The Covid-19 crisis is the ultimate test of management and leadership - a sudden, dramatic, life-threatening upheaval, where all aspects of our day-to-day lives remain uncertain. In this extraordinarily stressful time, the value of great management and leadership is being demonstrated every day.
On this go-to portal, you’ll find the latest updates from CMI, alongside easy-to-find information to help you to manage yourself and your teams through uncertainty.
For our members, ManagementDirect is rich in content with tools, guidance and checklists to support workplace activity. Our Career Development Hub includes some great tools to boost your professional capabilities.
End Point Assessment partners will also find relative information on our EPA web page and in the CMI Partner Portal.
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 manualEach week our CEO, Ann Francke OBE, will be delivering a CMI #BetterManagers Briefing webinar to support the CMI family and wider community. These will be an opportunity to share challenges and advice as we embark on this challenging journey together. View the current and past videos here.
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We know that the current situation will bring new challenges to everyone, which is why we are highlighting the positive steps that we can all take to navigate and adapt through these changes. Take a look at the resources.
We want to ensure that you have the information you need to manage your teams and organisation during these challenging times, let us know.
Organisations have accepted the principle of flexible working for some time, but the Covid-19 crisis has accelerated its adoption and necessity for many. This rapid take-up has been an intensive stress-test for management practices that will needed if flexible working becomes more normalised post Coronavirus. But how can you implement flexible working for your team and work as effectively as you can by yourself?
While the Coronavirus pandemic is an unusual crisis with distinct characteristics, there are proven crisis management techniques that, if followed, will enable managers to step-up, support their organisation and team, and turn the crisis into a development opportunity to be ready and better equipped for the future.
Managers must quickly learn - and be trained in - a new set of management skills around empathy and emotional intelligence alongside ensuring that they are getting the support they need to build their own resilience.
Many people will find their working and professional circumstances altered, honest and sometimes difficult conversations will need to take place. Managers need to ensure they know how to conduct them and feel supported in doing so.
The first priority for leaders and managers during a crisis is for their organisations to survive. However, looking longer term, this crisis may change forever what is expected of them and teams have of their bosses. Poor decision making during this period will not be quickly forgotten. All of us need to consider whether our skills and behaviours will equip us for ‘the new normal’.
Now, more than ever, we need managers and leaders to lead by example, share your tips and advice with our online community using #BetterManagers on social media.
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