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Topic: Productivity

“They feel infallible”: can a team member be too confident?

Getting the most out of overconfident or “cocky” team members…

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Topic: Personal Development

Five ways to better connect with your customers or stakeholders

How behavioural economics can help you influence your customers’ or stakeholders’ decisions

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Red lines: what are your “non-negotiables” as a manager?

All managers have certain non-negotiable standards that they expect of their team. We asked five managers to share theirs.

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Highlights – 21 August

Electing to hone our skills – in health, happiness and harmonious leadership

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Topic: Productivity

Active improvements: why exercising at work matters

Two Chartered Managers share their tips for getting teams moving – even when they’re working at home…

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Topic: Productivity

Can (and should) we automate managers?

Human judgement, communication and collaboration are not at risk of being replaced

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7 August – Highlights

Getting a handle on workplace change: preventing AI “gunking up the system”, managing hybrid holidays – and the rest

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Topic: Productivity

What to do when a political argument breaks out at work

While conflict at work is inevitable, lasting damage isn’t, so long as managers make the appropriate interventions

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Topic: Managing Conflict

Four steps to resolve hybrid workplace conflict (beware late-night messages)

Conflict is more likely in a hybrid world; managers need to know how to handle it

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Topic: Personal Development

“I was finally being recognised for my speciality”

Chartered Manager of the Week Emma Bell-Davies CMgr: “It showed me that I was worthy of something”

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17 July – Highlights

Who runs this house? Heated debates and healthy vows

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Topic: Workplace Culture

“You need managers for an efficient and productive health service”

Too many managers in the NHS? The opposite may, in fact, be true

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