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Topic: Personal Development

How managers can tackle loneliness in the workplace

Good management practices can reduce loneliness. Which of these skills do you have and what do you need to work on?

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Topic: Personal Development

How can SMEs be more productive?

Which interventions would bring the most benefit for small and medium-sized companies? Our Companions tackle the issue

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

“I’ve never had sushi”: 10 ways to drive social mobility

People from lower socio-economic backgrounds shouldn’t have to rely on tenacity to get ahead. This is how to support them

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Topic: Personal Development

Breaking the “class ceiling”

A short video history of class in the workplace – and why management is the answer to social mobility in the 21st century

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Equality vs equity: what’s the difference? And why should managers care?

Leaders must ensure that equity is part of their ED&I conversations. Why? Because it’s vital to achieving equality

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Managing more flexibility: a Singapore perspective

With more employees making flexible working requests, use these tips and resources to successfully make the switch

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Topic: Productivity

Is your team managing their time properly?

It’s a manager’s job to make sure time is spent well. Here’s six practical techniques to build a more productive time culture

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Topic: Personal Development

Drugs. Crime. Rehab. Management.

“There’s nothing I can do about the damage I caused in the past,” says entrepreneur Tobyn Brooks. “But I can share my story”

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Topic: Personal Development

How much should you share in your professional bio?

Leaders are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. So, how honest should you be when you share your backstory?

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Topic: Productivity

Skills, tools, mindset: cracking post-Covid collaboration

An expert group of CMI Companions discusses how managers and leaders can best facilitate collaboration in a new world of work

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Topic: Productivity

Time to jazz it up – literally: Six leadership lessons from jazz music

Collaboration and innovation are the beating heart of jazz music. Time to take some lessons from the likes of Louis Armstrong

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Topic: Governance

Management in a crisis: derisking supply chains

With supply chains across the world enduring shortages and delays, is your supply chain prepared for the unexpected?

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