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Topic: Governance

Long Read: Eight lessons from 2020s CMgrs of the year

CMI’s Chartered Manager of the Year Award shortlist always offers lessons in best practice for managers on every level

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Project management

Learn the key principles of project management, why some projects fail, and what you can do about it.

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Topic: Employability

Getting by with a digital boost from our friends

Over the last few months, we’ve shown much we rely on technology. The problem? Some businesses can’t keep up

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Topic: Crisis Management

Digital leadership and flattened hierarchies: How Covid-19 reshaped one NHS trust

The story of how Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust met the clinical, digital and leadership challenges of Covid-19

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Topic: Crisis Management

“We must resist the temptation to return to business as usual”

The Covid-19 disruption is nothing compared to the widespread upheaval we can anticipate if global heating goes unchecked

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Do you have a respect problem?

Do your team respect you? Do you respect them? Do you call out disrespectful behaviour when you see it?

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Topic: Productivity

Project Management Principles

Put project management principles into practice; make effective decisions, achieve better outcomes and see results.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Where to Find Support if You Feel Unable to Approach Your Manager

Not everyone will feel comfortable opening up to their manager about mental health and wellbeing issues at work.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

“I have to work better today than I did yesterday” – Dame Stephanie Shirley on the ‘new’ world of work

The pandemic has set workplace equality back by decades to a 1950s-style of living, warns top entrepreneur and philanthropist

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Topic: Flexibility

Long Read: How innovation works in Japan’s #1 internet firm

Fergal Downey, innovation guru at Japanese internet giant Rakuten, on how to enable innovation at incredible speed

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Breaking the barriers between you and your wellbeing

Here’s an understatement: burnout is highly prevalent. But completing the stress-response cycle? Unheard of.

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Topic: Governance

How to improve your team chemistry when you’re not together

Many things contribute to team dynamics. Here’s a checklist on boosting interpersonal relationships from a Chartered Manager

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