The Answers

All the office questions you never dared to ask

Lucy Kellaway

ISBN 1846680395

ISBN 13 9781846680397

November 2007

Price £8.99

Paperback, 256 pp.

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Subjects: Business, Humour

“Should I tell my boss what I think of him?”
“How can I be more political and still be myself?”
“I have to sack my friend or fire someone better.”
“I am a foreigner and my views are ignored”
Typical conundrums faced by many of us, and just a few of the hundreds sent every week to Lucy Kellaway’s popular ‘agony aunt’ column in the Financial Times. The sharp down-to-earth advice is invaluable for anyone negotiating the minefield of the modern office.

Whether it’s a problem of working with an ex-lover, firing a litigious employee or dealing with accusations of racism, Kellaway’s advice is always simple and practical, and essential reading for those trying to cope with troublesome co-workers. Better still, there is the wisdom, rage, expertise and folly of the managers and self-appointed experts who add their thoughts. This is like Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze? for business. And very funny too.

‘...how to survive the awkward dilemmas of office life. ’
— Radio 4 The Bottom Line

‘It dispenses water-cooler wisdom, not motivational gobbledygook…Traditional management advice has not addressed the nitty gritty of everyday office life. But a new book gets to the heart of those tricky questions that employees, rather than employers, want answered. ’
— Sunday Times