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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Leading in the eye of the storm

Frontline health services have borne the brunt of the pandemic, so how have leaders been keeping staff safe?

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Topic: Personal Development

Kindness, courage, and a good sense of humour: watchwords for 2021

What Emma and other CMI members and managers are planning to do differently in the year ahead

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Topic: Personal Development

Transformers: 10 leadership role models for a post-COVID world

We think these activists, entrepreneurs and politicians are reshaping the very idea of leadership. But what do you think…?

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Topic: Personal Development

How to create an ambitious personal development plan

A personal development plan can be useful for anyone pursuing leadership and management roles

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

From the MOBOs to MOBOLISE: what Kanya King’s doing about racial equality at work

The founder of the MOBO awards has turned her attention to workplace racial equality – we’ve got an exclusive interview

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Front of Mind – Protect your positive mental health

Learn and practice simple strategies / techniques that can help you build and protect your positive mental health.

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Topic: Governance

Key behaviours for managers and leaders in 2021

It may not have been written into their job description, but managers have a vital role to play in the pandemic

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Topic: Governance

Lord Mark Price: my management principles

Lord Mark Price shares the experiences that shaped his management, and the leadership qualities you’ll need in the year ahead

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Topic: Communication

World-class performance in your team. Why not?

The mindset that underpins workplace culture is often overlooked – yet it determines the quality of work in your team

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Covid-19 may achieve the impossible: it might make us fall back in love with the office

Managing remote workforces comes with challenges and upsides – but is a surprising outcome that we appreciate the office?

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Topic: Employment Landscape

“Don’t just have Plan A; have Plans B and C too”

The lessons I’ve learned about adaptability and resilience from interviewing more than 20 Chartered Managers

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Topic: Communication

Managing Upwards

How do you manage your manager and keep sane? Here are some tips on how to manage when your manager doesn’t!

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