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  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Working It podcast17 min listen
    Do you see me? Staying visible in a hybrid workplace

    You don’t necessarily have to brag to get yourself noticed

  • Friday, 7 April, 2023
    Employment
    The balance between idleness and burnout proves elusive

    The idea that hard work is killing us all — as well as killing the planet we live on — has become persuasive and ubiquitous

  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    Managing yourself
    Inspirational living is all Greek to me

    Ancient Stoics are go-to gurus for motivational writers and Instagrammers, but does any of it work?

  • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
    Managing yourself
    Life lessons from the self-employed

    Those who work for themselves have hard-won advice for everyone else, starting with what to wear

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Corporate culture
    Forget the ‘toxic boss’ — meet the toxic underlings

    In the world of hybrid work a new breed of employee has emerged, supposedly making life difficult for everyone else — especially their managers . . . 

  • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Imposter syndrome is actually the human condition

    Being told to fix ourselves and self-improve ignores the wider reality of an imperfect world

  • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
    Managing yourself
    Personal branding: we may cringe, but it works 

    Not everyone is comfortable with promoting themselves, although it can be an asset to reputation and visibility

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    FT SeriesFantasy dinner parties
    A vodka-fuelled fantasy dinner with Zelensky, Borat and Joan Rivers

    Author Viv Groskop shares a Ukrainian feast on the Upper East Side

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    FT SeriesHow to manage stress and anxiety at work
    Workplace anxiety — and how to overcome it

    Feeling stressed or even fearful at work is increasingly common, but some simple techniques can help you manage it and support others

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Flexible working
    Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from it all

    For many workers there is a growing exhaustion around meeting culture, both online and face to face

  • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
    Office life
    You can’t hide from the jerks at work

    Going back to the office may help us understand the humanity of bullies and bad bosses

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    The Great Resignation is a good story — but not what most people want

    The idea we are all planning new careers obscures the fact that many of us are grateful for our working lives

  • Sunday, 26 September, 2021
    Future of work
    Beware the pitfalls of the post-pandemic hybrid event

    Producing conferences with both in-person and virtual elements requires expertise — and few organisations have it

  • Sunday, 15 August, 2021
    Work-life balance
    Hierarchy matters at work, so why aren’t we talking about it?

    We are wasting time arguing for basic things such as flexible work and avoiding the controversial themes

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Life lessons: France’s literary heroes revisited

    Two authors re-examine the colourful lives and artistic impact of some of the great 20th-century figures

  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
    Coronavirus: free to read
    Zoom in on your lockdown meeting techniques | Free to read

    It is hard to project authority online — but pretending you are on TV will help

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
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    ‘Look to the helpers’ for leadership in coronavirus crisis

    Those who attempt to project puffed-up authority are not people we can trust right now

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Ageing Populations
    Help! I’m heading into the U-shaped happiness abyss

    Studies suggest misery peaks at age 47.2 and I’m 46

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    Public speaking
    Bad news: how you speak still matters more than what you say

    No one intends to take their parents into a job interview, but they sneak in anyway

  • Friday, 26 April, 2019
    Gender politics
    A life on the gender-neutral ocean wave is not for me

    While many transport-themed slurs are offensive to women, calling ships ‘she’ is not one

  • Sunday, 24 March, 2019
    Pilita Clark
    Why being funny is no joke for women

    Public speaking is hard — and there may be extra pitfalls for those who deploy humour

  • Saturday, 23 February, 2019
    Media
    Peppa Pig leads Britain’s bid to conquer the world

    Parents in the US say the cartoon is influencing the way their pre-schoolers talk

  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    Women in business
    Senior women often have to appear ‘likeable’ — or face being distrusted

    Many are holding themselves back from progress at work because of outdated stereotypes

  • Saturday, 26 January, 2019
    Gillian Anderson
    ‘X-Files’ lovers need to grow up and embrace Scully as Thatcher

    Casting Gillian Anderson as the Iron Lady is a wonderfully imaginative choice

  • Friday, 11 January, 2019
    Television
    ‘Stan and Ollie’ reminds us of the allure of the comedy duo

    Perhaps they are part of a subconscious fantasy that everyone has a perfect other half

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