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Topic: Workplace Culture

Inclusive Leadership: Your most powerful asset?

Highlighting the benefits of inclusive leadership in identifying and implementing novel opportunities and solutions.

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Topic: Crisis Management

Chaotic change, accelerating diversity, and listening with our hearts

Ann Francke OBE speaks to Salman Amin, CEO of Pladis, about the many challenges of running a global business during Covid-19

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Topic: Crisis Management

How to think on your feet: lead better with the secrets of improvised comedy

Check out this five-minute masterclass from one of the UK’s top comedy improvisers on how you can get in the moment

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Topic: Governance

Four techniques for developing your leadership ‘muscle’

Like all muscles, leadership needs exercise. And sometimes that exercise will hurt.

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Topic: Flexibility

Digital, flexible, staggered: the inside story of the new workplace

Companies everywhere are reviewing their flexible working policies as they grapple with the new normal. We spoke to Buzzfeed

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Topic: Crisis Management

What to do if a team member needs to self-isolate

The new management challenge for 2020 requires agility, flexibility and communication. Here’s how one company did it

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Three techniques for a positive mindset (even when you’re rattled)

Much of success comes down to developing the right mindset. A recent CMI webinar outlined three techniques to develop one

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Topic: Personal Development

Me, Myself, and My Mentor: A how-to guide for beginners

Mentors. Sponsors. Coaches. How can they help your career? How do you get started? Where do you find the right person?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

CMI Race: Moving the dial

A passionate debate about race inequality in organisations and society and how to implement authentic changes.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Motivating people at times of crisis, uncertainty and change

Regions are under Covid-19 restrictions and anxiety is rife. Motivating people is vital but requires specific techniques

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

How to manage work-related insecurity and anxiety

As Coronavirus takes hold, stress and anxiety are becoming a part of everyday life. Managers can make a positive difference

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Topic: Crisis Management

Why humour should be taken seriously in leadership

With Coronavirus rates increasing and many regions under social restrictions, is there still room for humour in leadership?

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