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Topic: Employability

Is the CV dead?

With the growing popularity of personality and skills tests during the recruitment process, do you even need a CV anymore?

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Topic: Personal Development

Why do leaders find it so difficult to talk about inclusion?

If you think talking about inclusion will expose you as a dinosaur, you may be right. Time to find some bravery and curiosity

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Topic: Personal Development

How to lead when managing competing priorities

The situation is chaotic. Everyone’s stressed. Where does your duty lie: to the task, the team or the individual?

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Topic: Personal Development

The skills that employers want in the modern workplace

Focus on these employability skills during your studies – and talk about them in interviews – to land yourself a great job

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Topic: Personal Development

What Asia can teach the West about leadership in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Many leaders are poorly equipped for success in the new age of Management 4.0. What do you need to know to succeed?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

What’s holding organisations back from ending racism at work?

Trust, awareness & accountability are vital to tackling racial discrimination in the workplace & ensuring fairness for all.

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Topic: Trust

Long read: Do we have a problem with trust in leadership?

The latest CMI data reveals falling levels of trust in government among UK managers. What’s going on here?

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Topic: Governance

Why the non-executive director matters

Experienced non-executive directors from various sectors discuss the true value that they can bring to an organisation

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Need fresh thinking in your business? Try a next-gen board

To help them get to the future quickly, organisations are creating ‘next-gen’ boards and getting young people involved

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Topic: Crisis Management

“Things I wish I’d known…”

Adam Marshall, Senior Adviser at CMI, reflects on organisational leadership during the pandemic

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Workplace equality isn’t improving – it’s getting worse

Here are all the reasons why you need to take action for gender equality in the workplace, and how to get started

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Topic: Crisis Management

‘This is not a drill’: a real-life crisis leadership story

One engine fails. Your wing starts melting. What are your options?

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