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CMI Highlights – 8 March 2023

Happy IWD! Plus, CMI research on salary raises and the importance of investing in management talent

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

How to balance team wellbeing and productivity? – Advice from the Experts

“Teams who feel safe and connected work better together,” says Mental Health First Aid England

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Four ways to turn tight labour markets to your advantage

Winning talent management strategies for consultants to help their client organisations tackle labour market shortages

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Topic: Employment Landscape

“The great unretirement”: enticing older workers

Despite being one of the most skilled groups, older workers are being neglected. Managers must challenge these ageist biases

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

The Leading Issue: Dame Sharon White

Explore what good leadership looks like and the progress that is still required for women within leadership.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Workplace adjustments: “Managers are loyal, ill-equipped, and overworked”

The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey results revealed. “When I relayed these findings, one manager cried with relief”

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Topic: Personal Development

Four things Happy Valley tells us about hierarchical leadership

Hierarchical management structures have their pros and cons, and Happy Valley did a pretty good job at demonstrating both

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Topic: Gender

The pandemic and the great leap backwards for gender equality

Hybrid work may turn out to be a giant leap backwards for gender equality unless we manage it well and #EmbraceEquity

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Topic: Gender

“Leader-full” leadership: Lessons from women in power

Author Arwa Mahdawi outlines a lesson she has learned from strong female leaders: empathy is essential

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Topic: Productivity

Managing Resources

Gain the tools and knowledge you need to effectively manage demands and maximise resources.

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Topic: Productivity

Spring Budget 2023; CMI Submission

Read CMI’s representation to the UK Government’s 2023 Spring Budget, outlining the need to tackle the UK’s management skills

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Topic: Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity in the workplace: Embracing the strengths of individuals

Discover the benefits of neurodiversity in the workplace and best practice to direct your approach to neuro-inclusion.

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