Is a Human Resources Manager who has not a member of the CIPD less of a professional than one that is?
The CIPD map identifies challenges that may occur when transitioning from one band to another. As with any change of job role or promotion, there are new skills to be developed or new ways of working with other people that have to be developed so the map points these out and is useful to be aware of so that skill gaps can be identified and training put in place.
In order to move from band 1 to band 2 the relationship that one has with the clients shifts, there is a new skills focus, and one has areas that they have to let go of or relinquish. For example, an HR administrator who moves from band 1 to band