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Topic: Employment Landscape

Be a big-picture leader: ten ideas that will shape tomorrow

We boiled down the 2021 CMI Management Book of the Year shortlist to these ten insights…

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Topic: Crisis Management

The Rise and Fall of the European Super League – 6 key lessons for leaders everywhere

Much has been said about the ill-fated project to create a breakaway football league for Europe’s elite football clubs

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Cliques at work: is your culture damaging employees’ mental health?

One Chartered Manager and CMI Companion who’s suffered workplace bullying and harassment on the danger of cliques

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Tips for managers on keeping stress at bay

Stress can quickly turn from feeling under pressure to burnout – how can we reduce stress in our day-to-day lives?

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Relationships are the scaffolding of good wellbeing

Here’s why not mentioning work can boost relationships and wellbeing and stop ‘transactional’ conversations

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Four outtakes from National Apprenticeship Week 2021

“You can get anywhere with an apprenticeship”. How doing a management apprenticeship can fire up your career

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Don’t stop moaning, Bill Michael

The boss of KPMG quit after telling his people to ‘stop moaning’. But isn’t allowing your people to moan beneficial?

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Topic: Personal Development

‘Share sparkling as well as challenging moments’: CMI members share lessons from 2020

Have a clear vision. Go with the flow. Share sparkling moments as well as challenges. The CMI community shares 2020 learnings

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Topic: Governance

We’ve gone platinum…

CMI were recently awarded Investors in People Platinum status. Here are some responses from the CMI team on this accolade

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Leaders eat last!

Education leaders face a specific set of challenges in keeping schools and universities going at a confusing time

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Topic: Crisis Management

A wake-up call for the west – 13 ways we can reverse our decline

A powerful new book debates how the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed weaknesses in western leadership and proposes solutions

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

“I can’t do this anymore” – What happens when we burn out?

Classified as an ‘occupational phenomenon’ by the World Health Organization, what actually happens when we burn out?

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