Knowledge and Insights

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The hub is also home to our cutting-edge research and policy work, keeping you at the forefront of the discussions happening in the management profession.

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Topic: Governance

Are you ready for a four-day work week?

More and more companies are adopting or piloting a four-day working week for the same pay. Can it work? And if so, how?

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Low mood and the January blues

While we know Blue Monday is a myth, it’s true that many of us struggle with our mental wellbeing through the winter months

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Levelling Up – mind the productivity gap

Investing in management and leadership will be critical to the UK’s economic recovery.

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Topic: Personal Development

Mentoring and coaching in the new normal

Reverse mentoring, team coaching, remote mentoring: How to help your employees develop in the post-pandemic workplace

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Topic: Socio-economic

Why class still matters – and how to counter this

Learn how managers can engage and recruit more people from all socio-economic backgrounds – and what the Olympics did right

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Topic: Personal Development

A day in the life of Harvey Morton: digital entrepreneur

Harvey started his first business at 13. Resilience got him through, and today he runs a successful digital marketing agency

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Topic: Personal Development

New year, new skills

Managers need these three skills in 2022 to be ready for a new world of hybrid work, autonomy and accountability

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Topic: Personal Development

How to use humour as a manager

Every manager needs humour in their toolbox. From team bonding to defusing failure, this is how to bring out your funny side

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Topic: Personal Development

Make your remote appraisals, onboarding and offboarding a success

These are routine tasks usually done face to face, but they’re much tougher virtually. Learn how to make them work remotely

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How dyslexia became my management superpower

Once Luke Birkett CMgr MCMI was ashamed of his dyslexia. Now he believes it boosts his leadership abilities

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Putra Business School

We spoke to Putra Business School about their partnership with CMI and the benefit they are seeing for their learners.

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CMI Highlights 2021

What’s been going on at CMI? Here is CMI’s news, events, updates from 2021 – all in one easy-to-find location

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