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A new year message from Ann Francke OBE: Let’s be more Taylor Swift in 2024
As we enter a new year, here’s why Taylor Swift provides lessons for managers and leaders everywhere to follow
CMI Highlights – 6 December
CMI’s 2023 award-winners revealed. Plus, better management practices for insecure workers and public sector managers
Dame Anne Richards DBE: Why your career is like a river
CMI’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement award-winner explains her approach to leadership – and why trust is the greatest gift
James Timpson OBE: “Business success depends on the happiness of our colleagues”
An upside-down leadership style bagged the CEO of Timpson the CMI Gold Medal
CMI Volunteer of the Year 2023: “It’s a chance for you to grow as a person”
Kirsty Watson CMgr FCMI has been volunteering since she was 14. She says helping other people is more important than ever
Management Diagnostics: getting to the heart of organisational health
Valneva UK needed to inject their staff with an extra dose of purpose – the Management Diagnostics tool was the miracle cure
CMI Highlights – 15 November
It’s conference season! Plus, CMI releases its latest research around insecure work and celebrates 10,000 new apprentices
Collective coaching: Transforming leadership – together
Collective coaching encourages attendees to learn from each others’ experiences – and tackles tricky workplace problems
“I had to work three times harder”: The professional struggles of women in STEM
One in four STEM professionals are women – here’s why industry leadership needs more flexibility and visibility
CMI Highlights – 1 November
The huge impact of CMI’s Better Managed Britain campaign and how managers can support themselves and their staff
How to support your staff with caring responsibilities
Three in five people in the UK will care for someone at some point in their lives. Here’s what managers need to consider
Why is everyone so busy, and what can managers do about it?
Post-pandemic ‘busy-ness’ can be a serious problem. Here’s how to stop your team being overloaded, overwhelmed and over it