Why it is very clever to pretend to be stupid
Disarm others, make them forget you are scarily powerful and lull them into liking you, says Lucy...
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Podcasts de times
The bike test shows what I’m like at work
Lucy Kellaway says bosses can learn much by watching a prospective employee on a bicycle
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Nine valuable lessons from rubbish jobs
A diet of drudgery in a takeaway might seem wholesome but it does open the eye to better things,...
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Distraction beats doctors for back pain relief
Germany, strong enough to carry southern Europe on its back, stays home at the slightest twinge
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Competence beats confidence every time
Lucy Kellaway says it’s all very well thinking we are good at what we do but it’s better to try...
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Ryanair volte-face shows feedback is best given face-to-face
To bring about change, it is criticism delivered in person by random strangers that counts, says...
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Global business has led to greeting hell
Lucy Kellaway says welcoming gestures require global regulation to spare us crushing embarrassment
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A cure for the pangs of cyber comparisons
Lucy Kellaway says gauging yourself against others is a nasty drip-drip of poison into the...
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Working round the clock is a poor use of time
It is a mystery why the banks inflict a working day on employees that exhausts them, says Lucy...
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How the Rolling Stones keep time on their side
Lucy Kellaway says the stubbornly enduring group stays that way by flouting the rules in every...
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The buzz of hot-desking in a coffee shop
A ‘tall’ beige milk comes with unlimited table, chair and WiFi – but my back is killing me, says...
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The New Lady of Threadneedle Street
Lucy Kellaway says the position of chief operating officer signals a sad succumbing to the...
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Clearing your email is no act of virtue
I have no folders, no system. That is because I don’t need one, says Lucy Kellaway
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Graduates need a dose of reality
Lucy Kellaway says students need not change the world – getting a job will be an achievement
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A meeting by any other name isn’t worth going to
Calling it a summit, forum or ideas exchange doesn’t make a gathering any more important, says...
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Grades don’t make the grade at the office
Lucy Kellaway says her test shows that those with firsts are neither better nor worse than those...
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Bad is the new good – except that it isn’t
Lucy Kellaway says the craze for taking something we all think is bad and telling us that it’s...
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The business case for hiring the fat and the ugly
Studies say the good looking are more successful but that is not a good way to recruit, says Lucy...
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Elevator gossip rarely rises above the dull
Lucy Kellaway says the average office worker never relaxes in the lift
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Worker bees should be left to bumble
All this stuff about employee engagement is nonsense says Lucy Kellaway
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