http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/lucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/lucykellawayFT.com - Lucy Kellawayen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:37:16 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:52 +0000Newspapers60http://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://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/46a8de6e-d0a4-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/46a8de6e-d0a4-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlThe bear market in bull may be over but the bear market in courage is not. Fear and paranoia are even more a part of corporate life, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:37:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5601b4fa-cb34-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5601b4fa-cb34-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlTo allow husbands and wives to co-work strikes me as a bad idea financially, socially, practically and emotionally, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:46:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/748aba0c-c715-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/748aba0c-c715-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.htmlWork is a bit like taking exercise. It can be boring and stressful while you are doing it but it is preferable to not working, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:02:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b637cde4-baa1-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b637cde4-baa1-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlChilling is seen by today's children as the natural order of things. However, taking it easy in the office is not a good idea, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:23:46 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a11a2ca-b4f4-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a11a2ca-b4f4-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlA search for the sacrosanct subjects of the workplace was almost fruitless as most of the old strictures at work are on the way out, but there are still some no-go areas, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:31:15 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ea2ac10-af97-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ea2ac10-af97-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.htmlGordon Brown's questioning over whether he takes pills to cope with the pressure reveals the new taboo in the workplace, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:19:19 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/563e21e0-abab-11de-9be4-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=cb62888c-0730-11de-9294-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/563e21e0-abab-11de-9be4-00144feabdc0.htmlAnna Wintour's longevity in the fashion industry and hard-nosed approach provide a useful model for women executives, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:11:11 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8bbd33e-a485-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8bbd33e-a485-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.htmlWith their ruthlessness and brilliance at managing cash flow, hustlers such as the reformed 50 Cent can provide useful lessons to executives, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:16:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/89ae846e-9f19-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89ae846e-9f19-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.htmlFor one day in September, several thousand of the unemployed will make their way into UK workplaces. Most will have exceptionally low IQs and will be capable of following only the simplest instructions. The occasion is Take Your Dogs to Work Day, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:07:44 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb8506f6-9e60-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb8506f6-9e60-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.htmlLucy Kellaway rummages around the bestselling author's sock drawer and finds out why he fixes on people who don't get, and possibly don't even deserve, much sympathyFri, 11 Sep 2009 16:21:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c718dc54-9aec-11de-a3a1-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c718dc54-9aec-11de-a3a1-00144feabdc0.htmlHygiene at work is in. In office toilets, grown-up employees are being told how to wash their hands. But now businesses are being urged to keep metaphorically clean, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:10:38 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a47fd102-72ec-11de-ad98-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a47fd102-72ec-11de-ad98-00144feabdc0.htmlA Japanese scheme to rate the curvaceousness of staff smiles is flawed not because it's like Big Brother but because it wrongly assumes that a bigger smile is a better one, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:38:41 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/41cf8cfa-6d6a-11de-8b19-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41cf8cfa-6d6a-11de-8b19-00144feabdc0.htmlThe last time I'd seen this 56-year-old he was a marketing director but now he triumphantly announced he had become a postman, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:04:02 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4cd56602-67fb-11de-848a-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4cd56602-67fb-11de-848a-00144feabdc0.htmlAfter decades of discussing women in the boardroom we should have gained enough confidence to go post-PC, writes Lucy Kellaway Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:30:59 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/158db840-6272-11de-b1c9-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Flucykellawayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/158db840-6272-11de-b1c9-00144feabdc0.html My contemporaries seemed to have stopped playing the obsessive game of age comparison – its time for me to join them, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:01:50 +0100