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    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Working It podcast26 min listen
      Best of: Imposter syndrome — turning self-doubt into a positive

      Imposter syndrome need not cripple your career. Here’s how to make it work for you

    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      FT Wealth
      The art of portraying power, wealth and entitlement

      The thing about status is that most of us just don’t have it — the truly wealthy don’t need to try to look rich 

    • 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

      Workers are seen in an office tower in the Canary Wharf financial district at dusk in London
    • 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

      A woman adjusts her tie
    • 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

      Zebedee Helm illustration showing two female construction workers, with one building a wall at one end and the other knocking it down from the other end
    • 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

      Zebedee Helm illustration showing a swan preening itself
    • 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

      A big cat is hissing in the face of a small cat which is recoiling
    • 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

      An illustration of workers at loggerheads
    • 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

      Illustration by Kenneth Anderson of a woman working at her desk at home wearing slippers
    • 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

      TV series ‘Industry’ focuses on interns competing to climb the corporate ladder. Many people under the age of 40 are not interested in reinforcing that system
    • 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

      Françoise Sagan, author of ‘Bonjour Tristesse’, pictured in Paris in 1955
    • 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

      MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 10: Viv Groskop at the American Express Global Women's Conference Unveiling The Ambition Project on February 10, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images for American Express)
    • Monday, 23 March, 2020
      Leadership
      ‘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

      Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, centre, responds to questions while British Columbia Premier John Horgan, back left, and Health Minister Adrian Dix listen during a news conference about the provincial response to the coronavirus, in Vancouver, Canada, on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
    • 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

      Adult woman wearing gray sportswear working out in indoor. Fit yogi woman doing Headstand, Sirsasana.
    • 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

      WESTWOOD, CA -JULY 31: Mime Marcel Marceau performs at the Geffen Playhouse July 31, 2002 in Westwood, California (Photo by Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images)
    • 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

      Ship Figurehead Boat figurehead
    • 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

      PRESS PHOTO PROVIDED BY VIV: Viv Groskop hosting BBC Radio 4 Front Row live in front of an audience at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 Credit: BBC/Tricia Yourkevich
    • 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

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    • 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

      FT: Work & Careers Section. Pictured, Jane Lindsey. Jane runs the online gift site www.snapdragononline.co.uk. 22nd Jan 2019. Photo: Victor De Jesus.
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