Flexible working makes good business sense. If implemented well, it can boost the attraction, retention, progression, and well-being of people.
Flexible Working Guidance
As part of the Government's Flexible Working Taskforce, we’re joining Working Families to ask employers to use the Happy to Talk Flexible Working strapline and logo when recruiting.
Champion Flexible Working
As a leader you should embrace Flexible Working - flexible working is good for people, for business, and for the economy. Even small degrees of flexibility increase your chances of attracting and retaining a diverse talent pool.
Resources and Articles
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Topic: Crisis Management
Better Managers Roadmap
The Better Managers Roadmap will help you navigate through for a successful return to the workplace with resources, top tips.
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Topic: Employment Landscape
What you think about WFH, flexible and hybrid working: the results are in
We’ve been tracking how managers feel about work, job satisfaction and hybrid working – the results reveal a new agenda item
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Topic: Flexibility
Thank God it’s Thursday! Busting the myths about the four-day week
As managers navigate returning to work post-Covid, we bust five myths about the four-day week
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Topic: Crisis Management
Deep Dive: The hidden problems of flexible work – and how to avoid them post-Covid
With the vaccination program steadily expanding and the end of lockdown on the horizon we ask: what’s next?
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Topic: Workplace Culture
Deep dive: Seven rules for ‘hybrid’ remote and office working
When we do finally return to workplaces and offices, managers and leaders should learn these effective lessons
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Topic: Workplace Culture
Covid-19 may achieve the impossible: it might make us fall back in love with the office
Managing remote workforces comes with challenges and upsides – but is a surprising outcome that we appreciate the office?
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Topic: Flexibility
When Microsoft changed its leadership culture
The fascinating transition from Steve Ballmer’s high-octane leadership style to Satya Nadella’s partnership-cent
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Topic: Flexibility
Deep Dive: A Virtual Leadership Masterclass
Adopt these five proven traits to overcome remote working challenges!
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Topic: Flexibility
Overcoming the big five challenges of managing remote teams
Remote work is only an obstacle when seeing it the wrong way. Here’s a few ways you can make it work for you, not against you
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Topic: Flexibility
Digital, flexible, staggered: the inside story of the new workplace
Companies everywhere are reviewing their flexible working policies as they grapple with the new normal. We spoke to Buzzfeed
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Topic: Flexibility
Lessons in crisis management: don’t follow the herd
“I actively try not to make decisions based on what others were doing”. How experienced leaders confront a crisis situation
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Topic: Flexibility
Should flexible working be a day-one right?
For years, CMI has made the case for flexible working in the UK to be more widely adopted. Now’s the time for real action
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