Career

If a career crisis in middle age means a much-needed change of direction, says TV producer-turned-author Rebecca Whitney, maybe it’s time to embrace it

Oliver Burkeman suggests ways to improve our working lives. Here, he focuses on toxic workmates

Our agony aunt, Mary Fenwick, offers her perspective on your problems

Oliver Burkeman has some tips for avoiding decision fatigue at work

Oliver Burkeman invites you to improve your work life. Here, he talks about how to be a happier commuter

Recent figures show that female self-employment has been rising steadily since the early 2000s and the number of self-employed women is up by 188,000 compared to last year. Here, we get the top tips from Forward Ladies, a networking group of women entrepreneurs, on the secrets of their success.

Journalist and author Oliver Burkeman invites you to improve your work life

There are more women than ever before in the cabinet, but how can female MPs, and women everywhere, thrive in male-dominated environments without acting like one of the boys? Presentation skills coach Emma Stroud shares her tips on harnessing feminine strengths in order to succeed

Studying for that exam or learning your presentation can be hard work at the best of times. But are you learning in the most productive way for you?

Oliver Burkeman invites you to try this experiment to improve your work life