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Topic: Personal Development

“Leading by example” as a woman in military defence engineering

Meet our Chartered Manager of the Week, Flavia Popescu CMgr FCMI

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How degree apprenticeships at Teesside University are enhancing NHS leadership

How degree apprenticeships equip leaders with skills to improve patient care, staff satisfaction and organisational outcomes

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From soldier to strategic leader: how a degree apprenticeship transformed Matt’s career

How former Grenadier Guard Matt Deeks CMgr MCMI gained strategic skills and confidence through a CMDA

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How Marvin found leadership confidence through an SLA

The Senior Leader Apprenticeship provided credibility and foundational skills, says NHS manager Marvin

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University of Worcester

Dr Scott Andrews, Head of Worcester Business School and his MBA students share how CMI Dual Accreditation has benefited them

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“I’d like to serve as a board member in Nigeria… CMI can help me achieve this”

Discovering CMI has sent finance professional Solomon Siyanbade CMgr MCMI on a journey of personal development

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Always think ‘we’ rather than ‘I’, says our Chartered Manager of the Week

How CMI helped Yong Kok Fei CMgr FCMI make the challenging transition to managing a remote team

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How I created a leadership development programme based on CMI principles

How Simon Takel CMgr FCMI created a leadership development programme that is having a big impact at Exeter College

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Helping L&D teams connect the dots as strategic business partners

Helen Marshall shares why the learning never stops, even for chief learning officers

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Highlights – 11 December

Snakes and career ladders: good management is the antidote to poison, both real and figurative…

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Research into social enterprise and innovation celebrated by Management Publication of the Year 2024

Two books by business school academics made the shortlist in this category

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How NHS manager Sarah boosted her confidence with a CMDA

“I always had a bit of imposter syndrome,” says Sarah, who is cancer performance manager at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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