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Topic: Personal Development

The value of emotional intelligence in business

How emotional competencies led to greater productivity, job satisfaction and worker retention

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Topic: Productivity

As a manager, what’s the best way to motivate a team?

The CMI community reacts to the question of how to motivate your team during challenging times

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Why managers need to understand systems thinking

For May Ho CMgr FCMI, a trip to Antarctica reinforced the stark need to “think beyond the organisation”

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Topic: Personal Development

“We must embrace change if we want to improve”

Markus Lung, Chartered Manager of the Week, demonstrates how clearly sharing your vision will get people on board with a plan

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Topic: Gender

Men as agents for change around gender equality

In an extract from Men Stepping Forward, Elisabeth Kelan sets out the change-maker framework

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Topic: Productivity

What harvesting honey and building effective teams have in common

To fully contribute to a team, each team member needs to feel ‘safe’ to do so without fear of retribution

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Topic: Productivity

“Checking in, not checking up”: long-term sickness at work

Three Chartered Managers on building a healthy defence against long-term sickness absence at work

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Topic: Productivity

“Wellbeing can’t be an afterthought”: How I became a mental health ambassador

How CMI helped one Chartered Manager formalise his support for people’s wellbeing

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Topic: Personal Development

“I developed an understanding of what leadership looks like in local government”

How Impact – a CMI-linked programme – gave Oxford graduate Shona Galt the tools to make a difference

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Topic: Personal Development

“Security is a tough job… you need a good management team behind you”

Jamie Hammond CMgr MCMI, our Chartered Manager of the Week, works in security – and joined CMI to broaden his skills

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