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Topic: Workplace Culture

Managing Remote Teams: Walk a mile in their shoes

David McLaughlin takes a insight into the challenges and opportunities of managing teams whilst remote working.

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Topic: Communication

Transforming Communication

Exploring some of the misconceptions and issues surrounding communications during periods of transformation.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How to become fluent in diversity and inclusion: keep practising

CMI Companions talk how leaders can move from othering and executive-level disinterest to action and organisational survival

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Topic: Gender

The broken talent pipeline: what next for women over 50?

Find out how managers and leaders can best support women over 50 in their careers.

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Topic: Productivity

Intentional time-management tips

Students often juggle multiple projects for many modules at once, making an intimidating to-do list – so here are timely tips

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Topic: Crisis Management

Four tips for coaching companies back to work

The return-to-work process will be easier if you: cascade information; offer support; and develop your people’s resilience

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Topic: Crisis Management

This Chartered Manager works inside the UK’s new global vaccination hub

The government’s determined to build the UK’s long-term vaccine manufacturing capability at high speed. That calls for a CMgr

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Beyond green thinking: how to embed sustainability in your strategy

Businesses that behave in an unsustainable way will soon face a licence-to-operate issue. Here’s some tested guidance

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Inclusion – who exactly are we trying to include and why?

One CMI Companion wants to open up the conversation about some of the other, less explored facets of diversity and inclusion

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Topic: Crisis Management

The ‘How To’ of Creative Problem Solving!

Creative problem thinking is a way of solving problems or identifying opportunities when conventional thinking has failed!

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Topic: Governance

Time to become an activist-manager…?

In the post-Covid era, managers must speak truth to power and stand up for those disadvantaged by old-school practices

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Topic: Governance

How to be a little less Trunchbull

Here’s a little snapshot into Captain Holt and Miss Trunchbull’s management styles

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