work for everyone

Flexible working is an important component of creating gender balance. The majority of managers regard it positively

[Resource] [Equality and Diversity]

Skills and career progression

The more senior the level of management, the rarer women become: so supporting women’s skills and career progression is key.

[Resource] [Equality and Diversity]

Leadership Equality and Management Culture: Blueprint for Balance

Businesses Focusing on Balance in the Boardroom Are Starting to Achieve Results
[Resource] [Equality and Diversity]

Top 10 Management Tips for Women

10 Time Management Tips for Women
[Resource] [Employability]

Managers lack the training they need to be successful

British Businesses Are Struggling to Find New Recruits With the Necessary Skills
[Resource] [Employability]
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Latest CMI Gender Equality Articles and Insights

‘Emotional’ sponsorship from leaders is vital to drive workplace inclusion

For employee support groups to thrive, leaders need to provide emotional support to ensure inclusion translates into change
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Better Managers Roadmap

The Better Managers Roadmap will help you navigate through for a successful return to the workplace with resources, top tips.
[Advice] [Crisis Management]

Why managers are vital to supporting disabled people back into the workforce

We need to foster the understanding that living with a disability actually gives people a leadership advantage
[Article] [Equality and Diversity]

How to become fluent in diversity and inclusion: keep practising

CMI Companions talk how leaders can move from othering and executive-level disinterest to action and organisational survival
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