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CMI Highlights – 14 February

Chartered Management Institute

This week, articles in Forbes Poland and Fortune China referenced CMI findings that 82% of managers who enter management positions have not had the relevant training. Management apprenticeships offer a powerful way to prepare managers. It’s not just individuals who benefit. Play clip ]. Why not share it.

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Diversity and Inclusion – Two Very Different Concepts

Great Leadership By Dan

You need to de-bias the systems that run the organisation, such as recruitment, pay, procurement, talent management and marketing. Whilst both are important, leadership is the cornerstone, without which all the diversity initiatives in the world will be in vain. And you need to lead inclusively.

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36 Lessons for Business & Life from Trillion Dollar Coach Bill Campbell

Leading Blog

He helped to build some of Silicon Valley’s greatest companies including Google, Apple, and Intuit and to create over a trillion dollars in market value. The best coach for any team is the manager who leads that team. Being a good coach is essential to being a good manager and leader. Manage the Aberrant Genius.

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Why You Should Care About The Revenue Forecast

The Idolbuster

I heard a cautionary tale from “George” the former VP of marketing at a mid-sized biotechnology company about how a bogus forecast helped propagate a disaster. Marketing then back calculated the number of units, service contracts, and consumables that would need to be sold to make the forecast. Bad management? Sounds like it.

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10 Common Thinking Errors Leaders Make

Mark Sanborn

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking.

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You Don’t Need to Adopt Holacracy to Get Some of Its Benefits

Harvard Business Review

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Today, a few organizations – like Medium, David Allen Consultants, and Zappos – are adopting a radically different, approach to management: holacracy. If these two diverge too much, then management loses legitimacy and trust.

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People Suffer at Work When They Can’t Discuss the Racial Bias They Face Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

To drive home the urgency, the coalition’s website, CEOAction.com , directs visitors to research showing that diverse teams and inclusive leaders unleash innovation, eradicate groupthink, and spur market growth. But as Tim Ryan, U.S.

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