Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Crisis Management

Challenging Times, Difficult Decisions: A Leadership Perspective

We will explore the factors leaders should consider, lessons learned and best practice, and take a look at leadership perspec

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Topic: Productivity

The Everyone Economy: The launch of CMI’s 75th Anniversary Plan for sharing opportunity and success

Explore how we can deliver a productive economy and inclusive workforce for everyone.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

The Everyone Economy

CMI’s plan for sharing work opportunity and success

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Topic: Personal Development

We need you: Men’s role in gender equality in the workplace

From advocating for parental leave to creating space for women, male allyship is vital to keep driving gender equality

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Topic: Productivity

Revealed: The best day to go to the office

We asked you what’s the best day of the week to go to the office. More than half of you said the same thing…

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

“Disability is a Cinderella – a poor relative of EDI”

Lord Shinkwin discusses living with a disability, and managers’ role in making work easier for disabled people

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Topic: Personal Development

Mentoring: the manager’s deep dive

Take a deep dive into what good mentoring looks like and the skills and knowledge you need to make the most of it as a mentor

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Topic: Personal Development

​​Nurturing leaders to manage Through Covid-19 in our VUCA world

From CMI Hong Kong: Research shows leaders must prioritise purpose, trust, empathy and inclusivity to emerge stronger

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Is your EDI native or adopted?

A fresh take on optimising your EDI strategy from CMI Singapore

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Topic: Personal Development

Reasonable adjustments: The “significant management knowledge gap”

To attract and retain disabled talent, managers need to get better at understanding and implementing reasonable adjustments

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Topic: Personal Development

These are the most exciting ideas in leadership today: Part 2

Leadership success is about having, and embracing, different perspectives. Check out these from the 2022 CMI MBOTY longlist

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Topic: Crisis Management

Resolving Team Conflict

Find out how you can resolve and prevent any conflict you may face in the workplace.

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