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	<title>Lifehacker Australia &#187; office culture</title>
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		<title>Would Working At Home Suit You?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/would-working-at-home-suit-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at Lifehacker we regularly look at technology and tactics to make working at home easier and office designs to simplify the process. But there&#8217;s one issue that planning can&#8217;t solve: are you actually up to the task?
Picture by gcarvalho
Our sibling site Babble features a quiz designed for parents contemplating working from home, but many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Deal With A Bad Boss?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/how-do-you-deal-with-a-bad-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/how-do-you-deal-with-a-bad-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing puts a damper on your work life like a bad boss, but at times &#8212; particularly in a down economy &#8212;s imply finding a new job isn&#8217;t an option.
Photo by stuartpilbrow.
Career blogger Marci Alboher interviews the authors of a book called Working for You Isn&#8217;t Working for Me about dealing with difficult problems with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disrupt A Workplace Bully&#8217;s Aggressive Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/disrupt-a-workplace-bullys-aggressive-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/disrupt-a-workplace-bullys-aggressive-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ No one likes a bully, especially in the workplace. They not only affect your mental wellness and increase stress, but can cost your employers big bucks due to a lack of productivity. But you can help kick their bad bullying habits.
Photo by Eddie~S
Harvard Business says that a bully&#8217;s actions might not be something (s)he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Clean (Smelling) Workplace Increases Fairness And Generosity</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/a-clean-smelling-workplace-increases-fairness-and-generosity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/a-clean-smelling-workplace-increases-fairness-and-generosity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=344671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ We like the smell of a clean home or workplace as much as the next person, but a recent study shows people are consistently more fair and generous when introduced to the smell of a clean environment. Specifically those containing Windex.
Photo by Windex
Brigham Young University professor Katie Liljenquist and a small team of researchers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday At 3pm Is The Most Agreeable Meeting Time</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/tuesday-at-3pm-is-the-most-agreeable-meeting-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/tuesday-at-3pm-is-the-most-agreeable-meeting-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[scheduling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=344198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meeting scheduling service When is Good looked at 100,000 responses to 34,000 events logged to their service over 2 years and found that 3pm&#8212;specifically Tuesday at 3pm&#8212;seems to be the most agreeable time for a meeting.
When Is Good, a free service we&#8217;ve previously covered, goes into a lot more detail about why some folks might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Taking The Blame For A Colleague&#8217;s Mistake</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/avoid-taking-the-blame-for-a-colleagues-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/avoid-taking-the-blame-for-a-colleagues-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Azadeh Ensha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working on a joint project with a less-than-competent colleague can lead to less-than-stellar results. In order to avoid sharing in the blame where you weren&#8217;t in charge, the Harvard Business Blog suggests making sure to distinguish your contributions from theirs.
Photo by lumaxart.
The post offers three ways to avoid getting blamed for a sub-par group performance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Master Their Rules Of Engagement To Get On Well With Colleagues</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/master-their-rules-of-engagement-to-get-on-well-with-colleagues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/master-their-rules-of-engagement-to-get-on-well-with-colleagues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Azadeh Ensha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of a creating a copacetic work environment is learning to work well with colleagues. The real secret, according to BusinessWeek, is to ditch your expectations and accept that some people live by a very different set of rules.
Photo by Manuel Van De Weijer.
Author Peter Bregman writes that the answer to frustration with colleagues is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Less Means Working Better, Says Study</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/working-less-means-working-better-says-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/working-less-means-working-better-says-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no surprise that cutting back on work and taking regular breaks is beneficial for workers, but a four-year study from the Harvard Business School found that less work also benefits workers&#8212;and workplace productivity&#8212;in less obvious ways.
Photo by pinkiwinkitinki.
The experiment enforced predictable time off to help its subjects get rid of the feeling that they&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are The Unwritten Ground Rules At Your Workplace?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/what-are-the-unwritten-ground-rules-at-your-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/what-are-the-unwritten-ground-rules-at-your-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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Any large workplace will have policy documents that cover everything from who cleans the kitchen to what you&#8217;re allowed to look at online. However, surviving (let alone thriving) in the job requires knowledge of the rules that aren&#8217;t written down.
Picture by goincase
Cultural theorist and conference presenter Steve Simpson developed the concept of unwritten ground rules, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Up To Look Smarter Than You Are</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/speak-up-to-look-smarter-than-you-are/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/speak-up-to-look-smarter-than-you-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although you may have committed yourself to keeping your mouth shut unless you absolutely had something critical to add to a business meeting, you may be doing yourself a disservice. Frequent talkers are perceived as more intelligent and competent.
Photo by tiarescott.
The trick won&#8217;t work if you have no idea what&#8217;s going on, of course. If [...]]]></description>
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