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Topic: Governance

Are you ready for a four-day work week?

More and more companies are adopting or piloting a four-day working week for the same pay. Can it work? And if so, how?

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Topic: Personal Development

Mentoring and coaching in the new normal

Reverse mentoring, team coaching, remote mentoring: How to help your employees develop in the post-pandemic workplace

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Topic: Socio-economic

Why class still matters – and how to counter this

Learn how managers can engage and recruit more people from all socio-economic backgrounds – and what the Olympics did right

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How dyslexia became my management superpower

Once Luke Birkett CMgr MCMI was ashamed of his dyslexia. Now he believes it boosts his leadership abilities

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CMI Highlights 2021

What’s been going on at CMI? Here is CMI’s news, events, updates from 2021 – all in one easy-to-find location

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Read this before implementing an unlimited vacation policy

Did you know unlimited holiday policies require expert management skills? Discover why there’s more to it than meets the eye

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Topic: Personal Development

The great holiday switch off?

We asked the CMI community whether they would be switching off this holiday period, and the results are mixed…

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Topic: Governance

Net-zero leadership: Six truths for the modern manager

How should managers respond to COP26? Here are six things you need for a killer carbon-cutting strategy in 2022

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Topic: Workplace Culture

What makes an effective and successful leader?

From me-me-me to you-you-you: 10 reasons why the best leaders leave their egos at the office door

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Topic: Communication

How to give feedback like a Strictly judge

Seven things that you can learn from TV’s professional feedback-givers – the Strictly Come Dancing judges

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Keeping harmony among virtual teams

Conflict resolution is a key leadership trait under the ChMC competency framework that is rising in significance.

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High-trust teams are high-performance teams

Comprehensive studies support anecdotal evidence on the link between trust – a key component of the ChMC framework

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