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    Michael Skapinker

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    Michael Skapinker is an FT contributing editor. He was an FT reporter, senior editor and award-winning columnist for 34 years. Among the positions he held were FT Weekend editor and management editor.

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    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Management
      Generation game: managing age cohorts requires subtlety

      At work the tensions within each group are as great as those between them

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      How Minds Change by David McRaney — the power of persuasion

      If you really want to shift long-held beliefs, you have to listen, reveals a new book on the science of opinion

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Working It
      Make your next meeting ‘tactical’

      Plus, how hybrid work affects women and the limited success of skills boot camps

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Management
      How to be a good middle manager

      They are a vital bridge between a company’s bosses and its staff — and the best ones are now needed more than ever

    • Monday, 25 April, 2022
      Leadership
      How to handle a narcissist in the workplace

      The behaviour of the late publishing magnate Robert Maxwell provides an object lesson in the psychology of extreme power

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Management
      Why are a leader’s first hundred days so important?

      Preparation for the job should start well before the new boss even takes the helm, and they should continue to learn once there, experts say

    • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
      FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
      Oxfam GB chief: ‘Doing good can’t be an excuse for tolerating harm’

      Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah took on the challenge of changing the culture at the scandal-hit organisation

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Management
      Why nobody thinks to thank their boss

      Your team think your job as a manager is to solve their problems. They are not there to solve yours

    • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      The 737 Max Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing — what have we learnt?

      A compelling account of the events that led to two plane crashes indicts an entire era of business practices

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Leadership
      Confidence matters for new managers

      It can be daunting to deal with senior clients outside our area of expertise but fears can be overcome

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Life & Arts
      My later-in-life rediscovery of Jane Austen

      Her six completed novels shed light on England’s language and history

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      Business travel
      What we lose if we stop travelling on business

      In a final dispatch, our columnist looks back at the benefits of hitting the road

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      UK services sector
      Britain’s professional services grapple with life after Brexit

      Business leaders are bewildered by visa and work permit restrictions imposed by UK-EU trade agreement

    • Friday, 5 March, 2021
      Lunch with the FT
      The CEO whisperer: ‘Every leader needs a fool’

      Management thinker Manfred Kets de Vries on the secrets of staying grounded at the top

    • Monday, 1 March, 2021
      Business travel
      Private jets can cut health risks — but add reputational ones

      Demand during the pandemic has remained strong, but companies will be keen to keep private flying under the radar

    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      Business travel
      Are planes as Covid-safe as the airlines say?

      Modern air filters are highly effective but studies suggest on board transmission can still happen

    • Monday, 1 February, 2021
      Business travel
      Facing up to the demands of post-Brexit business travel

      Working trips between the EU and UK will still be possible — but with more planning and paperwork

    • Monday, 18 January, 2021
      Business travel
      British business travellers face a bewildering return to the EU

      It’s not just new rules that will cause headaches — but the fact they vary from one member state to the next

    • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
      Business travel
      Even post-Covid, frequent flyers face more time on the ground

      Growing environmental pressure will clip the wings of many

    • Monday, 14 December, 2020
      Business travel
      Four lessons from a year of virtual travel

      In a new world of digital business meetings, is your online video platform a Ryanair or a Cathay Pacific?

    • Monday, 30 November, 2020
      Business travel
      Taiwan and New Zealand show business travel’s future

      The real boom will be in face-to-face training and sales — as you can’t close deals on Zoom

    • Monday, 16 November, 2020
      Business travel
      Can Boeing’s 737 Max regain passengers’ trust?

      The findings of an investigation into the plane’s development have shattered faith in the manufacturer and its regulators 

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      Business travel
      It’s time for paperless passports

      Our existing systems are not up to the task. The pandemic offers a chance for a rethink

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      Business travel
      How frequent-flyer cards protect airlines from their passengers

      Moves to prevent criticism and legal action risk aggravating loyal customers

    • Friday, 16 October, 2020
      Business travel
      Covid nostalgia for the days of taking wing

      Travellers grounded for months by lockdown can now become reacquainted with the airlines

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