Financial Times management columnist Lucy Kellaway pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 15 hours 8 minutes
Death can bring your career back to life
A disrupter of habit, it stops the living in their tracks, says Lucy Kellaway
Should you ever trade on past glories?
Telling others what you did before can be a sign of mediocrity, says Lucy Kellaway. Illustration by Chris Tosic
Sexy and super bland: the rise of the office uniform
What people wear to work at investment banks, management consultancies and top law firms is ridiculous. Individualism is to be avoided at all costs. says Lucy Kellaway.
How to ask for what you want — and get it every time
Start with please and thank you, then spoon on the flattery, says Lucy Kellaway. Image by Chris Tosic
I am a difficult person at work and proud of it
In the workplace and in life, being troublesome can be useful, says Lucy Kellaway.
Why is work making us miserable?
Office life is better than ever before, but dissatisfaction is rising, says Lucy Kellaway
Writing clearly turns out to be not so easy after all
When handing out my annual guff awards last week I said clear language in business was perfectly possible if you tried hard enough. I now find it’s not as simple as that, says Lucy Kellaway.
Lucy Kellaway’s jargon awards: corporate guff scales new heights
Contenders for 2016’s gong ranged from euphemistic to ‘plain moronic’, says Lucy Kellaway
I’m leaving to become a teacher and I want you to join me
After 31 years at the Financial Times, Lucy Kellaway is leaving to set up Now Teach
Skip the empathy, Mr Schultz, and focus on the coffee
Starbucks boss has no business sending a missive to staff to tell them how to be.