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Topic: Productivity

Why capitalism needs an impact revolution

In a changed world, leaders must examine the impact of their organisation’s activity, adapt it, and start a new ‘race to top’

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

“People have been affected in many different ways” – Simon Blake on post-lockdown wellbeing

We’ve just about learned our crisis coping mechanisms – but what about when lockdown is over?

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

Top 10 difficult conversations

New research from cmi shows that brits find it harder to ask their boss for a pay rise than dump a partner.

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Topic: Productivity

What have we learned?

This isn’t the moment to cut back on skills and training. Quite the opposite, says two of Britain’s leading educationalists.

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Topic: Employability

Time for a right to retrain?

The COVID-19 crisis is having severe effects on those entering the job market or who’ve been made redundant.

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Topic: Governance

What’s your organisation’s legacy?

Black lives matter protests and Covid-19 crisis have evoked important conversations about equality in business and society

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Topic: Productivity

Unlocking the potential of the UK Workforce

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the UK economy. Here is CMI’s Policy Paper on Future Skills.

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Topic: Governance

What does Strong Leadership Look Like Post-Lockdown?

How should leaders behave in this post-lockdown world? What will ‘strong leadership’ now look like?

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Topic: Productivity

The difference between mastering and managing time

After a fantastic CMI webinar, we wanted to collate the excellent wealth of tips we’ve accumulated from UK experts

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Topic: Governance

How to manage toxic management

How do you stop bad management from derailing your organisation’s return-to-work efforts?

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Topic: Productivity

How one professional services firm is getting ready to welcome back employees

We speak to the law firm Reed Smith about the safety measures they’re putting in place in their building

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

“Inclusivity isn’t a special initiative – it’s a way of life”

Techniques from a world leading management thinker on how you can make inclusivity a consideration in all your decisions

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