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Topic: Personal Development

Could a coaching mindset help transform the ‘contract’ with employees?

Employees, especially younger ones, increasingly want their work to have value, meaning and purpose

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Are workcations the solution to burnout?

They can give employees much-needed space to think, but workcations come with a host of practical implications for managers

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Topic: Personal Development

HE Partner of the Year: who’s top of the class?

A look at the higher education institutions who made the shortlist for the 2024 CMI Awards of Excellence

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Topic: Personal Development

From hair salon to business consultant and MD

Professional accreditation (and even a doctorate) has been a big part of Robert Milford CMgr FCMI’s journey

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Topic: Personal Development

Chartered Manager of the Year: who made the shortlist?

Celebrating inspirational leaders who are making a mark on their teams, organisations and sectors

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Topic: Personal Development

You may not think you’re a role model, but you are…

Five managers share inspiring anecdotes about the power of role modelling

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Highlights – 16 October

Workers’ rights shake-up on the way – plus, management role models

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Topic: Personal Development

How to build a great mentoring relationship as a consultant

Setting clear objectives within a flexible structure (and making the time to talk) is part of the journey

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Topic: Flexibility

Would a four-day week really work?

Managers give their take on how a four-day working week could affect both staff and employers

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

Probation periods – they’re the real job interview

To make probation periods work, managers must have a clear plan, and offer real structure

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Topic: Personal Development

“You can’t do anything without your people”

Alastair Tawn CMgr FCMI discusses his passion for innovation and bringing the best of out his team

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Topic: Personal Development

Is “thought leadership” just the same as good leadership?

Is “thought leadership” anything new? And could the term have unintended, negative connotations?

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