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Topic: Personal Development

Curiosity, courage and the ADHD mind

Why we need to rethink leadership through a neurodivergent lens

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Topic: Personal Development

HE Partner of the Year 2025: who made the shortlist?

This award celebrates innovative institutions that are developing students’ skills and boosting their employability.

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Topic: Personal Development

How AI is redefining the role of the lecturer in management education

Those who see AI as a partner, rather than as a competitor, will lead the next chapter of management education

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Topic: Apprenticeships

How Starbucks and Corndel build future leaders with CMI apprenticeships

From the coffee shop floor to senior leadership: Discover how Starbucks is brewing a talent pipeline with Corndel and CMI.

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Topic: Personal Development

“CMI gave me the confidence to speak up”

Marie Gooljar CMgr FCMI, Chartered Manager of the Week, lacked confidence in her leadership abilities before discovering CMI

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Highlights – 11 March

Powerful progress, Chartered champions and feedback that lands.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

From buzzwords to clarity: how leadership communication has evolved over the past decade

In the current era, language should be precise, clear and authentic: less theatre, more truth.

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Topic: Personal Development

International Student of the Year 2025: who made the shortlist?

This award celebrates exceptional learners outside the UK who are destined to make an impact as future leaders

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Topic: Personal Development

Be vigilant and always verify: how to manage in the age of AI

We asked members of the CMI community to share their tips on the human side of AI integration

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Topic: Personal Development

Turbulent techno-politics: a leadership imperative for Chartered Managers in the AI era

We must reimagine leadership by balancing innovation with responsibility in an AI‑driven world

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Topic: Personal Development

How Mark Jamieson is Championing Management Excellence in the Middle East

How Mark Jamieson uses CMgr status to lead Middle East gigaprojects and bridge the gap to management excellence.

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Topic: Personal Development

From Global Executive to Chartered Leader

See how Dr. Kelly Wee Kheng Soon used CMgr status to bridge the gap between academic theory and elite leadership practice.

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