Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Personal Development

“Some of the feedback kept me up at night”

Eye-opening conversations about her management style pushed Sam Canham CMgr FCMI to work on her people skills

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Topic: Personal Development

Top marks: who’s in the running for Student of the Year?

We showcase the shortlist of five students who most impressed the judges

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Management Publication of the Year 2024

Shortlist Announced – Celebrating the best in groundbreaking business and management research

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Topic: Personal Development

“At times, I doubted my own skills… I overcame this by achieving Chartered Manager status”

Chartered Manager of the Week Dr Naznin Tabassum CMgr MCMI shares how becoming Chartered gave her the confidence to overcome

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Topic: Personal Development

“I thought my CV was amazing…”

University of Greenwich student Jail Anaur Chipantiza Guashpa explains the impact that a CMI Dual Accredited degree can make

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Topic: Personal Development

“Becoming Chartered propelled me to the top”

Harry Cassie CMgr FCMI’s tenacity saw him build a successful career in accountancy, taking him all the way to CFO

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Highlights – 30 October

Differences in the workplace – and how to make the most of them. Plus, will you opt for a ‘workcation’ this year?

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Topic: Productivity

Managing resources for sustainable growth in organisations

Leveraging tools, techniques and leadership skills to ensure the organisation’s long-term success

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Topic: Personal Development

Seven strategies to sustain ‘championing behaviour’ during organisational change

Ensuring employees become (and remain) enthusiastic and committed advocates for change

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Neurodivergence can be a superpower, if managers create the right conditions

Neurodivergence should be harnessed for its many benefits – which requires managers to create more balanced, open teams

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Topic: Personal Development

Training Provider of the Year: who made the shortlist?

The partners who are in the running for the 2024 Training Provider of the Year award

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Topic: Personal Development

Why logic alone doesn’t win arguments

Decision-making, which is never purely logical – it is also emotional and political

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