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Can professional education and qualifications help to prepare leaders and managers to deal with crisis points?…

In this article we explore how you might achieve the best professional qualifications to help your career transition. There are two compelling reasons for achieving a professional qualification: (1) Gain a competitive edge in recruitment and selection processes. You will already have great experience from your military career. Now you’ll have the powerful combination of experience AND a qualification. (2) It is a ‘double win’. Firstly it demonstrates your commitment to continuing professional development and learning. This tells recruiters you are a person who seeks to be the best you can be. Secondly it provides credibility and shows you are serious about professionalism.…

Are you an accidental manager? Are you one of the managers stifling UK productivity? Is your inadequate knowledge and underdeveloped skills behind the economy's slow growth? “CMI has been warning of the danger of accidental managers for years, and its research has estimated that as many as four out of five managers are accidental managers – that’s equivalent to 2.4 million bosses without adequate training not performing to their best.”…

There are never any guarantees in life and to a point, tomorrow is always uncertain but what we are experiencing right now is another level of uncertainty. Continuous development and investment in your management and leadership skills is absolutely paramount right now.…

Are you noticing moment of judgement in your coaching and if so, what do you do next? In this article Clare Smale offers some practical advice to support a non-judgemental approach to coaching.…

Businesses are the backbone of our economy. They provide us with products, services, employment and innovation. Managing one of these businesses can be a profitable and gratifying career but it is easier said than done.…

The CMI Professional Standard sets out best practice in management and leadership. The Standard defines the key competence areas for professional managers at every stage of their career and sets out best practice in management and leadership.…

Any workplace coaching programme will be competing for resources and energy. Start with the most important things first, build capacity and expertise slowly and get the basics right. …

According to the CMI Lifelong Learning discussion paper “simply to remain employed will require engaging in lifelong learning and regular re-skilling". I’m sure by now, this isn’t news to anyone, but choosing the most effective learning journey for your lifelong learning can be challenging…

Everyone has the capacity to become a leader but only a few can become a great one. Whether you are managing a group of staff members to grow your business or have led your way up the corporate ladder, the path to good leadership is known to be a very difficult one.…