Advice

Looking for advice and guidance? Whether you are looking for topical tips or information, you can find the latest advice and guidance from the CMI team here.

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Topic: Personal Development

Dinosaurs vs dolphins: be distinct or go extinct

A manager’s mindset is vital to success. And there’s only one type that has the ability to make a splash…

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

The manager’s guide to attention-seeking behaviours

Do you have an attention-seeking employee? It could indicate that they are actually in need of support. This is why

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Topic: Personal Development

What makes a successful reverse mentoring scheme?

Reverse mentoring helps businesses gain fresh perspective. What are the essential ingredients to success?

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Workplace rivalries, and how to manage them

It’d be nice to think we’re moving into a more collaborative world, but just in case we’re not…

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Are you a graduate? This is how to improve your recruitment prospects

As a recruiter for 15 years, I have a vast amount of experience to offer you an expert perspective. These are my 5 top tips

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Are you going permanently hybrid? Don’t forget these six things

Going hybrid or fully remote might attract more candidates – but you can’t make the switch without covering these key aspects

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The 9 skills and mindsets that future leaders need

CMI’s Management Book of the Year, The Future Leader: 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade, illuminates how to

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Topic: Personal Development

Want to retain your best talent? Give them learning days

Continuous professional development is top of employees’ wishlists. Here’s how the most innovative employers are competing in

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Topic: Personal Development

Leadership lessons from cricket’s racism scandal, or: how not to handle workplace racism

The case of Azeem Rafiq shows how much further we have to go to tackle workplace racism. These are five lessons for leaders

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Low mood and the January blues

While we know Blue Monday is a myth, it’s true that many of us struggle with our mental wellbeing through the winter months

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Topic: Personal Development

How to use humour as a manager

Every manager needs humour in their toolbox. From team bonding to defusing failure, this is how to bring out your funny side

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Topic: Personal Development

Make your remote appraisals, onboarding and offboarding a success

These are routine tasks usually done face to face, but they’re much tougher virtually. Learn how to make them work remotely

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