Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Personal Development

“I hope more employers recognise the benefit in formally training their managers”

Dr Jeremy Chambers CMgr FCMI channelled his experience and energy into a management training programme

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Topic: Personal Development

Understanding funding options for Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs)

What providers, employers, and professionals need to know

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Highlights – 28 May

Raise your glasses to our brilliant leaders – and three cheers for training

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Topic: Change Management

The Chartered Fellow helping Cumbria’s tourism and hospitality sectors manage an uncertain future

Sue Clarke CMgr FCMI, marketing manager at Cumbria Tourism, explains how her CMI training is helping her navigate change

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Topic: Communication

Sea change: one Chartered Manager’s journey through the Royal Navy and MOD

Stuart Linehan CMgr MCMI shares his work on “the brains behind the nation’s defences”

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Topic: Employment Landscape

The podcast highlighting the challenges facing SMEs

The Enterprise Research Centre’s podcast, Exploring Enterprise, offers a look at the latest insights around small businesses

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Topic: Personal Development

“I see so many fashion brands that are doing it wrong. I want to be one that does it right”

Student Emily Botha shares why her CMI accreditation will help her to change the fashion industry for the better

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Topic: Consultancy

Why getting ahead of the game pays dividends as a management consultant

Zarina Naqvi CMC ChMC FIC has spent her career transforming businesses, and always manages to stay ahead of the curve

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CMI President’s Dinner: toasting trailblazers and transformation

This year’s CMI President’s Dinner was another celebration of “the very best of modern, inclusive and effective leadership”

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Topic: Menopause

How to create (and sustain) a menopause-friendly workplace

How can managers offer better support to menopausal employees? It starts with a culture change…

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Topic: Personal Development

“Everybody has a degree of leadership in them”: the Chartered Fellow tasked with keeping our MPs safe

Head of the Members of Parliament Security Service, Jo Oakley CMgr FCMI leads a team whose job is to ensure the safety of MPs

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Beyond the catwalk: How strong management skills drive success for fashion students

NTU’s CMI-accredited Fashion Management degree equips students with leadership, strategy, and sustainability skills to thrive

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