Knowledge and Insights

Welcome to CMI’s knowledge and insights hub. Here you’ll find practical guidance and resources to help you with the challenges managers face on a daily basis.

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: Employment Landscape

Are you a supportive manager? You should be…

Research finds that the people most affected by the pandemic – young and low-skilled workers – are most in need of support

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Topic: Personal Development

Coaching or mentoring: what’s the difference?

Quite frequently the words ‘coaching’ and ‘mentoring’ are used as if they’re one and the same. They’re not.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Pivoting Passions in the Pandemic

How inspirational women have thrived and inspired others throughout COVID-19.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Building a Support Network

Hear from co-chairs of Mace’s Ethnic Diversity Inclusion Network who discussed the importance of building a support network.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Front of Mind: Be it – Positive Filters

Exploring simple strategies and techniques that can help you train your brain and create positive mental health routines.

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Topic: Communication

Guerilla Networking

Our expert speakers will explore and give you hints and tips on strategies to meaningful networking based on shared values.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

The state of the nation: mental health in decline

Kooth used their unique position to provide insights into the pandemic’s impact on mental wellbeing – here are their findings

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Topic: Personal Development

Pivoting in the pandemic: How inspirational women have thrived and inspired others throughout Covid-19

Meet the inspiring women who have started and expanded their own businesses during lockdown

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Topic: Workplace Culture

‘Toxic positivity’: it’s on the rise – and it’s dangerous

Managers who bang on about achievements and avoid ‘negative’ emotions can end up invalidating their people’s experiences

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Topic: Productivity

“You are either fighting or you’re not”

Chase Plastics has used the pandemic pause to re-examine every aspect of what it does – and turbo-charged its performance

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Be a big-picture leader: ten ideas that will shape tomorrow

We boiled down the 2021 CMI Management Book of the Year shortlist to these ten insights…

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Topic: Employability

Building Strong Foundations

As a manager, it’s never been more important to keep your skills current and up to date through CPD.

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