Support and Wellbeing

Support and Wellbeing Header Icon
Topic: Menopause

How to create (and sustain) a menopause-friendly workplace

How can managers offer better support to menopausal employees? It starts with a culture change…

Read article
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

Read article
Topic: Personal Development

“You can achieve anything if you try hard enough”

Sandy Farar CMgr FCMI took great risks to build her career – but her hard work and resilience paid off

Read article
Topic: Equality and Diversity

How can managers help remove barriers facing disabled employees?

We ask how managers can better support disabled employees at work (and what support managers themselves need)

Read article
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?

Read article
Topic: Workplace Culture

When the going gets tough: how we manage in challenging times

Managers face an unprecedented range of challenges today. We asked four Chartered Managers how they handle tough times…

Read article
Topic: Personal Development

How CMI training helps me push for change and ‘manage up’

James Dunne-Bennett explains how he’s built relationships with the right people to help drive continuous improvement

Read article
Topic: Personal Development

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

Deon Pillay CMgr MCMI says that perspectives on leadership are evolving

Read article
Topic: Personal Development

The growth mindset (and how to cultivate it)

Three managers share their take on personal development and supporting staff on their learning journey

Read article
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

Read article