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CMI Highlights – 31 January
Banging the drum for great management everywhere, from the school corridor to the hybrid team.
Authenticity at work boosts team performance
Want to optimise your team’s performance? New research shows it’s not just leaders that need to be authentic
Resolving the great WFH vs office debate
As the hybrid work revolution turns four, is this the last battle of the return-to-work war?
CMI Highlights – 17 January
In our first update of 2024, we share how to invigorate your return to work – and the year ahead
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
Five highlights from the 2023 CMI President’s Dinner
The evidence about good and bad management; the new CMI president; and all the 2023 award-winners
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
Fiona Dawson: “My imperative is around breaking down barriers for people”
CMI’s new president Fiona Dawson CBE CMgr CCMI on good and bad management and the leaders who inspired her
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 Apprenticeships in Action
CMI sets out a vision for a positive reform agenda to raise productivity and deliver economic growth.
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