Caroline Gumble explains why CIOB is making work to engage younger members one of its top priorities in 2022.
One of the many things I’m looking forward to this year is the development of our Tomorrow’s Leaders (TL) community, including all our new representatives and champions, and their integration into CIOB’s decision-making structures.
For many years, we ran the Novus network for individuals in the early stages of their career. Last year saw us take the months of work carried out under the banner of the Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders Project and develop it into a strategy, focusing on what we can do to support new entrants into our industry.
One of the key outcomes of that work is the Tomorrows Leaders community, which will be important in both engaging younger members and those new in the industry and strengthening the diversity of voices we have among our membership.
“We are still building our cohort of Tomorrow’s Leaders, so let us know if you’d like to step forward and play a more active role within CIOB.”
This is one of my personal priorities – Tomorrow’s Leaders is a significant step in helping to shape a positive and progressive future for the institute and the industry. Voices from our community of younger members and those new to the industry need to be an integral part of CIOB.
The current focus is on enabling all those within the CIOB community who are automatically eligible, or who wish to join, to become part of the TL community. We will also be asking for people to step forward as champions, connecting them with opportunities to get more involved with our regional hubs, or as representatives on our operational committees.
I can’t wait to see who comes forward to fulfil these roles, share their views and have the voices of younger members heard by the wider CIOB community and industry.
We are still building our cohort of Tomorrow’s Leaders, so let us know if you’d like to step forward and play a more active role within CIOB. I want to thank all those who have already put their hand up and joined. We are so fortunate in that many of our Novus stalwarts were behind the transition to Tomorrow’s Leaders and have been brilliant in supporting and encouraging others to join in.
If you’d like to know a little more about who’s already involved and what resources we’re starting to create for the TL community, just visit YouTube and
search for ‘CIOB Tomorrows Leaders’.
Caroline Gumble is CEO of CIOB.
