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    • Aug 25, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 107 EPISODES


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    Campaigning To Accelerate Gender Equality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 31:08


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Founding Partner & CEO of The Brooklyn Brothers and Women In Advertising & Communications President, Jackie Stevenson. Today CMI CEO, Ann Francke, and Jackie will be exploring campaigning for the UK government to reinstate Gender Pay Gap reporting and the work of WACL, the industry networking organisation that seeks to bring together the most senior female leaders in marketing and communications. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​​ Find out about Jackie & the work of WACL: https://mgrs.uk/3qt The latest on the Gender Pay Gap Reporting: https://mgrs.uk/3qu

    Chartership And Building Back Better

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 29:47


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Baback Yazdani, Executive Dean of The Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University, the UK's 4th largest business school. We will be exploring with Baback, the many benefits of personal development through Chartership and building back better with the Governments Help to Grow Initiative. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB More about the Help to Grow Initiative: https://mgrs.uk/3pB

    Shaping The Customer Experience Post - Covid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 29:48


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Jo Causon, strategic leader with over 20 years of experience within the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. Jo is the CEO at The Institute of Customer Service. We will be exploring: Shaping the customer experience post-Covid. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/3ed

    Chartered Management Consultant- Client Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 24:49


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by special guests, Patrick Dunne, award-winning author, Chair of Boardelta, ESSA & EY Foundation, Founder of Warwick in Africa and Trustee & Chair of the Oversight Board At CMI, and Gerry Pennell, Independent Advisor and Non-Executive, including a member of ChMC Client Panel. We will be exploring: The Chartered Management Consultant Client Panel. Find out more about CMI and the Chartered Management Consultant Award: https://mgrs.uk/3nU Hear from those who have been through the process & join us at our upcoming Chartered Management Consultant Masterclass: https://mgrs.uk/3nV

    Gender Equality And Why Men Win At Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 29:51


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Gill Whitty-Collins, Consultant, Board Member, Executive Coach, and Author of 'Why Men Win at Work'. We will be exploring with Gill, the contents of her latest publication and gender equality in the workplace. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​​ Find out more about Gill & the contents of 'Why Men Win at Work': https://mgrs.uk/3ni

    Squiggly Careers And Coaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 29:45


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Helen Tupper, Co-Founder, and CEO of Amazing If an award-winning career development company with the ambition to democratise career development. Helen also co-hosts one of the UK's no.1 careers podcast, Squiggly Careers, and is author of The Sunday Times Number One Business Bestseller 'The Squiggly Career'. We will be exploring Squiggly Careers and coaching. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/3ed

    Leaderbrand - A New Learning And Development Venture For Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 30:05


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Rita Clifton, Chairman & Portfolio Non-Executive Director, Speaker, Writer & Mentor. We will be exploring the work of a new learning and development venture for leaders. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/3ed

    The Impact Of The Prolonged Crisis On Charities, Management And Leadership Learnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 31:02


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Dalton Leong, Chief Executive, The Children's Trust, and Thomas Lawson, Chief Executive of Turn2Us. We will be exploring how the crisis has impacted charities, management, and leadership learnings. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/3ed

    The Work Foundation And How It Has Been Affected During COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 33:37


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Ben Harrison, Director at The Work Foundation a leading think tank for improving work in the UK, and Professor Angus Laing, Dean of Lancaster University Management School and Chair of the Work Foundation Advisory Board. We will be exploring: The Work Foundation and how it has been affected during Covid. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/3ed

    Business Today & Inspiring Better Futures

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 33:11


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Teddy Nyahasha, Chief Executive of OneFamily, an award-winning financial services company, & CMI Companion. We will be exploring how businesses are resetting using learnings from over the past year and working to inspire better futures. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/3ed

    Build Back Better- How Can We Help Women Progress Within Their Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 31:09


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Jo Moffatt, Practice Director at Atkins & Chartered Civil Engineer. Jo is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a qualified Executive Coach, experienced mentor, and CMI Companion. Today, we will be exploring how can we help women progress within their careers and what we can expect the return to work to look like. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​​​

    Women In Tech SEO

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 30:58


    In this podcast, we sat down with Areej, founder of the Women in Tech SEO community, a support network aimed for women in the Technical SEO field, to discuss, share and learn from one another.

    Chartership For Consultants

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 32:10


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by ChMC Oversight Board members; Gareth Rhys-Williams, Government Commercial Officer, Cabinet Office & Charles Newhouse, Global Consulting Director BAE Systems AI (Applied Intelligence). We will be discussing the entails of our brand new Chartered Management Consultant Award, in partnership with the Management Consultancies Association, ahead of the official launch later this month. Find out more about the Chartered Management Consultant award: https://mgrs.uk/39u

    University Education - How Can We Build Back Better?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 30:55


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by, Dilshad Sheikh, Dean of the Business Faculty at Arden University & CMI Regional Chair of the West Midlands and North West Board. We will be discussing how we can build back better within higher education. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​

    Career Pivots And Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Campaigning

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 34:36


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Jan Gooding, Executive Coach, with over 25 years of experience driving change in FTSE 100 companies, marketing consultancies, and within the charity sector. Jan will be sharing her experience of: Career Pivots and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Campaigning. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​​

    Reflecting on IWD 2021 with Anna Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 37:13


    This special Managing through Change episode focuses on achieving an equal future for women in leadership by choosing to challenge. Two leaders reflect on the conversations held on International Women’s Day by CMI and Allbright, and share practical advice for follow up action. Learn more: https://mgrs.uk/36r

    Education & Skills - How We Need To Change That

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 32:09


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Cindy Rampersaud, Top 100 BAME Inspirational Role Models 2020, Senior Vice President of BTEC & Apprenticeships at Pearson & Board Member of EMPower Involve. Cindy will be exploring how we need to change attitudes towards education and evolving skill requirements. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​​

    Born Digital- The Story Of A Distracted Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 33:19


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Bob Wigley, Author of 'Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation' and Chairman of UK Finance who will be exploring the need for society to reset its relationship with technology for the benefit of future generations. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​​ Find out more about Bob & the contents of Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation: https://mgrs.uk/355

    The Female Lead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 32:46


    The 'Entitlement Gap' - The Female Lead's Women at Work Research - Animation As we build up to International Women's Day, for this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by the Female Leader Founder, Edwina Dunn OBE, who will be sharing her personal story and the inspiring origin of the educational charity. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​ The 'Entitlement Gap' - The Female Lead's Women at Work Research - Animation: https://mgrs.uk/33B

    Road To Recovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 32:34


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by, Mike Clasper CBE, Chairman of Coats Group, SSP Group plc and Bioss. Previously Past President of the CMI and Chairman of Which. We will be discussing how to lead global businesses on the road to recovery by managing through uncertainty. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​

    Management And Leadership In Technical And Vocational Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 34:13


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by guest speaker, Dame Fiona Kendrick DBE, Chair of PwC Public Interest Board & Chair of NMITE, who will be discussing Management & Leadership in Technical & Vocational Education. Find out more about CMI and the community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB​

    Foundations For Positive And Sustainable Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 36:03


    For our latest Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by executive members of the Black FE Leadership Group, Robin Landman OBE, & Stella Ngozi Mbubaegbu CBE, who will be giving us an insight into the progressive work the group has been doing to address systemic racism in further education and to lay the foundations for positive and sustainable change. More about the group: https://mgrs.uk/307

    NAW2021 and The National Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 18:20


    In this episode, we sit down with Conservative MP for Northampton South, Andrew Lewer MP, Head of Apprenticeships and Early Careers at Travis Perkins Andy Rayner; and Level 3 Team Leader Apprentice at Wickes, Roman Bologan; for a chat about the impact apprenticeships are delivering for businesses across the country.

    NAW2021 Delivering for Learners & Local Businesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 17:35


    To mark this year's National Apprenticeship Week we sat down with Labour MP for Exeter, Ben Bradshaw and Director of Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement at Exeter College, Mike Blakeley to discuss the impact apprenticeships are delivering for learners and local businesses.

    NAW2021 x Rural Arts & Kevin Hollinrake MP

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 16:53


    In this episode, CEO of Rural Arts and Senior Leader Apprentice Max May, and Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton in North Yorkshire, Kevin Hollinrake, sat down with CMI’s Will Smith for a chat about the impact apprenticeships have delivered in the past year.

    Impact Of Apprenticeships

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 55:31


    National Apprenticeship Week brings together apprenticeship supporters from across the country, to help us discuss the impact of apprenticeships on individuals, employers and the economy we're delighted to welcome four leaders from government, business and education. Find out more about the impact of apprenticeships: https://mgrs.uk/2YZ

    The Changing Landscape Of Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 32:36


    How will we set learners up with the skills to thrive in the workforce of the future? Joining us for this Week's Better Managers Briefing is Professor Tim Stewart, Vice-Chancellor of BPP University & Paul Geddes, Chief Executive of QA and previously CEO of Direct Line Group. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Management & Leadership Trends In Covid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 32:15


    The landscape of the workplace will not look the same in every country or industry, but for many managers, 2021 might present both challenges and opportunities. To help us unpack the trends we're expecting this year, we're joined by Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Past President CMI, Chair Lloyd’s. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Health Service Leadership in 2021 - Leading in the eye of the storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 32:20


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, Health Service Leadership in 2021- Leading in the eye of the storm, with special guest, Karamjit Singh, chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Key Behaviours For Managers And Leaders In 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 29:50


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by award-winning author Kevin Murray, CMI Companion who has spent a lifetime in leadership as well as being an author of 4 business books and a crime novel. We will be discussing future topics they see as critical in management and leadership. Kevin Murray’s guide on Charismatic Leadership, 20% discount for viewers if you use the code CMI20 at checkout. https://mgrs.uk/2Vn Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Critical Topics in Management and Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 34:19


    For this week's Better Managers Briefing, we are joined by Professor John Board, Dean of the Henley Business School and Delroy Beverley, Managing Director for York NHS and a member of the University of Huddersfield’s Governing Council.

    Managing And Leading Across The Civil Service In The Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 36:50


    To unpack the impact of Covid-19 in Government, Rupert McNeil, Government Chief People Officer, Cabinet Office join us for our #BetterManagers Briefing. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    The Ever - Changing University Landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 39:19


    What steps can the HE sector take to reskill and upskill the UK workforce to support economic recovery and sustainable growth heading into 2021? Our #BetterManagers Briefing with Steve Galliford, Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Coventry University and Professor Jane Turner OBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Teeside University. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    New Opportunities And Approaches To Healthcare, Including Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 32:00


    Our weekly #BetterManagers Briefing with Kate Newhouse COO of UK's largest digital mental health provider Kooth plc and Jo Owen, award-winning author and keynote speaker on leadership and mindset of success. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Future Leaders Podcast Episode 13 With Ama Afrifa Tchie

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 39:29


    We're back with another episode of our Future Leaders podcast and this time picking up from where we left off with Ama Afrifa Tchie, Head of Culture and Wellbeing, MHFA. https://mgrs.uk/2NQ

    Management Transformed: The Future Of Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 33:40


    What will post-pandemic work look like and how do we build it? Joining us this week for the #BetterManagers Briefing is Andrew Hill, associate editor and the management editor of the Financial Times. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    New Opportunities And Approaches To Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 32:44


    Joining us this week for the #BetterManagers Briefing is Andrew Hill, associate editor and the management editor of the Financial Times. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Challenges of Running a Global Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 31:45


    The latest podcast recording of our #BetterManagers Briefing with Salman Amin, CEO of Pladis Global, the global snacking company behind iconic brands including McVitie's, GODIVA and Ulker. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    Future Leaders Podcast Episode 12 With Ama Afrifa Tchie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 25:17


    To mark the relaunch of CMI Race and Mental Health First Aid England's campaign 'My Whole Self', we caught up with Ama Afrifa-Tchie, Head of Culture and Wellbeing at MHFAE to explore her 'squiggly' career journey and to unpack the important themes and topics from the latest guidance, 'Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of People of Colour and Black people'.

    Women on Boards and in Leadership: Do Targets Work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 33:27


    To discuss this year's findings are Professor Susan Vinnicombe, Cranfield University School of Management & Dr Elena Doldor, Reader in Organisational Behaviour, Queen Mary University, co-author of the Female FTSE Board Report. Find out more about CMI and community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/BMB

    The IIP Platinum Accreditation - CMI

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 32:08


    The IIP Platinum accreditation is the highest accolade that can be achieved against the Investors in People Standard and is currently held by only 1% of IIP accredited organisations. Here to discuss CMI's latest achievement with Ann Francke is Paul Devoy, Chief Executive, Investors in People.

    Managers And Leaders Emerging Post Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 32:27


    Our latest #BetterManagers Briefing with Gold Medal Winner Dave Roberts, Chair of Nationwide, Vice-Chair of the NHS and Chair of Beazley. If you work in the public sector or new to CMI, you can join our community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/2EW

    Frontline Managers And Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 33:33


    Our latest #BetterManagers Briefing with Paul Griffiths the President of the Police Superintendents Association. If you work in the public sector or new to CMI, you can join our community of managers and leaders: https://mgrs.uk/2EW

    Corporate Reputations

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 34:25


    Our #BetterManagers Briefing with Jane Wakely, Lead CMO at Mars and Sandra Macleod, Group CEO at Echo Research. Find out how more about Management Direct and how to join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2CP

    Challenges In The Creative And Cultural Sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 31:03


    Joining us this week for the #BetterManagers Briefing are Terry Corby, Chief Commercial Officer, Creative England and Neil Constable, Chief Executive, Shakespeare’s Globe. Find out how more about Management Direct and how to join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2CP

    Tackling Inequalities In Employment Post - Covid

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 36:39


    The pandemic has created a chance to tackle some of the biggest challenges we face in the workplace, so where do we begin? For this week's podcast edition of the #BetterManagers Briefing, we have Sally Penni CCMI, Barrister & Founder of Women in the Law UK and Dame Moya Greene DBE, former CEO of Royal Mail. Find out how more about Management Direct and how to join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2CP

    Workplace Disruption and the Impact on Future Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 13:43


    To explore the topic of workplace disruption pre-, during and post-COVID-19 and what this might mean for future leaders is Cindy Rampersaud, Senior Vice President for BTECs and Apprenticeships at Pearson. Find out how more about Management Direct and how to join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2CP

    How Businesses Are Responding

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 31:21


    The pandemic has caught the global economy and businesses largely off-guard, so how are businesses coping with the paradigm shift caused by Covid-19? This week's podcast edition of the #BetterManagers Briefing with Adam Marshall, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce. Join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2Ah

    Change In The Finance Sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 32:55


    How the finance sector might need to change post - COVID and what could be done to make it more inclusive. Our latest podcast edition of the #BetterManagers Briefing with Melanie Richards CBE, Deputy Chair, KPMG and Janet Thomas, Managing Director, Infinity Capital Partners. Join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2Ah

    Future Leaders & Digital Skills

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 11:59


    We're back! This time to discuss why it seems like there's a sudden emphasis on digital skills and training across all sectors. Is now the time to embrace the upskilling? Check out the following: Gillian Keegan MP Podcast - mgrs.uk/2Aj Sherry Coutu Webinar -mgrs.uk/2Ak BEIS & E Nation initiative - mgrs.uk/2Al

    Challenges And Opportunities For Students And Learners

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 33:37


    With every crisis comes deep challenges and opportunities for transformation, but how will this impact students and learners? From our latest #BetterManagers Briefing with Sean Williams, CEO, Corndel and Professor Jane Harrington, Vice-Chancellor, University of Greenwich. Join the CMI community: https://mgrs.uk/2Ai

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