When is a piece of work actually finished?

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• The real reason difficult managers keep getting promoted

• Only a third of staff asked back five days a week are actually coming

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  A large retail lender will hand its staff a one-off payment to offset rising prices

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  Let a Highland pony answer your inbox while you are away on leave

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  A blanket five-day office rule at one carmaker exposes a deeper problem

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• The right time to hire at a young company is probably later than you think

• Sometimes you have to choose between being right and being effective

• For teams spread across borders, culture programs get lost in translation