Knowledge and Insights

Welcome to CMI’s knowledge and insights hub. Here you’ll find practical guidance and resources to help you with the challenges managers face on a daily basis.

The hub is also home to our cutting-edge research and policy work, keeping you at the forefront of the discussions happening in the management profession.

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University of Worcester

Dr Scott Andrews, Head of Worcester Business School and his MBA students share how CMI Dual Accreditation has benefited them

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Topic: Personal Development

Always think ‘we’ rather than ‘I’, says our Chartered Manager of the Week

How CMI helped Yong Kok Fei CMgr FCMI make the challenging transition to managing a remote team

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Topic: Personal Development

How I created a leadership development programme based on CMI principles

How Simon Takel CMgr FCMI created a leadership development programme that is having a big impact at Exeter College

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Topic: Personal Development

Helping L&D teams connect the dots as strategic business partners

Helen Marshall shares why the learning never stops, even for chief learning officers

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Highlights – 11 December

Snakes and career ladders: good management is the antidote to poison, both real and figurative…

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Topic: Personal Development

Research into social enterprise and innovation celebrated by Management Publication of the Year 2024

Two books by business school academics made the shortlist in this category

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Topic: Personal Development

How NHS manager Sarah boosted her confidence with a CMDA

“I always had a bit of imposter syndrome,” says Sarah, who is cancer performance manager at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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Topic: Productivity

Top trends for independent management consultants in 2025

Are you positioned to help clients with AI and sustainability while fending off greater competition in a remote-work market?

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Topic: Personal Development

From zero to 100mph: how Chartered Manager Tony keeps a cool head

Tony Bowen CMgr FCMI applies his methodical approach to management to both work and volunteering with HM Coastguard

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Leading with Purpose: A Wellbeing-Centric Approach to Ethical and Exclusive Leadership

Embark on a journey toward a more compassionate, inclusive, and ethically-driven leadership style.

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Topic: Personal Development

Six things we learned at CMI Communities Live, Middlesbrough

The first CMI Communities Live event in the UK brought together both leaders and learners at Teesside University

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Topic: Personal Development

Alight here for better management: degree apprenticeships at Transport for London

Two TfL management degree apprentices on finding the best route into a satisfying career…

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