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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSun, 29 Jun 2008 16:18 BSTSat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:09 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/lucykellaway(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e869e52-445f-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e869e52-445f-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlI have just started a 24 hour low-tech vigil – sans PC and e-mail – to remind myself what life was like when windows were things that let the light in, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:18 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e46a57c0-4317-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e46a57c0-4317-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlI have on my team a talented woman whom I've rewarded with promotion and a bonus. She deserved it, but there is another fact: I find her very attractive. Lucy Kellaway respondsThu, 26 Jun 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31edc326-3eed-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31edc326-3eed-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac.htmlOne might think that the American purposeful complaint is better than pointless bellyaching, but in fact both can prove to be highly enjoyable, writes Lucy Kellaway Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfd28600-395f-11dd-90d7-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfd28600-395f-11dd-90d7-0000779fd2ac.htmlI have been out collecting a botanical array of dangerous workplace blooms, words that can spoil our day, our week – or our career, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:17 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33429de8-33dd-11dd-869b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33429de8-33dd-11dd-869b-0000779fd2ac.htmlBoth hairdressing and the army are unfashionably hierarchical professions, but their practitioners are amongst the happiest with their jobs, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/439a94fa-28f4-11dd-96ce-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/439a94fa-28f4-11dd-96ce-000077b07658.htmlI am running a competition in which a chief executive has to woo his customers with a letter. My finalists are Vikram Pandit and Johnnie Boden, writes Lucy Kellaway Fri, 23 May 2008 17:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1386860-2364-11dd-b214-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1386860-2364-11dd-b214-000077b07658.htmlBeing in love is like being on drugs. Do we let people who are off their heads on cocaine make important decisions? Of course not, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 18 May 2008 17:28 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71e71f02-1de3-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71e71f02-1de3-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlThe 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 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bd43878-1864-11dd-8c92-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bd43878-1864-11dd-8c92-0000779fd2ac.htmlEven 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 Sun, 4 May 2008 16:33 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7280eea-12f9-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7280eea-12f9-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.htmlIn 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 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:48 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31da5fbc-0d2d-11dd-b90a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31da5fbc-0d2d-11dd-b90a-0000779fd2ac.htmlInstead 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 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32493950-07dd-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32493950-07dd-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlAt 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.Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:13 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de5795a6-0261-11dd-9388-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de5795a6-0261-11dd-9388-000077b07658.htmlKnowing 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 Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51644de6-fcea-11dc-961e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51644de6-fcea-11dc-961e-000077b07658.htmlI have compiled a rot analysis of business talk, looking at phrases that mean the opposite of what they pretend to mean, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25428d82-f389-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25428d82-f389-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.htmlIt 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 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:04 GMT