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Topic: Productivity

‘A management crisis’: The five key insights from CMI’s new report with the IoD

In light of the Budget announcement, CMI and the Institute of Directors’ joint research report shows how to bolster recovery

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Topic: Crisis Management

‘No jab, no job’: a big dose of management challenges

As restrictions start to lift and workplaces plan for reopening, managers face complex questions around employees’ Covid jabs

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Four outtakes from National Apprenticeship Week 2021

“You can get anywhere with an apprenticeship”. How doing a management apprenticeship can fire up your career

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Topic: Personal Development

Why become a Chartered Management Consultant?

Five ChMCs explain the value of becoming chartered. Be prepared to feel inspired!

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Topic: Crisis Management

“When you have to act, act quick”: Leading from uncertainty to recovery

Don’t try to forecast what happens next, because you can’t. Instead, think of scenarios. Here’s a how-to guide

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Are you on the edge of ‘the glass cliff’?

At times of crisis, it’s female leaders who are more likely to step up – and then risk harsh judgement

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Topic: Governance

There is gold in the Welsh valleys – The future now

Discussing the key issues in Wales, the challenges post-Brexit and alignment with the Government.

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Topic: Change Management

Leading Through Uncertainty

Learn how to handle the unknown with ease whilst empowering yourself, your workforce and your peers.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Reversing the shocking lack of diversity in Further Education

Improving the representation of ethnically diverse leaders in the further education sector will help rebuild the economy

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Topic: Governance

Don’t be a fake: the pandemic has found out low-integrity leadership

Sadly the pandemic has led to some dire examples of leadership. But, says one CMI Companion, this won’t be tolerated for long

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Digital microaggressions and how to handle them

Working remotely and in digital spaces opens people up to new, sometimes subtle microaggressions. Here’s how to spot them

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Topic: Productivity

Make management the differentiator of productivity

As lockdown restrictions ease around the world, Dame Fiona Kendrick DBE says we need visionary leaders who motivate people

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