Mental Health & Wellbeing

Take control of your and your team's wellbeing

Now is the time for making allowances, being kind, and making sure you can spot the signs of stress in yourself and your team. This page is here to act as a resource for managers and leaders to help you step up and support in these unprecedented times.

It's ok to not be ok

The pandemic has exacerbated stress in the workplace, so how do we manage our own mental health and spot the signs in those around us? Listen to what our expert panel had to say at our recent event.

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72% of employees rate wellbeing as a top priority for management
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1 in 5 students have a diagnosed mental health problem
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Only 4 in 10 employers have a formalised mental health and wellbeing strategy

Resources and Insights

Practical tools and tips for supporting yourself and your team.

Here are some tools, tips and templates that offer practical advice for adapting and managing change. A few key resources on other sites have been listed to the right, while CMI's own resources can be found linked below.

You can find more insights and resources on our Covid-19 Page.

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Topic: Productivity

The post-summer blues are here. How can you help your team through them?

How to rally your team’s morale as the days get shorter

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Topic: Personal Development

When did you realise you couldn’t “wing it” as a manager?

One Chartered Manager shares a crucial turning point in her career

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Topic: Productivity

Highlights – 5 September

Today’s management challenges: happiness, generation gaps and “cocky” employees

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Topic: Personal Development

Happiness at work – why it matters and how managers play a vital role

Six lessons in building a happy workforce from the former CMI president and managing director of Waitrose

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Topic: Productivity

Active improvements: why exercising at work matters

Two Chartered Managers share their tips for getting teams moving – even when they’re working at home…

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Workplace bullying: how to spot it and what to do about it

Are you alert to the signs that a team member could be being bullied? Managers need to spot it and put in place mitigations.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

How to be a great manager while you’re on holiday

Chartered Managers share tips to ensure you get the summer break you deserve, without leaving your team in need of a vacation

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Topic: Personal Development

“I was finally being recognised for my speciality”

Chartered Manager of the Week Emma Bell-Davies CMgr: “It showed me that I was worthy of something”

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The Better Managers Manual

Managing the New Normal

The #BetterManagers Manual offers a practical guide to navigating the impacts of Covid-19 for managers and leaders.

To support managers and leaders as they navigate this crisis - both for themselves and for those they manage - we have assembled a set of tried-and-tested tools and resources brought together through five key themes: flexible working; crisis management; mental health and wellbeing; the new employment landscape; and good governance.

Download the manual