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Leaders eat last!
Education leaders face a specific set of challenges in keeping schools and universities going at a confusing time
The road to 2021: what’s the mood of CMI members?
A deep-dive into the latest CMI member poll shows several intriguing trends
Life of a Lone Ranger: What makes or breaks the solo self-employed?
Two solo self-employed experts tell us what to watch out for when working this way during a tough time for job security
CMI’s Submission to Comprehensive Spending Review 2020
Our submission argues for a clearer and more coherent approach to adult skills and retraining
How Covid-19 shifted thinking about sustainability
Organisations had to pivot just to survive. Short-term thinking dominated. Can we now turn our attention back to the climate?
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
Let’s say it straight: we have a disability blind spot
If almost one in five of our working age population are disabled, where are the disabled members of ftse-350 boards?
Rethinking boardrooms: how to build a next gen-board
When businesses review the way they organise and mobilise their boardrooms, they may look to this example of a next-gen board
“Covid-19 taught me to throw caution to the wind”
This Chartered Manager tells us how their military history helped inform their immediate decisions during the crisis
Can flexible work close the disability employment gap?
At the start of 2020, flexible working was something you had to ask permission for. But overnight, it became a necessity
Are you actually championing diverse voices in your organisation?
Liz White from the British Library discusses the milestones of their LGBTQ+ network
the best time ever to go to the gym?
Here’s the Truth About the Connection Between Physical Exercise and Mental Health and Performance at Work…

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