Advice

Looking for advice and guidance? Whether you are looking for topical tips or information, you can find the latest advice and guidance from the CMI team here.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

What you lose if you fall back on age stereotypes

A new CMI documentary has practical insights to counter age discrimination and revolutionise your managerial practice

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Men’s mental health: looking out for your male colleagues

Three times as many men as women die by suicide. This is how to notice a male colleague is struggling and get them to open up

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Topic: Productivity

How to address a drop in performance? – Advice from the Experts

Expert advice for a manager whose employee is not coping after a breakdown, which is affecting team results and morale

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Black History Month? Leaders should be taking positive race action every day

Here are some practical steps that managers can take today to move the dial

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Supporting a team member with cancer: A manager’s guide

A leadership and management mentor shares guidance for managers looking to support employees who receive a cancer diagnosis

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Imposter syndrome, self-doubt and how to overcome it

Take a deep dive into what imposter syndrome is, what causes it and some strategies for how to deal with it

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Topic: Personal Development

Six classroom principles to improve your management practice

A business expert-turned-teacher shares six transformational tips that even the most experienced manager can take away

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Menopause: Expert guidance to support your people

Two-thirds of women feel unsupported with menopause symptoms at work, so what can managers do to best support them?

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Topic: Workplace Culture

“Good people don’t make a fuss, they just leave”

How to spot when your best employees are thinking of leaving – and encourage them to stay

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Topic: Personal Development

How do I overcome a lack of experience? – Advice from the experts

Deanna Oppenheimer gives her advice to a manager whose lack of experience is knocking their confidence

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Topic: Personal Development

How to leave a job well

How you leave a job says as much about a person as how you got the role in the first place

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Topic: Governance

Creating a net zero economy: Three principles for leaders

Creating a net zero economy is the ultimate change management project. Business leaders need a plan

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