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Lucy Kellaway is the FT’s management columnist. For the last ten years her weekly Monday column has poked fun at management fads and jargon and celebrated the ups and downs of office life.
In her 20 years at the FT Lucy has been energy correspondent, Brussels correspondent, a Lex writer, and an interviewer of business people and celebrities for the Lunch with the FT series. Prizes include Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards 2006, Industrial Society WorkWord Award (twice) and the Wincott Young Financial Journalist Award. Her book, Sense and Nonsense in the Office, was published by FT Prentice Hall in 1999. Martin Lukes: Who Moved My BlackBerry(TM) was published in 2005 by Penguin.
Born in London in 1959, Lucy graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She is married to David Goodhart, founder and editor of Prospect, the current affairs magazine. They have four children.
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Aim low to find meaning at work
The only answer to the growing problem of worker unhappiness is to stop trying to find a solution and get on with what you do, writes Lucy Kellaway
Decade’s spaced-out legacy in business
Even though in offices 1968 did not happen until about 1988, the ideas of the 1960s still affect how we behave and think at work, writes Lucy Kellaway
What if women ran the world?
In truth we don’t have the foggiest idea what life would be like if women ran the show. So far we have only isolated, untypical examples, writes Lucy Kellaway
Without losers, we wouldn’t have winners
Instead of pretending everything is a win and being deluded by win-win-win-win strategies, leaders need to get better about wining and losing, writes Lucy Kellaway
Give managers the ‘nanny test’
At least one person knows how to manage your household, writes Lucy Kellaway, but despite what you might think, it isn’t you. This could help your promotion chances.
On monetary matters, nuttiness kicks in
Knowing the difference between personal fiscal prudence and being a spendthrift is one thing. To keep a tight rein on your personal spending is another, writes Lucy Kellaway
Seven types of rot that appeal to big cheeses
I have compiled a rot analysis of business talk, looking at phrases that mean the opposite of what they pretend to mean, writes Lucy Kellaway
Trapped workers develop a line in doodling
It is wrong to see doodling as something to do when bored. Instead, it is what we do when we are forced to listen to someone else, writes Lucy Kellaway
Put an end to the trauma of the telephone
E-mail is much derided for interrupting our day’s work, but it is as nothing when compared to the noisy, intrusive, brutal phone, writes Lucy Kellaway
Green holiday that makes me see red
The National Trust gave its 5,000 employees a leap day holiday – but they had to spend time making their own homes more environmentally friendly, writes Lucy Kellaway
