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CMI Highlights – 22 March 2023

Our thoughts on Help to Hire; Ann Francke reflects on IWD. And: the winner of CMI’s Management Book of the Year is…

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Topic: Personal Development

CMgr isn’t just for line managers

Aged just 27, Frazer Lowrie questioned if he had the right creds to become a Chartered Manager. Turns out he had plenty

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Topic: Support and Wellbeing

How to stomp the Sunday Scaries out of your team

The Monday blues can be a sign of serious cultural issues – and can have a devastating impact on retention and productivity

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Topic: Managing Conflict

“Memo to managers: embrace productive disagreement”

The author of this year’s CMI Management Book of the Year Simon Fanshawe on The Power of Difference

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Topic: Gender

Closing the gender pay gap: “Flexibility is most important”

More work must be done. CEO of Encompass Equality Joy Burnford shares three practical steps business can take immediately

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Topic: Personal Development

So what makes a great leader, really? – Five things your team expects from you

Based on extensive research into what makes an effective leader, Jo Owen CMgr CCMI shares five qualities your team expect

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Topic: Flexibility

Night owls vs morning larks: Is the 9–5 outdated?

What if there was a better way to structure the working day – based on employees’ own body clocks…

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CMI Highlights – 8 March 2023

Happy IWD! Plus, CMI research on salary raises and the importance of investing in management talent

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Four ways to turn tight labour markets to your advantage

Winning talent management strategies for consultants to help their client organisations tackle labour market shortages

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Topic: Employment Landscape

“The great unretirement”: enticing older workers

Despite being one of the most skilled groups, older workers are being neglected. Managers must challenge these ageist biases

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CMI Highlights – 22 February 2023

Focus on National Apprenticeships Week, the gender pay gap and getting older people back to work

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Topic: Gender

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: the key facts at a glance

To balance the scales we need to know what the pay gap is, why it exists and is effective. This is the knowledge you need

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