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Highlights – 14 May

Middle management, cost-cutting and Tupperware: another week of meeting management challenges

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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)

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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: Employment Landscape

How startups can scale and “change the world”

Ian Gray and John Bessant share why growth requires privateers, a multiplayer mindset and a Tupperware approach to networking

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Topic: Apprenticeships

Building NHS talent from the ground up

Level 3 BA apprenticeships are developing the next generation of NHS workers at Dudley NHS Foundation Trust.

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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…

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Topic: Personal Development

“I felt I could never let myself do anything wrong, which isn’t healthy”

Tegan Ryan CMgr MCMI, our Chartered Manager of the Week, on learning to delegate and build a better work-life balance

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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

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Topic: Productivity

Networked growth: how managers can help unlock the UK’s potential

At a CMI event, Andy Burnham broke down his vision for a prosperous future – and why collaboration is key

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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: Consultancy

Balancing act: how to juggle business development with service delivery

Six insights to help independent consultants keep their eye on the medium to long term, without sacrificing service quality

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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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