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Topic: Crisis Management

“When you have to act, act quick”: Leading from uncertainty to recovery

Don’t try to forecast what happens next, because you can’t. Instead, think of scenarios. Here’s a how-to guide

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Are you on the edge of ‘the glass cliff’?

At times of crisis, it’s female leaders who are more likely to step up – and then risk harsh judgement

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Reversing the shocking lack of diversity in Further Education

Improving the representation of ethnically diverse leaders in the further education sector will help rebuild the economy

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Topic: Governance

Don’t be a fake: the pandemic has found out low-integrity leadership

Sadly the pandemic has led to some dire examples of leadership. But, says one CMI Companion, this won’t be tolerated for long

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Digital microaggressions and how to handle them

Working remotely and in digital spaces opens people up to new, sometimes subtle microaggressions. Here’s how to spot them

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Topic: Productivity

Make management the differentiator of productivity

As lockdown restrictions ease around the world, Dame Fiona Kendrick DBE says we need visionary leaders who motivate people

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How to start talking about workplace racism

Conversations about race and discrimination can be difficult, but they need to happen now

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

The 10-point diversity plan for change in further education

“We aren’t just complaining about the issues, we’re offering a 10-point framework around which we can resolve together”

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

From non-racist toward anti-racist: Corndel’s story

The successful UK training provider Corndel recently took a pledge to have ‘no neutral position’ on racism at every level

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Topic: Employability

Three inspiring stories of apprentices for NAW 2021

You learn on the job. You build your own network. You showcase your skills. Three real-life stories from apprentices

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Topic: Crisis Management

Why work-based learning matters: the real story of Pizza Hut

The past year has been pretty hideous for apprentice redundancies, but this inspirational story shows how you can keep work-b

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Topic: Employability

The confident rise of the management apprenticeship

In the depths of the Covid-19 crisis, management apprenticeships have given leaders more resilience and team-building skills

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