Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The new face-to-face

How are we recreating valuable human interactions through videoconferencing? Sean Williams gives us his response.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Leadership Deep Dive

Exploring leadership with the Royal Air Force hosted by CMI; Co-presented by Warren ‘Bunny’ James, and Emma Keith

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Back to Work: Post-Lockdown Wellbeing

Explore the vital role managers and leaders play in supporting the mental wellbeing of their teams.

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Topic: Productivity

CMI Women: Distance makes the job grow fonder

Dr Jummy Okoya CMgr FCMI shares how managers can support their teams emotionally whilst increasing productivity.

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Topic: Productivity

“Don’t force us back into the office!”

A new study suggests that the current on-site working practices are a thing of the past

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Topic: Governance

Managing at the frontline: inside the food industry

Food companies have been running flat-out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a vivid insight from the industry.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

How to not let furloughed team members feel left behind

Schedule meeting time with them – and don’t cut it short. Have regular check-ins – they don’t need to be one-to-one.

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Topic: Employability

“Those letters prove I’m not afraid of hard work”

CMgr’s make their presence felt in all sorts of places. Here’s a surprising story from the entrepreneurial frontline…

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

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Topic: Crisis Management

Managing Risk to reputation in the New Normal

Sandra Macleod CMgr CCMI, Group CEO, Echo Research shares her expertise on managing risk to reputation.

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Topic: Personal Development

Learner to Leader: Boosting Your Employability

A detailed look at CMI’s Career Development Centre and how it can help you move onwards and upwards in your professional life

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

“For the first time, there is collective agreement”

The Covid-19 crisis may be a watershed for how we view and manage employees’ mental health

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