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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How to Spot Racism in the Workplace

Following the terrible stabbing of supply teacher Vincent Uzomah, we examine how managers can spot the signs of racism and

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Topic: Employability

Liar liar: how to spot those interview fibs

How much deception is there in the traditional selection process?
How much impression management is there?

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Topic: Personal Development

Are We Seeing the End of Appraisals?

Accenture Has Officially Joined the Likes of Microsoft and Gap in Ditching the “Bell Curve” Process of Rating Its Employees.

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Topic: Personal Development

Adapting your management skills to suit different roles

Major Oli Morgan has managed in a wealth of different environments. He exclusively tells insights how he adapts his methods.

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

Three Proven Techniques for Managing Difficult Conversations

Research Shows That Brits Are Not Used To Dealing With Difficult Conversations

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

The best strategies for difficult workplace conversations

CMI’s own Petra Wilton says managers need to remember to T.A.L.K. when approaching that worrying difficult conversation

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Topic: Employability

Employers need older workers to fill skills gap

Ageing population and a decline in the number of young people leaving education, firms will need to look to the over-50’s.

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Topic: Productivity

How Employees Go From Engaged to Disenchanted in 5 Steps

A fully engaged employee can help drive a business forward, but when bad management starts to turn workers against the compan

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Topic: Productivity

The 5 Greatest Examples of Change Management in Business History

The need for decisiveness and communication, the inevitable disruption, and why you’ll probably need to break down ‘old ways’

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Topic: Productivity

Meet Britain’s Most Highly Motivated Companies

New Research From CMI Reveals How Much Giving Ownership to Employees Can Improve Business and Individual Performance

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Topic: Productivity

How to ensure workforce training delivers for your enterprise

Setting staff up with a personal development plan is all well and good but you have to create a system that makes it work.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

A definitive guide to poaching staff for bosses and employees

It is a dangerous misconception that swooping on staffers at rival organisations has no legal consequences.

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