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CMI Highlights 2022

Here’s CMI’s news, events, updates from 2022 – all in one easy-to-find location

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Topic: Crisis Management

Recession and reinvention: two sides of the same coin?

History shows that recessions and economic downturns are the moment for reinvention. Are your clients ready for change?

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Topic: Personal Development

What will be the defining leadership style of the 2020s?

Values-driven, courageous, adaptable: a group of CMI Companions discuss where modern leadership needs to be going

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

“Disability is something done to people, not a condition that people have”

A new CMI documentary explores how managers can (and must) reframe their mindset around disability

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Topic: Personal Development

New data: where managers are most (and least) confident

We analysed initial data from the CMI Management Diagnostic tool – and discovered where managers see their own skills gaps

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

And the hot-button issue for management consultants is…

Speaking to consultants about the key challenges facing clients, one set of issues keeps coming up

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Topic: Productivity

Servant leadership: “The most powerful concept of leadership”

Learn more about the theory behind the servant leadership model, a management style defined by “reverse autocracy”

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Topic: Employment Landscape

The forced return to presenteeism?

As people feel the cost-of-living pinch, and recession looms, are employees feeling the pressure to be present?

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Topic: Employment Landscape

The talent retention secret that doesn’t involve a salary rise

Consultants and their clients face a world of competition for talent. Money matters, but so too does a sense of purpose

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Four ways to improve psychological safety at work

Raise awareness, create support groups, promote health and banish blame – some proven ways to help your people feel secure in

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Anthro-Vision: Using anthropology to understand business behaviours

By using anthropology to understand how people act, managers and leaders can gain a clearer perspective on the world of work

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Topic: Personal Development

Why your biases may be biased: intersectionality explained

If you dig into your data, your efforts to tackle bias might not be as successful as you think

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