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CMI Highlights – 14 February

Chartered Management Institute

We recently published our report on the Apprenticeship Levy 2.0, Towards Flexibility and Productivity ; ran a panel event, Shaping the Future of Apprenticeships ; and hosted a skills roundtable in Huddersfield, where West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin acknowledged the value of apprenticeships for career development. That work continues.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Watch the full webinar here: CMI Hong Kong AGM 2022 – chair’s report The CMI Hong Kong AGM took place in October; the chair, Dr. Paulina Chan CMgr CCMI, sent this report: The theme for the CMI HK Board in 2021–22 was collaborations with International Chambers of Commerce and professional societies.

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How to Overcome the 3 Organizational Barriers to Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

Given that I’ve been doing this for most of my career and have made developing great leaders a personal mission, I have to constantly remind myself that not every CEO or executive spends as much of their time immersed in leadership development as I do. In most cases, no, we turn to civil engineers. Do your homework and get some help.

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The Subtle Stressors Making Women Want to Leave Engineering

Harvard Business Review

Female retention in engineering remains a persistent problem. To build a deeper understanding of these experiences and how women deal with them, we interviewed and surveyed more than 330 engineers in the U.S. (43% 43% female, 57% male) from 2013-2017, and spoke with more than 20 female engineers at professional conferences in the U.S.

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The Complete Collection: 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work

Terry Starbucker

It is not a whole lot different when leaders have their meetings and outings, scurrying around making sure everyone had something to eat, making sure the room was the right temperature, double checking dinner reservations, herding everyone back in the conference room to keep on schedule, and acting as the host up at the podium. Several times.

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Uber and Other Tech Companies Could Make Simple Changes to Avoid Driving Away Their Female Engineers

Harvard Business Review

On February 19 former Uber employee Susan Fowler wrote an explosive blog post describing her time as an engineer at Uber. And it’s important to note that it isn’t only Uber that (allegedly) has a problem retaining and supporting female engineers. Her essay has received nationwide attention — and alarm.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

But without the backing of the great entrepreneur and gifted engineer George Westinghouse, Tesla’s revolutionary inventions would probably have come to nothing.” [3]. For example, Bezos has developed deep expertise in software engineering, robotics, information technology, devices (e.g., and we like to stick to our knitting.