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Topic: Personal Development

“I’ve spent a lifetime figuring out how to be a good leader”

Robert Ordever, former HR leader at Harrods and Fulham FC, shares his career journey and his advice for managers

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Are you going permanently hybrid? Don’t forget these six things

Going hybrid or fully remote might attract more candidates – but you can’t make the switch without covering these key aspects

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Topic: Employability

Unlocking the future: Three reasons to invest in a senior leader apprenticeship

I’m training the next generation of leaders to thrive in the post-Covid workplace, and I’m convinced apprenticeships are key

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Topic: Change Management

Balancing Responsibilities in a Hybrid World

Discuss the challenges faced and overcome in relation to hybrid working.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The 9 skills and mindsets that future leaders need

CMI’s Management Book of the Year, The Future Leader: 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade, illuminates how to

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Topic: Personal Development

Want to retain your best talent? Give them learning days

Continuous professional development is top of employees’ wishlists. Here’s how the most innovative employers are competing in

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Loneliness: It’s more than just being alone

What is loneliness, how does this present with students and what can you do to help yourself and others?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Educate and Empower: Addressing the Gender Pay Gap

Explore the causes and implications of the Gender Pay Gap and what businesses are doing to address the issue.

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Topic: Governance

Boost your Business through help to grow

Learn more about the Help to Grow scheme.

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Topic: Personal Development

Leadership lessons from cricket’s racism scandal, or: how not to handle workplace racism

The case of Azeem Rafiq shows how much further we have to go to tackle workplace racism. These are five lessons for leaders

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Topic: Governance

How to rate your boss (and yourself)

When leaders break the rules (yes, also Covid rules), they lose trust. And trust, like a broken vase, is very hard to mend

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Topic: Personal Development

Pivoting at pace: The secrets of building personal agility at work

Now is a great time to become a bit more agile. Here’s how to become someone who can remain in control while moving at pace

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