Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Do you understand the triggers of stress?

Is stress mainly triggered by financial or workplace concerns? What role do bad bosses play? Can sleep help?

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Topic: Productivity

Why happiness is the key to better business results

Across the UK, many employees have been happier working at home during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Topic: Crisis Management

Leading in Turbulent Times: Managing Change

Lead people through turbulent times.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

What managers need to know to help employees cope and perform well

In this exclusive, one of the world’s most respected leadership gurus highlights the five traits of charismatic leaders.

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Topic: Flexibility

Managing the new normal: Flexibility

Elizabeth Pears joins discussions on findings from our Managers Voice survey which asked about returning to work.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

A new psychology of work: workplaces in the post-coronavirus era

With teams working from home, the way we communicate with colleagues has transformed.

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Topic: Crisis Management

Navigating Digital Change

What to do when ‘going digital’ goes wrong?

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Topic: Productivity

What CMI members feel about returning to work

After the publication of the government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy & workplace guidance, here’s what our members are saying

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Topic: Governance

Lead with love and other lessons in managing across cultures

COVID-19 is affecting people and organisations in many different ways. How do managers lead with cross-cultural sensitivity?

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Topic: Productivity

Risk assessments – and how to get them right

In the wake of new government guidance on getting back to work safely, here are the fundamental principles for managing risk.

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Topic: Personal Development

Good Manager to Great Manager – What is a Chartered Manager?

Are you looking to give your career a boost? We’ll show how to go from being good to great by becoming a Chartered Manager.

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Topic: Crisis Management

From Crisis to Success – Being the best you, working from home

How do we work from home and, still perform as best we can, stay safe and separate the two.

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