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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comSun, 20 Jul 2008 17:28 BSTFri, 25 Jul 2008 04:46:48 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/0/9788238e-54dc-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9788238e-54dc-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlFor a capitalist economy to work, we all need to believe that more money is better than less money, and that a pay rise is a good thing,writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:28 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efc9ae4a-4f65-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efc9ae4a-4f65-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlLord King's photographs were trying to tell me he was important; instead they said that he was a namedropper and general pain in the backside, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:55 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3cac0a6-4a0b-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3cac0a6-4a0b-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlAlmost half of the chiefs of Britain's biggest companies have gained awards in the field of sport – twice as many as have any academic trophies, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:25 BSThttp://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 BST