Features and Longer Reads

Looking for a deeper dive into a particular subject? Check out our longer articles for a more extensive read.

What you’ll find here

When you’ve got a bit more time on your hands, check out CMI’s features and longer reads.

Still full of practical advice and cutting edge insight, these pieces are a little more detailed and will allow you to immerse yourself in one particular topic or theme.

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Explore the knowledge and insights hub using the dropdown menus below to filter resources by content type, and/or the topic or theme.

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Topic: Personal Development

“CMI courses give people the courage to push their own limits”

Education manager Sumbal Manzoor CMgr FCMI on how CMI helped her find her true calling

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Topic: Personal Development

“The process helped me pivot into a new career”

Sean Kelly travelled the globe for a decade. Then he embarked on a Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship with Amazon

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Topic: Personal Development

“CMI gave me the confidence to stand up and say I was good enough”

Chartered Manager of the Week Renee Raper CMgr FCMI: “I use CMI as my quality standard”

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Topic: Employment Landscape

“Your role is no longer needed”

The inside story of when Twitter laid off 3,700 people in one go

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Topic: Personal Development

“You may be a great specialist, but unless you know how to manage people you can do more harm than good”

Chartered Manager of the Week Catherine Myszka ChMC CMgr FCMI: “I started asking what was wrong. Was it me?”

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Topic: Personal Development

How CMI helped award-winning student Daniils

Solent University Business School’s Business Student of the Year on the power of early-career recognition

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

What are microaggressions and how can managers call them out?

How and when to highlight unacceptable language or behaviour, however subtle – and improve your organisation’s culture

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How should managers role-model inclusion in their workplaces?

Practical steps managers can take to build teams where every member feels valued and understood, according to three CMgrs

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

“It’s about respect, dignity, empowerment” – Angela Rayner on Labour’s New Deal

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner shared details of the party’s “New Deal” at the CMI Women Conference

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Topic: Personal Development

CMI Awards: 5 reasons to nominate someone (or yourself) now

Recognise an amazing manager, student, volunteer, apprentice or institute

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Topic: Apprenticeships

CMI Student of the Year: “I found the course incredible”

University project manager Ellie Pickering jumped at the idea to do a management apprenticeship

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Topic: Productivity

The upside-down leader: How James Timpson drives success

Radical equality and the Happy Index – inside retail stalwart Timpson

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