Knowledge and Insights

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Highlights – 13 August

Talent: how to find it, keep it and work with it in a world that’s moving fast. Plus, are graduates ready for the workplace?

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Topic: Productivity

Steering workforce management in the next three to five years: the CMI way

Applying CMI’s core values can build resilient teams and turn uncertainty into long-term success

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Topic: Personal Development

How to attract and keep green talent: five insights for sustainable leadership

Nearing a sustainable future means leaders must call on a range of new skills.

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Topic: Employee Engagement

Why cognitive diversity matters

Research by the Diversity Project shows the power of drawing on a range of ideas and perspectives

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Topic: Productivity

Why you need an outsider’s perspective

It isn’t experts who change the world – it’s people with the right mindset

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Topic: Productivity

Strategies for ethical management of personality diversity

Lewis Senior, Mark Wilkinson and Paul Grant explore strategies to help organisations embrace personality diversity

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Topic: Personal Development

How Help to Grow: Management accelerated this Chartered Manager’s career

Hannah Dunkley CMgr MCMI shares how management training has helped her lead in a fast-moving SME

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Topic: Personal Development

Nominating for the CMI Awards? Do these three things

Follow our short checklist to captivate the CMI Awards judges (while using AI the right way)

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Topic: Personal Development

“The fire service reignited my passion for developing female leaders”

A move from fashion retail to the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service meant a radical change for Yvonne Devereux CMgr MCMI

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Topic: Personal Development

Even in retirement, development is important, says Chartered Manager Tom Doran

Tom Doran CMgr FCMI FIC, despite being retired since 2017, he’s not content to put his feet up

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Highlights – 23 July

Heatwaves, healthcare and some heartening support for managers

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Topic: Personal Development

As a manager, how much do you understand ADHD?

ADHD is often framed as a deficit, but this can overlook the strengths it brings. For managers, understanding ADHD is key

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