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Topic: Project Management

“Do something a little bit out of the norm”

Sunil Patel CMgr FCMI, Chartered Manager of the Week, shares how he’s using AI to speed up the process of dispensing medicati

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson: six leadership lessons

The founder of the UK’s largest energy supplier explains the value of relentless positivity and dry stone walling

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Topic: Personal Development

“It’s about creating a culture of problem-solvers”

Mars Wrigley Confectionery’s Szymon Wierny CMgr MCMI explains why continuous improvement is really all about people

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The risk of indifference: leadership’s quietest failure

Indifference is contagious, spreading through both systems and individuals. So it must be noticed and interrupted early

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Topic: Workplace Culture

“You need to truly empathise, rather than being performative”

Tamara Box CMgr CCMI, our Chartered Companion of the Month, explains the importance of listening and embracing difference

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Highlights – 26 November

How are you planning to spend the ‘winter arc’? Plus, the value of CMI accreditation for accidental managers

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

How to lead through redundancies – and rebuild trust and culture

Advice for managers and leaders on guiding teams through the hardest transitions – and turning them into moments of growth

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Topic: Consultancy

Advising clients in an age of instability

For independent management consultants, navigating geopolitical uncertainty is no longer a peripheral skill – it’s essential

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Topic: Personal Development

“Chartered Manager status gives me credibility”

Dayle Lynch CMgr FCMI shares how supportive managers and lifelong learning helped her grow her career

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Topic: Personal Development

Two NHS leaders in conversation: “Many of us are accidental managers”

Clinical pharmacist Katie Joyce and her chief executive Samantha Allen CMgr CCMI discuss the value of CMI accreditation

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Topic: Personal Development

Why engineering graduate VJ is taking the pathway to ChMC

Vaibhav Joshi Assoc.ChMC says more people should consider ChMC status as an early career move

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Topic: Apprenticeships

Nationwide degree apprentices: studying “sparks creativity and innovation”

Two Chartered Manager Degree Apprentices from Nationwide Building Society share why studying is such a valuable investment

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