Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Employability

Secure your Dream Job in Times of Uncertainty

Discover the valuable steps you should take to earn that dream role in an unstable job market.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

The Future of the Apprenticeship Levy

CMI and UVAC set out their joint vision for a positive reform agenda to raise productivity and deliver economic growth

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Topic: Crisis Management

Deep dive into the energy sector

Learn more about the current issues/challenges facing managers and leaders in the energy sector across Asia·

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Topic: Crisis Management

Leading through crisis

Explore key lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can allow you to be a resourceful crisis leader in 2022 and beyond.

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11 Idioms Consultants should think differently about

Enhance your knowledge of effective communication when it comes to applying idioms in different business contexts.

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Topic: Gender

Gender pay gap: What companies must do to attract and retain female talent

Learn why addressing the pay gap issue is important for the representation and engagement in your company.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

The forced return to presenteeism?

As people feel the cost-of-living pinch, and recession looms, are employees feeling the pressure to be present?

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Topic: Productivity

How to address a drop in performance? – Advice from the Experts

Expert advice for a manager whose employee is not coping after a breakdown, which is affecting team results and morale

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Topic: Personal Development

Find your management superpower

Good managers are able to acknowledge their weaknesses. But what if there was a way to transform them into strengths…

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Topic: Personal Development

“There’s a lot of un-learning to do, as well as learning”

Prabhjit Chana CMgr MCMI has been on the front line of transforming Qatar’s healthcare to make it World Cup-ready

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Black History Month? Leaders should be taking positive race action every day

Here are some practical steps that managers can take today to move the dial

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Supporting a team member with cancer: A manager’s guide

A leadership and management mentor shares guidance for managers looking to support employees who receive a cancer diagnosis

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