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Topic: Workplace Culture

Beyond green thinking: how to embed sustainability in your strategy

Businesses that behave in an unsustainable way will soon face a licence-to-operate issue. Here’s some tested guidance

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Inclusion – who exactly are we trying to include and why?

One CMI Companion wants to open up the conversation about some of the other, less explored facets of diversity and inclusion

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Topic: Crisis Management

The ‘How To’ of Creative Problem Solving!

Creative problem thinking is a way of solving problems or identifying opportunities when conventional thinking has failed!

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Topic: Governance

Time to become an activist-manager…?

In the post-Covid era, managers must speak truth to power and stand up for those disadvantaged by old-school practices

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Topic: Governance

How to be a little less Trunchbull

Here’s a little snapshot into Captain Holt and Miss Trunchbull’s management styles

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Topic: Crisis Management

Return-to-work: the hows, the dos and the don’ts

As employers across the country work to get staff back to the workplace, we ask managers how they’re navigating the return

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Topic: Personal Development

‘Guerrilla networking’: how to build connections with style and speed

A self-taught guerrilla networker shares what he’s learned about building strong and lasting relationships on the go

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Organisational Intelligence in the Workplace

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Topic: Personal Development

My career: from accidental manager to business founder

My first management role was on team of seven – here’s my career-long story of on-the-job learning and development

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Topic: Crisis Management

The art of resilience-building during a pandemic

To build resilience, we must first understand that disruptive events don’t self-conclude – so neither should we

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Topic: Personal Development

Handling Imposter Feelings

Recognise and handle imposter feelings when they strike and learn tips to minimise the negative effects they can cause.

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

The five main causes of conflict in distributed teams – and how to manage them

What causes conflict in distributed teams and what steps should managers take to lead effectively?

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