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Topic: Difficult Conversations

The core principles of good negotiation

How do you negotiate well? David McLaughlin, ChMC assessment manager at CMI, shares some fundamentals of negotiation

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Topic: Crisis Management

Digital leadership and flattened hierarchies: How Covid-19 reshaped one NHS trust

The story of how Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust met the clinical, digital and leadership challenges of Covid-19

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Topic: Crisis Management

“We must resist the temptation to return to business as usual”

The Covid-19 disruption is nothing compared to the widespread upheaval we can anticipate if global heating goes unchecked

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Do you have a respect problem?

Do your team respect you? Do you respect them? Do you call out disrespectful behaviour when you see it?

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Where to Find Support if You Feel Unable to Approach Your Manager

Not everyone will feel comfortable opening up to their manager about mental health and wellbeing issues at work.

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Topic: Flexibility

Long Read: How innovation works in Japan’s #1 internet firm

Fergal Downey, innovation guru at Japanese internet giant Rakuten, on how to enable innovation at incredible speed

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Topic: Crisis Management

Challenges and opportunities for students and learners

Every economic crisis brings deep challenges and opportunities for change – what does this look like for those in education?

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Topic: Crisis Management

The leadership we’ll need as we reopen Britain post-Covid

More than four months since the beginning of lockdown and the onus is now on getting back to work.

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Topic: Flexibility

Accruing annual leave: the rules and advice

Annual leave entitlements are still proving a headache for managers months into the pandemic. What are the actual rules?

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Topic: Governance

Do you have an authenticity gap?

You are honest and have integrity – no doubt. What you have to address are the inconsistencies that make you appear dishonest

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Topic: Employment Landscape

What sectors are still hiring?

As the UK moves toward a recession, which sectors are still going strong?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Home Working Flexitime Job Sharing Which Works Best

Should you have fixed ‘office days’? How about sharing your job with someone else? Or flexible hours, even.

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