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Sun, 27 May 2012 14:30:36 GMT Thu, 31 May 2012 10:15:11 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/management/lucy-kellaway http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/management/lucy-kellaway http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8c5eef0-a5a7-11e1-a3b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Bores need a drastic image makeover to show them not only as valuable, admirable workers but good leaders as well, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 27 May 2012 14:30:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8c5eef0-a5a7-11e1-a3b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e8c5eef0-a5a7-11e1-a3b4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4a0e4a6-a02f-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The story of the Bain partners and the buffalo makes one question the wisdom of business travel more than ever, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 20 May 2012 16:30:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4a0e4a6-a02f-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e4a0e4a6-a02f-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/197a8b5c-9e85-11e1-a24e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Busy executives are taking to the gym for a spot of ‘sweatworking’. Lucy Kellaway tries a spinning class with Andy Bond of Asda Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/197a8b5c-9e85-11e1-a24e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 197a8b5c-9e85-11e1-a24e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/faeade9e-9b4b-11e1-b097-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct I understand why smart people make stupid errors. But I know that understanding this won’t make a shred of difference, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 13 May 2012 20:47:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/faeade9e-9b4b-11e1-b097-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct faeade9e-9b4b-11e1-b097-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cf11d2c8-9a38-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Nicola Horlick talks to Lucy Kellaway about having it all, losing a child – and why she never gets worked up Sat, 12 May 2012 00:24:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cf11d2c8-9a38-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct cf11d2c8-9a38-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/234d5370-955d-11e1-ad38-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Our stock of logos is so ingrained that they have become part of who we are – we are even taken aback when others don’t have the same stock, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 06 May 2012 13:52:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/234d5370-955d-11e1-ad38-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 234d5370-955d-11e1-ad38-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa4c91c4-889c-11e1-a526-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Julie Berebitsky’s ‘Sex and the Office’ shows that that both everything and nothing has changed in the bottom-pinching department, writes Lucy Kellaway Wed, 02 May 2012 18:57:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa4c91c4-889c-11e1-a526-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct aa4c91c4-889c-11e1-a526-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab3795b8-8ef3-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Lay it on with the largest trowel you can find. It doesn’t matter whether you mean it or even if it’s clear you don’t mean it, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:30:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab3795b8-8ef3-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ab3795b8-8ef3-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56ac2742-8a53-11e1-a0c8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The more information there is out there, the more we need a few decent names on our CV as a shortcut, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:35:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56ac2742-8a53-11e1-a0c8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 56ac2742-8a53-11e1-a0c8-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/649a0ea6-8548-11e1-a75a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct No amount of huddles – or cuddles – will ever crack the rubber band problem at Royal Mail, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:49:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/649a0ea6-8548-11e1-a75a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 649a0ea6-8548-11e1-a75a-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/60bac5fe-8369-11e1-9f9a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Debbie Purdy has spent years campaigning for assisted suicide to be made legal. She talks to Lucy Kellaway about love, law and why death doesn’t scare her Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:07:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/60bac5fe-8369-11e1-9f9a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 60bac5fe-8369-11e1-9f9a-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29b90bb8-79a2-11e1-b87e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct All sorts of women just know when to give the look, the sharp word, how to hold their heads to make everyone fall into line, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:15:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29b90bb8-79a2-11e1-b87e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 29b90bb8-79a2-11e1-b87e-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ca71ce2-7435-11e1-9951-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Virtual working, which people got excited about 10 years ago but has only occurred at the margin, might one day happen properly, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:59:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ca71ce2-7435-11e1-9951-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7ca71ce2-7435-11e1-9951-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3617516-728a-11e1-9c23-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In ‘The Power of Habit’, Charles Duhigg explains precisely how habitual behaviour works, and provides a walloping good read, writes Lucy Kellaway Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:25:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3617516-728a-11e1-9c23-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d3617516-728a-11e1-9c23-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1616d708-6eb6-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If we were all logical, we would hold exit interviews and employee surveys in eual contempt, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:08:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1616d708-6eb6-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1616d708-6eb6-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4f693d0-693b-11e1-956a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Everything I see at work (apart from surveys) tells me that there are more women doing better and having a better time, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:22:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4f693d0-693b-11e1-956a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a4f693d0-693b-11e1-956a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97973e66-63a4-11e1-b85b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The thing that is killing the finest sort of gossip is the internet: email, Facebook and Twitter, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:21:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97973e66-63a4-11e1-b85b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 97973e66-63a4-11e1-b85b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c866592-5ed4-11e1-a087-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Companies should stop their long love affair with teamwork and endless meetings, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:56:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c866592-5ed4-11e1-a087-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0c866592-5ed4-11e1-a087-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1bc3a76-58cc-11e1-b9c6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In this trickiest of literary genres you must do two things: say who you are and show you are different from other people, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:59:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1bc3a76-58cc-11e1-b9c6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c1bc3a76-58cc-11e1-b9c6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea24b4da-5335-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Last week the chief executive of RBS wrote to staff in a way that was more or less straight – and more or less motivational, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:15:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea24b4da-5335-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_lucy-kellaway%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ea24b4da-5335-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0