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Topic: Governance

Taking great management global

Get an update on CMI’s growing presence in some of the world’s fastest-growing markets

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CMI Highlights – 20 September

This week: zooming in on data skills and Management & Leadership all over the world

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Topic: Employment Landscape

How to give graduates the best first week at work

First impressions matter, and it’s not just new starters who are under the spotlight

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Topic: Personal Development

How to think like a data scientist

Managers can improve the way they handle and interpret data by learning the tricks of this very specialist trade

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Topic: Personal Development

Data vs gut: the great decision making debate

As the world becomes more data-driven, should you be prioritising data over your gut when decision making?

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Topic: Change Management

Why interrogating your data leads to better decisions

“Data is a valuable tool, but you need to do more than just take in what’s presented to you,” says Richard Bond CMgr MCMI

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Topic: Trust

Can AI take on the role of decision-makers?

Currently, we don’t trust AI to make all of our decisions. What will it take to shift the AI trust gap?

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CMI Highlights – 11 September

New CMI research reveals Management and Leadership is not a top priority for UK MPs, and more

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Topic: Personal Development

CMI’s Next Top Models (for effective decisions)

Explore some of the key models, theories and techniques to make your decision making more effective

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How to stop bias affecting your decision making

Want to know how to reduce your biases when decision-making? Try these five steps

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Topic: Crisis Management

The high-risk environment is here to stay: five steps to better decision making

All executive decisions involve risk, today more than ever. These five steps will help you to manage them effectively

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Five strategies to get repeat business from customers (and clients)

Share these tips for converting one-time purchasers into repeat customers with your clients, and they’ll keep coming back too

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