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Topic: Change Management

The Chartered Fellow helping Cumbria’s tourism and hospitality sectors manage an uncertain future

Sue Clarke CMgr FCMI, marketing manager at Cumbria Tourism, explains how her CMI training is helping her navigate change

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Topic: Personal Development

The podcast highlighting the challenges facing SMEs

The podcast, Exploring Enterprise, offers a look at the latest insights around small businesses

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Topic: Personal Development

“Everybody has a degree of leadership in them”: the Chartered Fellow tasked with keeping our MPs safe

Head of the Members of Parliament Security Service, Jo Oakley CMgr FCMI leads a team whose job is to ensure the safety of MPs

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Is middle management just a “thankless slog”?

Data says young people see middle management as an overburdened and underpaid position – so what needs to change?

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Three reasons our relationship with work has become strained

Global trends point to an overworked, disengaged and apprehensive workforce, Tim Duggan

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Topic: Personal Development

“Having that formal recognition can change people’s perceptions”

Deon Pillay CMgr MCMI says that perspectives on leadership are evolving

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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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