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Topic: Personal Development

“Leadership needs to be held to professional standards”

Dr Ayham Ammora FCMI is running for the role of chancellor at the University of Cambridge

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Topic: Personal Development

“You need a bit of edge”: five leadership lessons from BT’s group chief executive

Allison Kirkby, group chief executive of BT, shares a tale of hard work, setbacks and pushing beyond her comfort zone…

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Topic: Personal Development

“Management was a natural extension of my love of science”

Steff Gaulter CMgr MCMI, shares how moving into management felt like an extension of her passion for weather presenting

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Highlights – 25 June

Living with the David Brent effect, solving the UK’s productivity gap – and other pressing management issues

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Topic: Managing Failure

How the Value-Cost Model solves the corporate existential crisis

Dr Michael Wynn-Williams introduces the Value-Cost Model, which helps to set out a company’s future trajectory

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Topic: Productivity

Leaders: what’s your main job when it comes to sustainability?

Is it more important for managers to set a sustainability vision or to empower their teams to act? Here’s what you told us…

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Topic: Personal Development

“I wanted some letters after my name”

How Chartered Manager status helped prepare Lee Long CMgr MCMI for his next steps

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Topic: Personal Development

“I’ve grown so much as a person from when I first started”

Nottingham Trent University student Ria Sharma shares how a CMI accredited-course helps her stand out

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Topic: Personal Development

“Becoming Chartered led to a new me”

Tony Stonebridge CMgr FCMI, lead subject matter expert at Wickes, shares how he caught the bug for studying – at 44 years old

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Topic: Personal Development

“Professional accreditation means that students can stand out more in the workplace”

Justine Davidson explains how NTU’s BA (Hons) Fashion Management course helps students stand out in a competitive industry

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Topic: Personal Development

Baroness Casey: “Don’t seek popularity in your approach – take responsibility”

Baroness Louise Casey received CMI’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. We look back at the impact she’s made

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Topic: Personal Development

“You have to keep moving forward, learning and progressing”

An opportunity at her new employer encouraged Kate Campbell-Balcombe to improve her leadership knowledge. CMI was the answer

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