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Topic: Personal Development

The true value of hard work and self-reflection: Payal Gaglani-Bhatt’s journey to Chartered Manager of the Year Shortlist

Read this Chartered Manager’s inspiring story to see how applying for the 2022 Award will benefit you

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

The powerful efforts of Challenges Catalyst to break down barriers for women returning to work

Find out how Management and Leadership training enabled 16 women returners to thrive in the workplace

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Topic: Personal Development

Chartered Manager…20 years on

Celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the Chartered Manager accolade with our past Chartered Manager of the Year winners.

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Topic: Crisis Management

Decision Making in Uncertain Times

Effective decision-making allows you to open your mind and deepens your awareness of the kinds of problems we face.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Managing Pressure and presence at work

How do women manage pressure and presence at work?

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

The manager’s guide to attention-seeking behaviours

Do you have an attention-seeking employee? It could indicate that they are actually in need of support. This is why

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Topic: Workplace Culture

How Compass Group UK & Ireland piloted their reverse mentoring scheme

Take a deep dive into how amplify the voices of your employees

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Should you let remote employees work remotely abroad? You decide

Flexible working has become the norm for many office workers. But it begs the question: just how flexible can you be?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

“Constantly coming out”: the challenge for LGBT+ leaders

Tech leader Matt Haworth understands that LBGTQ+ leaders don’t always know who their peers are, so he started his own network

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Topic: Personal Development

What makes a successful reverse mentoring scheme?

Reverse mentoring helps businesses gain fresh perspective. What are the essential ingredients to success?

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Topic: Personal Development

How one Chartered Manager learned to stop self-sabotaging

Damian helps clients slay their inner self-sabotage “dragons”. He learned how through bitter personal experience

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Topic: Gender

Women in the pandemic – small gains but big gaps remain

This 2022 International Women’s Day discussion paper highlights the overall progress made in industry.

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