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: Communication

Effective Communication

Are you communicating effectively? Understand how you can improve your communication to achieve the results you need.

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Topic: Personal Development

Your guide to Mentoring

Learn more about the CMI mentoring programme and how it will give you the confidence to take that next step in your career.

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Topic: Governance

CMI’s 2021 Budget Submission

CMI publishes its priorities ahead of the 2021 Budget

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Topic: Flexibility

Making Decisions Based on Customer Insight

Hear from Robin Birn, renowned author of several books on Market Research and Customer Insight.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Leading in the eye of the storm

Frontline health services have borne the brunt of the pandemic, so how have leaders been keeping staff safe?

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Topic: Personal Development

Kindness, courage, and a good sense of humour: watchwords for 2021

What Emma and other CMI members and managers are planning to do differently in the year ahead

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Topic: Personal Development

Transformers: 10 leadership role models for a post-COVID world

We think these activists, entrepreneurs and politicians are reshaping the very idea of leadership. But what do you think…?

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Topic: Personal Development

How to create an ambitious personal development plan

A personal development plan can be useful for anyone pursuing leadership and management roles

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

From the MOBOs to MOBOLISE: what Kanya King’s doing about racial equality at work

The founder of the MOBO awards has turned her attention to workplace racial equality – we’ve got an exclusive interview

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Front of Mind – Protect your positive mental health

Learn and practice simple strategies / techniques that can help you build and protect your positive mental health.

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Topic: Governance

Key behaviours for managers and leaders in 2021

It may not have been written into their job description, but managers have a vital role to play in the pandemic

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Topic: Governance

Lord Mark Price: my management principles

Lord Mark Price shares the experiences that shaped his management, and the leadership qualities you’ll need in the year ahead

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Influencing Management Practice

CMI’s mission is to increase the number and standard of professionally qualified managers. One way we deliver on this mission is to create industry-leading insights and resources, and make them accessible to the widest possible audience.

Within the knowledge and insights hub you’ll find resources which provide immediate guidance on the issues managers face everyday, and insights from inspiring leaders innovating in every sector and industry.

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Our research is helping managers understand what they can do to improve performance and productivity.

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