Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Personal Development

Learner to Leader: Demystifying Professional Bodies

Looking at professional bodies and the role they play in developing best practice across sectors.

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Topic: Governance

Managing supply chain disruption in the wake of Covid-19

The coronavirus and subsequent lockdown will have long term impacts on our supply chains. Here’s how to manage around them

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Topic: Governance

To get unheard-of results, you need unseen-before methods

Jacqui Murray, on leadership in a crisis, man-management at a steel works, and how to make giant leaps forward

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Topic: Governance

Will Covid-19 alter the momentum for Inclusive leadership?

Heather Melville OBE is chair of CMI Women and Pavita Cooper is a CMI Board of Companions member. .The two experts were our

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Topic: Productivity

Team-soothing techniques from the frontline

The COVID-19 crisis has forced change. We asked CMI members how they’re adapting their style to engage with their teams.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The new face-to-face

How are we recreating valuable human interactions through videoconferencing? Sean Williams gives us his response.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Leadership Deep Dive

Exploring leadership with the Royal Air Force hosted by CMI; Co-presented by Warren ‘Bunny’ James, and Emma Keith

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Back to Work: Post-Lockdown Wellbeing

Explore the vital role managers and leaders play in supporting the mental wellbeing of their teams.

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Topic: Productivity

CMI Women: Distance makes the job grow fonder

Dr Jummy Okoya CMgr FCMI shares how managers can support their teams emotionally whilst increasing productivity.

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Topic: Productivity

“Don’t force us back into the office!”

A new study suggests that the current on-site working practices are a thing of the past

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Topic: Governance

Managing at the frontline: inside the food industry

Food companies have been running flat-out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a vivid insight from the industry.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

How to not let furloughed team members feel left behind

Schedule meeting time with them – and don’t cut it short. Have regular check-ins – they don’t need to be one-to-one.

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