CEO's Blog

Read the latest thoughts, analysis, and observations from CMI's Chief Executive, Ann Francke OBE.

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Topic: Productivity

The Evolution of Change: Why Things Need to Be Done Differently

John Kotter revolutionised change management with his book Leading change, but is it time for a fresh outlook?

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

How Managers Can Help Combat Workplace Stress

Mental health problems are on the rise, here’s how to deal with it in your workforce

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Topic: Personal Development

The Five-minute Management Idea: Emotional Intelligence

A weekly shot of new-thinking for business leaders: use emotions to power success

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Topic: Employability

In Recruitment, if You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get

You can’t hire the right candidate if you don’t ask the right questions – above all, ‘do they share our values?’

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Topic: Productivity

7 Ways to Improve Your Resilience – Immediately

Fatigue and worry are commonplace in the workplace. Extreme forms of stress require you and your team to change behaviours.

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Topic: Productivity

Who Will Be the Next Winner in the Digital Evolution?

Phase 3 of the digital evolution is upon us.We’ll see faster adoption of technologies and a higher impact as they are adopted

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Topic: Productivity

Why Happiness at Work is Good for the Bottom Line

Your intuition tells you it is true, and now here’s the research to tell you why it is true (and how to make the most of it)

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Topic: Productivity

How to Manage Volunteers

Volunteers need good management just like any worker, but perception and emotional intelligence are even more important

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Topic: Productivity

5 Surefire Methods to Build a High-performing Organisation

History is littered with high-performing organisations. How can you join these all-time greats?

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Topic: Productivity

The 5 Barriers to Effective Digital Transformation

The digital age has re-defined what is needed for business success.

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