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Topic: Personal Development

Survival skills for Accidental Project Managers

This project management expert from CMI Malaysia channels his inner Bear Grylls with his top three survival tips for PMs

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Topic: Personal Development

These are the most exciting ideas in leadership today: Part 4

Leadership success is about having, and embracing, different perspectives. Check out these from the 2022 CMI MBOTY longlist

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Topic: Workplace Culture

This hospitality company has halved its post-Covid vacancies – how?

To reduce staff turnover, this hospitality manager decided that sometimes you need to forgo the ‘sensible’ decision

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Topic: Workplace Culture

What real firefighting can teach you about crisis leadership

“Then they stopped calling for help.” This firefighter has some expert insight for managers on how to lead through a crisis

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Topic: Governance

Embedding Sustainability Principles into your Consultancy Practice

Learn about the concepts of sustainability and what they mean for your business.

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Topic: Change Management

Managing Change: No Dramas Please

The art of forming high-performance teams in film, theatre and TV. ‘Show Business’ really does mean business.

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Topic: Productivity

Followership: The Critical Basis for Team Success

What is ‘followership’ and how does it determine your team’s performance?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Actions from The Everyone Economy: be the manager who makes a difference

Inclusivity boosts performance and it’s up to individual managers to roll out the action plan. Make your pledge today

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Topic: Personal Development

“You don’t know what you don’t know”

In the current climate of shockwaves, the intervention of Chartered Management Consultants can be transformational

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Topic: Employment Landscape

How to survive in the exponential age

Meet Sid Karunaratne. He automated his own job – and boosted opportunities

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Topic: Personal Development

These are the most exciting ideas in leadership today: Part 3

Leadership success is about having, and embracing, different perspectives. Check out these from the 2022 CMI MBOTY longlist

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Topic: Personal Development

Closing the workplace motivation gap

Motivating employees is an age-old problem for managers. In a post-Covid world, might providing purpose be the answer?

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