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Richard Donkin writes two columns for the FT: a weekly column on recruitment and employment that he has written since 1994 and the monthly FT fishing column that appears in the Weekend section.
Richard joined the FT in 1987 after he was named Provincial Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He was a member of the FT team named Reporter of the Year in the 1991 British Press Awards for its work on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. He has also undertaken travel writing assignments for the newspaper, including a voyage around Cape Horn in 1997 and a climb of Aconcagua in Argentina in 2002.
His history of work, Blood, Sweat and Tears, The Evolution of Work, was published by Texere in the UK and US in 2001 and featured in a recent BBC Radio Four Series, This Workaday World.
Richard left the newspaper in 2001 and now works as an independent writer and commentator, speaking and lecturing regularly on employment and management issues. He is married with three children and lives in Woking. He can be contacted through his web site: richarddonkin.com. - -
The Salcombe yawl
Stepping on the boat, with its distinctive mizzen mast and sail, lets Richard Donkin savour a hint of nostalgia for a gentler age
We still struggle to achieve the right balance
One of Toyota's leading engineers has died of overwork, aged 45, according to a Japanese labour bureau ruling reported by the Associated Press last week
Sometimes cash rewards are not up to the task
Too often, employers misunderstand the nature of motivation. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the context of pay structures
Rational choice: follow Einstein or wear a tie?
What's in a tie, you might ask? The answer, quite simply, is a perception of greater job security or at least the belief that smartening your appearance around the office sends the right signals about your commitment to the job.
Employers must test the strength of weak ties
I met an old friend the other day and we spent some time reminiscing over our school days. He reminded me about the poor careers advice we received more than thirty years ago
A message for the sharp-suited philanthropists
It is some time since I last read Robert Noonan's classic story of working life, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists , so I made sure I caught the first episode in a new dramatisation of the book on BBC Radio Four at the weekend
Sailing
Ocean-racing skipper Sam Davies is set to challenge the men in the Vendee Globe
Sex, transparency and fairness on salary rates
The Italian government created uproar last week when it published online the individual declared earnings of everyone in the working population
A healthy workforce means healthy profits
As a child, before reaching the rebellious teen years, I used to swim competitively. I was never the best in my team, partly, I suspect, because I never gave everything in a race
It is worthwhile teaching old fish new tricks
Some of my best times have been spent in fishing huts. Feeding a small stove with wood, enjoying simple food and taking the odd dram of malt with a few friends is the perfect environment for putting the world to rights
