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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:15:03 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:30:01 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/ea24b4da-5335-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 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/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product ea24b4da-5335-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5c9c0e66-52d0-11e1-ae2c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product There’s something about Viggo Mortensen that isn’t quite like other Hollywood leading men. Lucy Kellaway sits down with him and attempts a little psychology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:58:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5c9c0e66-52d0-11e1-ae2c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 5c9c0e66-52d0-11e1-ae2c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bae01b84-4cea-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product It is time to worry when companies write witless things and then hand them to their customers, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:22:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bae01b84-4cea-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product bae01b84-4cea-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3af5fc0c-482d-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product In almost all professions, the young can’t advance because everywhere they find my complacent generation is in situ, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:32:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3af5fc0c-482d-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 3af5fc0c-482d-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/203700e4-4708-11e1-bc5f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product Former cabinet secretary talks to Lucy Kellaway about Scud missiles, saying goodbye to prime ministers and the moment his BlackBerry stopped beeping Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:53:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/203700e4-4708-11e1-bc5f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 203700e4-4708-11e1-bc5f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73953ac0-46af-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product A lesson of ‘World Changers’ is that entrepreneurs have an unfortunate tendency to turn to philosophy, writes Lucy Kellaway Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:48:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73953ac0-46af-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 73953ac0-46af-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6df8778c-4298-11e1-97b1-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product No one appreciates hollow good wishes from someone who is telling them to shove off, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:48:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6df8778c-4298-11e1-97b1-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 6df8778c-4298-11e1-97b1-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08006320-3d22-11e1-8129-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product Imposing an arbitrary structure on adults may be less alien than it sounds; history suggests humans rather like it, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:18:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08006320-3d22-11e1-8129-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 08006320-3d22-11e1-8129-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8519837c-37ce-11e1-a5e0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product There is an economic law that says all markets are cyclical save one: the bullshit market, which knows only the bull phase Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:11:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8519837c-37ce-11e1-a5e0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 8519837c-37ce-11e1-a5e0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4ffe53a2-2bc1-11e1-b194-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product The trip to China sits like a bauble on a Christmas tree but the one important thing I’ve learnt this year is how to say no Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:04:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4ffe53a2-2bc1-11e1-b194-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 4ffe53a2-2bc1-11e1-b194-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19795eca-2730-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product A friend argues it will quickly pay for itself. I can’t help noticing that I am looking much older than my peers who have had work done Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:14:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19795eca-2730-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 19795eca-2730-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b11a270a-27d0-11e1-9433-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product We may have all finally reached the only sensible conclusion about Christmas in the office: it doesn’t work, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:53:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b11a270a-27d0-11e1-9433-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product b11a270a-27d0-11e1-9433-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54c1f792-225f-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product What is acceptable and what is shameless? The answer is that no one has the foggiest – we are all making it up as we go along, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:45:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54c1f792-225f-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 54c1f792-225f-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63e8893e-1cce-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product It is surprisingly hard to be good at having money – harder than acquiring it in the first place. The perfect amount of money is when you hardly have to think about it at all Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:47:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63e8893e-1cce-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 63e8893e-1cce-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f52b7bc-174c-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product ‘Protected conversations’ between employees and bosses are a good idea but they won’t make any difference in practice, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:43:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f52b7bc-174c-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 2f52b7bc-174c-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1521cf48-113b-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product Thinking strategically about your life isn’t necessarily such a great idea, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:51:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1521cf48-113b-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 1521cf48-113b-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47f381d0-0c56-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product So long as top people in the City are continuing to behave in an uncivilised fashion, the world as we know it isn’t coming to an end, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:50:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47f381d0-0c56-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 47f381d0-0c56-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bde4020-06eb-11e1-90de-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product No one seems interested in teaching us how to get better at mimicry, despite it being the key to success, writes Lucy Kellaway Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:31:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bde4020-06eb-11e1-90de-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 9bde4020-06eb-11e1-90de-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6e89ccce-04df-11e1-91d9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product Actor Bill Nighy opens up to Lucy Kellaway about insomnia, taxes and undermining himself. Then comes back the next day to do it all over again... Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:17:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6e89ccce-04df-11e1-91d9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product 6e89ccce-04df-11e1-91d9-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4751248-fb17-11e0-bebe-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product When the guff germ arrives big time in China, my prediction is that they will be better at dealing with it than westerners Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:15:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4751248-fb17-11e0-bebe-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_lucy-kellaway/feed//product a4751248-fb17-11e0-bebe-00144feab49a