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Topic: Flexibility

Why changing your mind is a management superpower

It’s not always easy, but the more we can admit we’re wrong, the better we are as leaders – and the more exciting our career

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CMI Highlights – 28 June 2023

The green transition and concerns about AI, plus wellbeing continues to be an issue for managers

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Topic: Personal Development

Volunteering days: the pros, cons and management challenge

Here’s why volunteering is so important for developing new perspectives and skills in people

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Topic: Change Management

Why great leaders ask: “What’s the context?”

It’s never been more important to probe what’s going on around you and monitor your external environment

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Topic: Governance

AI and business: Should you appoint a Chief AI Officer?

“What is your company going to be doing when AI keeps moving up the exponential improvement curve? What’s your strategy?”

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CMI Highlights – 14 June 2023

Pride Month – and making workplaces more inclusive for everyone

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Topic: Change Management

“Don’t just sit on your shelf”: developing a carbon-management strategy

Successfully reducing your carbon footprint is at the heart of being a sustainable business. Follow this step-by-step guide

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CMI Highlights – 31 May 2023

A successful CMI Women conference and new data on what managers are struggling with

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CMI Highlights – 17 May 2023

No more alcohol at work? And look out for anxiety and loneliness this Mental Health Awareness Week

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Why shared parental leave matters (and how to make it work)

Boosting the popularity of shared parental leave benefits everyone in the workplace – not just women

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Topic: Personal Development

Effective networking for the post-Covid generation

For three years during the pandemic, face-to-face networking stopped. How does the post-Covid generation now view networking?

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Topic: Support and Wellbeing

Loneliness – a new management phenomenon

New CMI research finds more than half of UK managers struggle with loneliness. Here’s how make remote work less isolating

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