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Topic: Productivity

Your KPIs: Do You Know Them; Do You Track Them; Do You Care?

KPI’s are an important measure of business and organisational success, get them wrong and disaster could be round the corner

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Topic: Productivity

Conflict Management: Turn Problems Into Creative Sparks

Patrick Dunne, former Chair of CMI’s Board of Companions, shares his expertise on managing conflicts at work.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Everything you need to know about Glassdoor

The combination of social media, the internet and job-hunting has revamped the dynamics of recruitment and talent management.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Leadership Through a Female Lens

Leadership Through a Female Lens

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Topic: Employability

Emphasis on Employability

Unemployment has been one of the most significant problems for university graduates and their non-graduate peers since 2008.

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Topic: Employability

CMI Research Bouncing Back

CMI Research Bouncing Back

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Topic: Productivity

How To Manage The Under-performer

Managing the unmotivated, uncooperative, negative, irritable, frequently absent employee is a challenge – here’s how to do it

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Topic: Productivity

5 Ways to Prevent Millennials Messing Up Your Management Culture

Millennials Are Expected to Make Up Half the Global Workforce by 2020, Making Sure Your Workplace Meets Their Needs is Vital

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Lacks of skills and pay harming recruitment

The 2016 National Management Salary Survey reveals factors behind ineffective recruitment practices.

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

4 Signs That Racism May Be an Issue in Your Workplace

Racial discrimination is a growing issue, with almost a third of employees witnessing or experiencing racism at work

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Topic: Productivity

Meet the UK’s most socially responsible businesses

Here are five examples of social responsibility in action

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Topic: Productivity

10 Common Problems With Performance Appraisals

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