http://podcast.ft.com/?section=lucykellaway en FT.com Lucy Kellaway, the FT's management columnist, pokes fun at management fads and jargon and celebrated the ups and downs of office life Lucy Kellaway, the FT's management columnist, pokes fun at management fads and jargon and celebrated the ups and downs of office life Lucy Kellaway, the FT's management columnist, pokes fun at management fads and jargon and celebrated the ups and downs of office life Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2007. 'FT' and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of the Financial Times. No http://tamborcast.com/albumart/34.jpg http://podcast.ft.com/?section=lucykellaway support@ft.com support@ft.com support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/707.guid Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, set a 'lousy' example by turning down a pay rise, says Lucy Kellaway. For a capitalist economy to work, we all need to believe that more money is a good thing. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/700.guid Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Easily the most satisfying job I've done in two dozen years as a journalist was writing a series of articles describing the offices of famous chief executives. For a brief period, I was allowed to indulge my natural nosiness - and get paid for it. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/694.guid Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Nearly half of the chief executives of Britain's biggest companies have gained awards for their prowess in the field of sport, says Lucy Kellaway. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/687.guid Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No To mark the retirement of Bill Gates, inventor of Windows, Lucy Kellaway decides to turn off her computer and Blackberry, and write and think with a fountain pen. Can she survive? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/675.guid Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No One might think that the American purposeful complaint is better than pointless bellyaching, but in fact both can prove to be highly enjoyable. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/664.guid Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No I have been out collecting a botanical array of dangerous workplace blooms, words that can spoil our day, our week - or our career. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/642.guid Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No I am running a competition in which a chief executive has to woo his customers with a letter. My finalists are Vikram Pandit and Johnnie Boden. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/641.guid Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Being in love is like being on drugs. Do we let people who are off their heads on cocaine make important decisions? Of course not. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/639.guid Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No The only answer to the growing problem of worker unhappiness is to stop trying to find a solution and get on with what you do. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/611.guid Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Even though in offices 1968 did not happen until about 1988, the ideas of the 1960s still affect how we behave and think at work. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/599.guid Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No In truth we don't have the foggiest idea what life would be like if women ran the show. So far we have only isolated, untypical examples. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/593.guid Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Win-win? Instead of pretending that everything is a win, the good leader needs to get better about wining and losing support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/591.guid Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No It isn't easy to keep a person happy in a job that is poorly paid and involves much wiping of bottoms. Managing a nanny is management at its most extreme. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/585.guid Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Knowing the difference between personal fiscal prudence and being a spendthrift is one thing. But being able to keep a tight rein on your personal spending is quite another. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/582.guid Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No 'Your call is important to us'... Lucy Kellaway provides a rot analysis of business talk, looking at phrases that mean the opposite of what they pretend to mean. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/570.guid Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No It is wrong to see doodling as something to do when bored. Instead, it is what we do when we are forced to listen to someone else. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/557.guid Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No E-mail is much derided for interrupting our day's work, but it is as nothing when compared to the noisy, intrusive, brutal phone. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/545.guid Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No The National Trust gave its 5,000 employees a leap day holiday - but they had to spend time making their own homes more environmentally friendly. Should companies force us to be charitable? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/543.guid Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No At the annual get-together of the alumni of JPMorgan I realised that part of my life may have been weird but it was not an irrelevance, says Lucy Kellaway support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/542.guid Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No When we were young we had something to prove. As we grow older, we realise that just as few doors are open to us as when we were young. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/502.guid Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No A local shoe mender has unknowingly supplied me with all the delightful things that large service companies are striving in vain to provide. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/485.guid Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No An e-mail from Accenture's group chief executive is troubling because it shows top people write jargon even when they think no clients are looking. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/461.guid Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Artists are no different to any other profession; they need to be managed too, so they can go on getting better. Lucy Kellaway delves into the business-like approach that financier Guy Hands plans to take with musicians at EMI, and asks: should you be prepared to discipline a creative at the risk of losing them? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/457.guid Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No The granting of investment bank bonuses is a ruinously expensive, tiring and highly political game in which almost everyone emerges a loser. Here's how the game works. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/453.guid Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No What do workplace experts and coaches tell us about making new year resolutions? And can Lucy find one she can keep? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/452.guid Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Lucy gives out her 2007 awards for management nonsense support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/445.guid Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No At work I'm a pussycat, compliant and pathetically keen to please. At home I am a tyrant, brooking no opposition from anyone. So why do people think there are parralels between good marriages and good colleagues? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/440.guid Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No For me work is one long rage opportunity - starting with the fact that the machine that dispenses hot water for tea is on the blink. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/434.guid Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No The title 'thought leader' offends for several reasons. And when the term is used there is usually no sign of any thinking or leading going on support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/430.guid Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Saying anything that makes any sense at all is enough to disqualify one from joining what practitioners call the 'executive search space' support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/423.guid Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Has Lucy been getting it wrong for 600 columns? A US professor in psychology and marketing has explained how some campaigns can work, including plying your audience with caffeine support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/419.guid Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No The three things that really make most workers unhappy are actually rather basic - they are the work, the people and the general environment support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/414.guid Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Going backward: how the phrase 'going forward' has infected business conversation support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/397.guid Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Yes This column is about strong language, which explains why it contains some. Swearing can be useful in the office, but there are some rules you should follow. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/398.guid Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Imagine a brave new world where electronic tagging of employees brings the study of management out of the dark ages. Lucy Kellaway peeks into a frightening future as scientists strive to answer why some companies and managers are so good - and others so bad. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/390.guid Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No A new theory of happiness says the only reliable pleasures in life are the small ones. So what small pleasures can you find in an office? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/386.guid Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Listening is really easy - any old fool can do it - so it can't therefore be a key skill for CEOs, argues Lucy Kellaway. So why do so many business leaders go on about it? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/385.guid Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No The problem with being truthful about missing work is the reason can be embarrassing or implausible. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/355.guid Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No The glass ceiling or labyrinth fall short of explaining why women don't make it to the top. Perhaps, argues Lucy Kellaway, women should look at themselves. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/351.guid Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Long ago, before e-mail, the return from holiday was a leisurely thing support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/342.guid Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No 'We' doesn't imply teamwork or even people who like each other. It is just the mundane experience of office life support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/338.guid Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No There are many reasons to be happy in the office in August - but needless e-mails from control freaks on holiday isn't one of them. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/339.guid Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No For people in any position of authority the ability to say no is the most important skill there is. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/323.guid Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Being generous as a millionaire doesn't make you different to the middle classes, says Lucy Kellaway. An act of true generosity is a rare event whether you are a millionaire or not. And find out whether Lucy received the bollocking over breakfast she was expecting from the global chairman of Deloitte over her comments on the firm's communications style. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/316.guid Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No A corporate bollocking just isn't the same as it used to be: PR people have taken over and emotion has been outlawed. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/307.guid Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Forty-one years ago, chairman Mao distributed 900m copies of The Little Red Book to the people of China. A couple of weeks ago, Deloitte distributed thousands of copies of The Little Blue Book of Strategy to its US employees. Apart from the difference in colour, the two books have much in common support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/303.guid Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Business telly, so the newspapers tell us, is 'the new rock and roll'. While it isn't exactly cool, it is increasingly popular. But is it really about business? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/297.guid Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Lucy sees reasons for cheer in the new 'world without secrets' support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/288.guid Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Lucy asks 'what is the worst motivational memo ever?' support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/287.guid Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Some sorts of multitasking in the office are clearly efficient. But using a BlackBerry in meetings is rude, as is noisy typing when on the phone. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/274.guid Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No The crossover of business and private parties creates problems for the guest. It is helpful to know which sort of do you are at, so you can behave accordingly, says Lucy Kellaway support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/267.guid Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No When it comes to retirement, are you Buffet, Gates or potato? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/264.guid Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Do you work well when you are miserable? Are happy workers the most productive? This week, Lucy keeps a diary to see how her moods affect her work. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/260.guid Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No This week, Lucy looks at rage, pettiness and rivalry between companies. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/lucy_kellaway_jan_09_2007 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No In these early days of the new year, I have two words to say to you. Thank you. Thank you for reading this column in 2006.