Features and Longer Reads

Looking for a deeper dive into a particular subject? Check out our longer articles for a more extensive read.

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When you’ve got a bit more time on your hands, check out CMI’s features and longer reads.

Still full of practical advice and cutting edge insight, these pieces are a little more detailed and will allow you to immerse yourself in one particular topic or theme.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Why shared parental leave matters (and how to make it work)

Boosting the popularity of shared parental leave benefits everyone in the workplace – not just women

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Topic: Support and Wellbeing

Loneliness – a new management phenomenon

New CMI research finds more than half of UK managers struggle with loneliness. Here’s how make remote work less isolating

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Topic: Personal Development

How to network when there’s a power imbalance

The network gap is preventing everyone from reaping the benefits that strong networks provide. How can we close it?

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Topic: Trust

Leading with integrity: lessons from Britain’s Most Admired Companies

We speak to top UK leaders on living your principles, ethical dilemmas and the small actions that make a difference

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The slippery slope: Understanding ethics in management

Take a deep dive into some tips and tools to help you lead with integrity

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

Starter for ten: the manager’s guide to whistleblowing

To create an inclusive culture where people can speak up, normalise having difficult conversations and focus on listening

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Pay transparency: Should we be talking about salaries?

Finding out your coworker takes home more than you can be extremely demoralising. Can more transparency encourage change?

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Topic: Change Management

Sustainability: You’re never too junior to make a difference

You don’t have to own a company to make an impact. Get inspired by these intrapreneurial stories

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Topic: Crisis Management

The Last of Us: ethical leadership lessons from a killer fungus apocalypse

Would you “kill” one person to save a group of others? The show explored (some) ethically grey decisions that managers face

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Topic: Personal Development

Green skills: what are they and why managers need to acquire them now

In many ways, green skills are management skills. But managers and leaders need to make a firm commitment to acquiring them

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Topic: Support and Wellbeing

How to stomp the Sunday Scaries out of your team

The Monday blues can be a sign of serious cultural issues – and can have a devastating impact on retention and productivity

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Topic: Flexibility

Night owls vs morning larks: Is the 9–5 outdated?

What if there was a better way to structure the working day – based on employees’ own body clocks…

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