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'FT' and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of the Financial Times. support@podhoster.com Mon, 13 May 2013 10:45:58 +0100 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 Pod Hoster - podhoster.com 180 http://podcast.ft.com/media/images/lucy-kellaway_104x104_v2.jpg http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18 Lucy Kellaway, the FT's management columnist, pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life Lucy Kellaway, the FT's management columnist, pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life Lucy Kellaway podcast@ft.com Financial Times clean no http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1830 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1830 Listen to Lucy no clean Grades don’t make the grade at the office Lucy Kellaway says her test shows that those with firsts are neither better nor worse than those with seconds Financial,Times,FT,business,management,degree,honours,class,hire,job,candidate,Lord,Robert,Winston,intern,colleague,journalist 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1826 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1826 Listen to Lucy no clean Bad is the new good – except that it isn’t Lucy Kellaway says the craze for taking something we all think is bad and telling us that it’s good is crazy FT,Financial,Times,management,Lucy,Kellaway,columnist,fashion,Harvard,Business,Review,white,is,the,new,black,bad,is,the,new,good,failure,manager,boss,Richard,Koch 00:05:18 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1815 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1815 Listen to Lucy no clean The business case for hiring the fat and the ugly Studies say the good looking are more successful but that is not a good way to recruit, says Lucy Kellaway Financial,Times,FT,management,Lucy,Kellaway,recruit,recruitment,CEO,power,looks,attractiveness,blonde,brunette,bald,beard,tall,short,fat,slim 00:05:29 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1805 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1805 Listen to Lucy no yes Elevator gossip rarely rises above the dull Lucy Kellaway says the average office worker never relaxes in the lift FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,management,columnist,Goldman,Sachs,Twitter,elevator,lift,rule,etiquette, 00:05:28 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1798 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1798 Listen to Lucy no clean Worker bees should be left to bumble All this stuff about employee engagement is nonsense says Lucy Kellaway FT,Financial,Times,management,employee,bumbler,bumble,engagement,performance,overachiever,underachiever 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1782 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1782 Listen to Lucy no clean When every day is April Fools' Day How do you spot an April Fools' Day joke from the real thing? FT,Financial,Times,columnist,management,Lucy,Kellaway,April,Fools',Day,tricks,trick,prank,joke 00:05:24 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1779 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1779 Listen to Lucy no clean I’m still puzzling over my dream job Lucy Kellaway says that a survey showing that teenagers in Britain want to pursue the ‘wrong’ careers was pointless FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,columnist,opinion,career,teenager,survey,job,lawyer,doctor,media,sport,chef,decision,decisions 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1768 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1768 Listen to Lucy no clean Facebook’s offices are too cool for women In insisting on a chilly conference room, Mark Zuckerberg is exhibiting dotcom dogmatism, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Financial,Times,management,columnist,Lucy,Kellaway,Facebook,Mark,Zuckerberg,Sheryl,Sandberg,office,culture,heating,cold,hot,temperature,productivity,work 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1762 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1762 Listen to Lucy no clean Worrying over your worth has no value No one complains about earning too much, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Lucy,Kellaway,management, 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1754 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1754 Listen to Lucy no clean Office propositions are no clear-cut issue Now is the time to break my silence and tell my story of being sexually harassed at work, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Financial,Times,columnist,sexual,harassment,work,workplace,colleague,inappropriate,behaviour,Liberal,Democrats,Lib,Dems,Lord,Rennard 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1747 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1747 Listen to Lucy no clean I can’t stop my cyber loafing Lucy Kellaway says we need the equivalent of the stocks to persuade people to get off the net and get on with their work FT,Financial,Times,columnist,Lucy,Kellaway,cyber,loafing,skiving,surfing,internet,net,Twitter 00:05:28 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1740 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1740 Listen to Lucy no clean Finally I’ve found some good corporate guff J&J’s ‘Our Credo’ got me excited. Alas, since it was written in 1943 there has been some slippage Lucy,Kellaway,Financial,Times,FT,columnist,corporate,communication,Barclays,Johnson,and,Johnson,responsibility,management 00:05:33 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1733 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1733 Listen to Lucy no clean End of the line for the landline The death of the old-style phone may help us individually but it loosens the bonds between us, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,management,landline,telephone,phone,business,text,email, 00:05:22 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1724 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1724 Listen to Lucy no clean Wanted: a user’s guide to every boss If everybody knows what their manager’s little ways are, it is better all round, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,management,columnist,user,guide,boss,workplace,manual, 00:05:06 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1716 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1716 Listen to Lucy no clean If I outsourced my work, would you care? The only risk is that the boss gets wind of the arrangement and cuts out the middleman FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,management,columnist,TaskRabbit,outsource,outsourcing,programmer,Verizon 00:05:03 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1707 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1707 Listen to Lucy no clean Take a stand on being more productive Last week I read a blog saying that sitting is the new smoking. It makes you fat and then it kills you. We must act, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,Productivity,Standing,up,desks ,Financial,Times,FT,Management,Columnist, 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1700 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1700 Listen to Lucy no clean Bosses fail the 10-year-old test Lucy Kellaway says that a CEO ought to be able to explain what he does in a way a child can grasp Lucy,Kellaway,management,columnist,Financial,Times,FT,ING,banking,banker,investment,explain,child,CEO 00:05:02 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1694 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1694 Listen to Lucy no clean The first word in mangled meanings Bosses have been rampant in the world of bull, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway FT,Financial,Times,Management,jargon,bull,awards,golden,flannel,Lucy,Kellaway,columnist,2012,Burberry,Citigroup 00:05:50 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1685 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1685 Listen to Lucy no clean It’s time to stop stressing about stress It is quite wrong to think about it as the enemy, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway stress,anxiety,to,do,christmas,yoga,FT,Financial,Times,management,Lucy,Kellaway 00:05:16 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1679 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1679 Listen to Lucy no clean Fatherhood is no degree in management Lucy Kellaway says lessons learnt from family life can pay off at work Lucy,Kellaway,management,FT,Financial,Times,columnist,fatherhood,ceo,chief,executive,boss,Duchess,of,Cambridge,Prince,William 00:05:08 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1673 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1673 Listen to Lucy no clean Why I’m proud to have no Klout Lucy Kellaway says it is a nonsense to boil down something as qualitative as influence into a single number Lucy,Kellaway,Financial,Times,FT,management,Klout,score,social,media,Facebook,Twitter,Linkedin 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1664 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1664 Listen to Lucy no clean Heard the one about women at the office? If laughter varies with gender, it varies even more with power, says Lucy Kellaway FT,,Financial,Times,,gender,,boardrooms 00:04:50 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1659 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1659 Listen to Lucy no clean Starbucks’ tea takeover is a grande of guff Lucy Kellaway says the ubiquitous coffee chain cannot be forgiven for the way it grinds out its message Starbucks,management,takeover,take,over,Teavana,linguistics,jargon,management,Howard,Schultz,Andrew,Mack,Jeff,Hansberry,weasel,word,Financial,Times,FT 00:05:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1652 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1652 Listen to Lucy no clean Marriages and jobs require work and love When it comes to the quest for the perfect match, it helps to keep your expectations real, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway ,FT,Financial,Times,management,jobs,work,marriage,relationships 00:05:30 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1646 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1646 Listen to Lucy no clean Time-wasting tips have wasted my time Lucy Kellaway finds that apparently a game of ‘Angry Birds’ is good for us Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Financial,Times,management,time,time-wasting,angry,birds,productivity,games,activity, 00:05:27 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1639 audio@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1639 Listen to Lucy no clean New workers want the same things we did The world of work is supposed to have changed beyond recognition since I started out on a bank's graduate training programme three decades ago, but actually it hasn’t. For graduate trainees, nothing of any importance has changed at all. Lucy,Kellaway,banking,graduate,trainees 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1629 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1629 Listen to Lucy no clean Embrace the network effect Lucy Kellaway says alumni connections are not a problem at all – in fact they are a thoroughly good thing. network,alumni,accountant,competition,commission,business,management,employee,FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway 00:04:54 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1621 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1621 Listen to Lucy no clean The question with interviews is why we bother Study after study shows an interview is not much better than picking people at random. Financial,Times,FT,Lucy,Kellaway,management,interview,question,interviewer,interviewee,job,application 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1613 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1613 Listen to Lucy no clean A rifle through my colleagues’ drawers Lucy Kellaway says it’s not just the objects that are telling – it’s the juxtaposition FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,management,business,drawers,desk,office, 00:05:16 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1608 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1608 Listen to Lucy no clean For creativity, forget the funky office With design so overbearing at Google’s London HQ, the individual can’t get a look in, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway. Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Financial,Times,management,Google,office,creativity,design,funky,colourful, 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1607 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1607 Listen to Lucy no clean Road test CEOs to avoid corporate crashes Lucy Kellaway says that top executives should take an annual hubris test FT,Financial,Times,management,Lucy,Kellaway,CEO,test,hubris,MOT 00:05:05 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1592 audio@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1592 Listen to Lucy no clean Good enough is better than perfection Anyone batty enough to aim for perfection in their work isn’t a force for good. Such obsession comes with a dark underside. perfection,perfectionism,management,sushi,Olympics,cycling,sports 00:05:21 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1584 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1584 Listen to Lucy no clean Why I can’t ‘like’ Facebook popularity contest Lucy Kellaway says the joke should be on the even more stupid people who voice their approval in their millions Like,Facebook,popularity,corporate,First,Direct,Goldman,Sachs,McKinsey,management,business,Financial,Times,FT,online,internet 00:05:41 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1580 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1580 Listen to Lucy no clean Why I’m inspired by the veteran Cosmo girl Lucy Kellaway discovers that Helen Gurley Brown had a great deal of exceedingly sensible, realistic things to say about work Cosmopolitan,Helen,Gurley,Brown,obituary,management,work,Lucy,Kellaway,Financial,Times,FT 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1560 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1560 Listen to Lucy no clean Jobs, motherhood and varieties of wrong The FT's Lucy Kellaway says that there is no balance. It’s a continuous, fluid game of survival, the rules of which are unclear FT,business,management,financial,times,columnist,lucy,kellaway,motherhood,yahoo,marissa,mayer 00:05:05 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1551 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1551 Listen to Lucy no clean London’s Olympics are a workers’ curse To stage this festival of sporting competitiveness every other sort of competition is being stifled says the FT's Lucy Kellaway Olympics,sport,competition,commuting,travel,chaos,curse,transport,mcdonalds,visa,Financial,Times,management,columnist 00:05:05 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1545 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1545 Listen to Lucy no clean Why do we believe we get what we pay for? More expensive does not necessarily mean better, says Lucy Kellaway. FT,management,Lucy,Kellaway,Gucci,expensive,luxury 00:05:08 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1544 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1544 Listen to Lucy no clean Burberry chief’s top mix of brand and bunkum The FT's Lucy Kellaway says that Angela Ahrendts’ language meets the most important criterion for jargon – it is utterly impenetrable. FT,management,Lucy,Kellaway,Burberry,jargon,annual,report,impenetrable,language 00:05:34 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1543 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1543 Listen to Lucy no clean Ball boys demonstrate power of training Wimbledon’s teenage volunteer training has produced strong results, says Lucy Kellaway Wimbledon,ball,boy,individuality,training,Lucy,Kellaway,management,FT,Financial,Times 00:05:03 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1524 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1524 Listen to Lucy no clean Don’t aim for the top unless you feel lucky We can study Bill Gates all we like but we’re not going to end up where he is, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway FT,management,Lucy,Kellaway,CEO,luck,role,model,Richard,Branson,Steve,Jobs,Bill,Gates,columnist 00:05:01 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1518 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1518 Listen to Lucy no clean The thin line between thick skin and complacency It is a CEO’s job to take things very personally, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway FT,management,business,CEO,Sir,Martin,Sorrell,Lloyd,Blankfein,Jamie,Dimon,thick,skin,shareholder 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1508 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1508 Listen to Lucy no clean Manual work holds the key to spiritual bliss Upholstery has shown Lucy Kellaway that losing yourself is a far better idea than finding yourself Lucy,Kellaway,Management,Financial,Times,Upholstery,work,reward, 00:05:22 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1509 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1509 Listen to Lucy no clean A dose of dullness is good for business Being boring is no barrier to great leadership, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway FT,Management,Lucy,Kellaway,CEO,business,leader,Bill,Gates,Jeff,Immelt,boring,publishing, 00:05:31 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1489 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1489 Listen to Lucy no clean Small mistakes attract the biggest trouble Lucy Kellaway on why smart people will always make stupid errors Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Management,columnist 00:05:06 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1490 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1490 Listen to Lucy no clean Beware the wild management consultants The story of Bain and the buffalo makes one question business travel says Lucy Kellaway FT,management,Bain,business,travel,Lucy,Kellaway,columnist 00:04:55 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1460 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1460 Listen to Lucy no clean Flattery will get you what you want Lucy Kellaway argues that facts have little traction in the art of persuasion Management,Lucy,Kellaway,FT,work,columnist 00:05:02 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1461 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1461 Listen to Lucy no clean My logo obsession is more than a game Lucy Kellaway discovers that our stock of brands is so ingrained that they have become part of who we are FT,management,columnist,Lucy,Kellaway,work,brands,logo,logos,game 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1450 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1450 Listen to Lucy no clean Affiliations matter more than achievement Lucy Kellaway on why the ambitious should go for prestige every time FT,LucyKellaway,ambition 00:05:04 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1444 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1444 Listen to Lucy no clean The female of the species is more scary than the male Successful women are more frightening than men, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,management,FT,women, 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1445 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1445 Listen to Lucy no clean Break bad habits and you’ll deliver profits No amount of huddles will crack Royal Mail’s rubber band problem, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway FT,management,Lucy,Kellaway,Royal,Mail 00:05:12 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1431 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1431 Listen to Lucy no clean Online life can teach us about the office Lucy Kellway on whether virtual working might one day happen properly LucyKellway,FT,FinancialTimes,gaming,online,working,officeLife 00:05:10 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1424 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1424 Listen to Lucy no clean The perils of parting shots Why listening to departing employees is foolish LucyKellaway,FT,FinancialTimes,management,Goldmans,employees 00:04:57 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1417 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1417 Listen to Lucy no clean Office tittle-tattle makes having a job a pleasure The thing that is killing the finest sort of gossip is the internet: email, Facebook and Twitter. Financial,Times,Listen,to,Lucy,Kellaway, 00:04:40 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1418 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1418 Listen to Lucy no clean Women’s inequality isn’t what it used to be Everything I see at work (apart from surveys) tells me that there are more women doing better and having a better time. Listen,to,Lucy,Kellaway,Women's,Equality,International,Day 00:04:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1405 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1405 Listen to Lucy no clean Meetings of minds are effectively a tool for dulling them Lucy Kellaway on why working alone is the best way to get things done FT,Lucy,Kellaway,meetings,management 00:04:57 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1402 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1402 Listen to Lucy no clean The fine art of penning your own ‘brief bio’ Lucy Kellaway on her eight rules for this trickiest of literary genres Lucy,Kellaway,FT,brief,bio,management 00:05:39 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1389 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1389 Listen to Lucy no clean UBS’s silly menu leaves a bad taste It is time to worry when companies write witless things and then hand them to their customers, says Lucy Kellaway LucyKellaway,FT,management,lunch,companies,UBS 00:05:32 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1376 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1376 Listen to Lucy no clean If you have to reject me, tell me straight No one appreciates hollow good wishes from someone who is telling them to shove off, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Lucy,Kellaway,management,rejection, 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1371 audio@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1371 Listen to Lucy no clean If you want adult behaviour, treat people like babies Lloyds bank has found a new way of saving money. It has banned all staff from travelling on the third week of every month. If this is a good idea, a similar system should be deployed for all the other ways in which We Are Not Wise with our time, says Lucy Kellaway. lloyds,bank,business,travel,email,management,productivity,work 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1365 audio@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1365 Listen to Lucy no yes The 2011 guff awards The judging is now complete and Lucy Kellaway is ready to announce the winners of her annual business jargon awards. jargon,business,management,nokia,ebay,ernst,young,mckinsey,language,email,manpower 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1352 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1352 Listen to Lucy no clean Social networks upend office etiquette What is acceptable and what is shameless? The answer is that no one has the foggiest – we are all making it up as we go along, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Financial,Times,social,networks 00:04:57 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1351 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1351 Listen to Lucy no clean Money’s too tight to mention if you have lots of it It is surprisingly hard to be good at having money – harder than acquiring it in the first place. The perfect amount of money is when you hardly have to think about it at all, says Lucy Kellaway money,FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway 00:04:58 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1342 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1342 Listen to Lucy no clean We all deserve to be told the terrible truth ‘Protected conversations’ between employees and bosses are a good idea but they won’t make any difference in practice, says Lucy Kellaway management,FT,financial,Lucy,Kellaway 00:05:05 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1337 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1337 Listen to Lucy no clean A guide to life in the fast cycle lane Thinking strategically about your life isn’t necessarily such a great idea, says Lucy Kellaway Luck,Kellaway,FT,Finacial,Times,life,strategic 00:05:18 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1332 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1332 Listen to Lucy no clean Stick to the rules and abusing your colleagues is OK So long as top people in the City are continuing to behave in an uncivilised fashion, the world as we know it isn’t coming to an end, says Lucy Kellaway City,Lucy,Kellaway,Financial,Times,FT,Duffield,Evershed,asset,management,fund,managers,New,Star 00:05:16 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1328 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1328 Listen to Lucy no clean Copying, the mother of the best inventions No one seems interested in teaching us how to get better at mimicry, despite it being the key to success, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,Financial,Times,Management,Copying, 00:05:11 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1322 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1322 Listen to Lucy no clean Management guff lands in China When the guff germ arrives big time in China, my prediction is that they will be better at dealing with it than westerners, says Lucy Kellaway. FT,Lucy,Kellaway,management,business, 00:05:27 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1316 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1316 Listen to Lucy no clean BlackBerry blackout left me happily unlinked Most email messages are exceedingly stupid, and none more so than the ones that arrive from LinkedIn, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Lucy,Kellaway,management,blackberry,linkedin 00:04:58 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1314 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1314 Listen to Lucy no clean Everyone benefits from a beast in the boardroom All companies need someone on board who stirs things up and couldn’t care less what people think, just don’t confuse it with ego, says Lucy Kellaway. FT,management,Lucy,companies,boards 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1309 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1309 Listen to Lucy no clean Forget doing the ‘math’ and stick to proper English All sorts of things are just plain wrong when translated from maths to business talk, says Lucy Kellaway, FT,Financial,Times,Lucy,Kellaway,management, 00:05:21 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1306 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1306 Listen to Lucy no clean Pretenders to power are the most dangerous Power may corrupt, but absolute power corrupts much less than partial power – as too many lower down the pecking order show, says Lucy Kellaway ft,financial,times,lucy,kellaway,management, 00:05:11 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1300 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:31:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1300 Listen to Lucy no clean Sufferers from WET aren’t skiving or lying; they just have an inadequate notion of what it means to be reliable, says Lucy Kellaway. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,business 00:05:28 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1293 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:07:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1293 Listen to Lucy no clean The sacking of Carol Bartz last week made theatre of the most superior kind. Watching the former chief executive of Yahoo go down spitting obscenities was exhilarating in an immediate sort of way, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,,ft,,business 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1289 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:33:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1289 Listen to Lucy no clean Research from an expert in ethics at Harvard University suggests people behave better when teddy bears are in the room, says Lucy Kellaway lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:04 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1282 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:19:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1282 Listen to Lucy no clean Larry Page’s thinking on his decision to spend $12.5bn on some mobile handsets, patents and set-top boxes is woolly at best, says Lucy Kellway. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,business,,management 00:05:34 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1272 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1272 Listen to Lucy no clean Is working with people of different ages really a problem? 00:04:52 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1271 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1271 Listen to Lucy no clean What keeps you in your job? What would your six-word answer be? 00:05:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1261 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:24:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1261 Listen to Lucy no clean The ubiquitous piece of software can leave one feeling grumpy and passive and in no frame of mind for proper work, says Lucy Kellaway lucy,kellaway,,FT 00:05:24 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1260 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:40:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1260 Listen to Lucy no clean When the new head of Tesco in the UK said he wanted staff to love customers, I followed up by visiting my local store, says Lucy Kellaway lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:16 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1230 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:25:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1230 Listen to Lucy no clean In business, optimism is good and pessimism bad. Optimists have a monopoly on success, on happiness and even on longevity. Pessimists, with their long faces and dark thoughts are pariahs, thought fit for nothing in the gung-ho corporate world except possibly careers in journalism (where bad news is good news). Otherwise, they have a choice between the couch, the closet or the comedy circuit. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,management,,business 00:05:10 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1228 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:35:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1228 Listen to Lucy no clean Everyone agrees that we spend too much of our lives e-mailing. Everyone agrees that the answer is to write fewer, shorter, clearer messages. Everyone has known this for years. Yet instead of getting better, the problem goes on getting worse. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,news,,management,,business 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1227 podcast@ft.com (Listen to Lucy) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:12:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1227 Listen to Lucy no clean Two different women, both of them up to their eyes in different sorts of trouble, last week put forward the same excuse to explain lapses in their behaviour. Each said she was suffering from a new debilitating condition – a compulsion to please people. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,management,,news,,business 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1208 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1208 Lucy Kellaway no clean It is a terrific relief to find that the true path to happiness involves doing what most of us do most of the time, whether we like it or not – work 00:05:28 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1207 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1207 Lucy Kellaway no clean Legal disclaimers on e-mails are not only unenforced but unenforceable – making one wonder why they are so popular 00:05:34 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1206 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1206 Lucy Kellaway no clean Lagarde is right to play the female card – this is the best time there has been to be a woman with talent, charm, and an appetite for advancement, says Lucy Kellaway 00:05:02 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1178 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 25 May 2011 11:57:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1178 Lucy Kellaway no clean I don’t like the idea of deputising for someone who was sorting out the financial crisis and might have been president of France, says Lucy Kellaway. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1165 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 11 May 2011 16:14:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1165 Lucy Kellaway no clean In the early days of computers I never forgot my password because the top secret word I’d chosen was ‘Kellaway’, which I found could be effortlessly recalled even in the most fraught moments, says Lucy Kellaway. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:24 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1156 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 04 May 2011 15:30:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1156 Lucy Kellaway no clean Research shows that with CEOs overwhelmingly having boring first names, the drearier the moniker, the greater the success – and that diversity is bunkum says Lucy Kellaway. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:06:11 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1154 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1154 Lucy Kellaway no clean The reams of justification for executive remuneration are mind-numbing and likely to make one succumb through sheer weariness, says Lucy Kellaway. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:35 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1153 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:16:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1153 Lucy Kellaway no clean Even though I prefer to have genius status granted for big things, I’m prepared to accept it for any achievement at all, even for pressing send on my computer, says Lucy Kellaway. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1131 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:28:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1131 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last Monday, when Kerry McCarthy MP got up to speak in the House of Commons she made history – not for the words she spoke, but for reading them off her iPad. Lucy,kellaway,,ft,,news,,business 00:05:12 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1120 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:15:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1120 Lucy Kellaway no clean A letter posted on a lavatory wall to amuse with its verbosity highlights the deficiencies of another missive by a virtuoso at apology – and guff. lucy,kellaway,,news,,ft,,business 00:05:30 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1103 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:50:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1103 Lucy Kellaway no clean In accepting the invitation to go on a debating tour, I had expected to return with a mind full of management ideas and a suitcase full of rip-off handbags. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,news 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1102 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:30:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1102 Lucy Kellaway no clean When it comes to describing their dark sides, leaders feel bound by one rule: any weakness is perfectly admissible, so long as it is really a strength. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1080 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:06:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1080 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last week I went out for a pizza with a man I hadn’t seen for a while. The bill was low; I picked it up. Two days later, a small, cream envelope arrived on my doormat. Inside was a folded piece of paper on which he had written a short note saying how much he had enjoyed the occasion. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:15 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1074 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:18:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1074 Lucy Kellaway no clean If you are listening to this during office hours on Monday, you can think of me sitting at a large table engaged in deep discussion about dividends, internal controls and appetites for risk. With me will be my fellow directors of a FTSE 100 company, 11 of us in all: nine men and two women. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:10 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1065 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:39:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1065 Lucy Kellaway no clean She is beautiful, rich and famous. She has two television shows, one of which is named after her. She’s got her own foundation that helps deprived girls. She’s been to bed with Barack Obama. She is taking a course at Harvard Business School on how to be an entrepreneur. lucy,kellaway,,ft,,tyra,banks 00:05:28 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1058 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:25:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1058 Lucy Kellaway no clean When I watched Tim Armstrong on CNN last week talking about the brilliance of his decision to buy the Huffington Post, I found I didn’t believe a word he was saying. lucy,kellaway,,ft 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1049 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:33:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1049 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last week, there were two stories in the papers about bankers being taken for a ride by conmen and nutters. Both tales were profoundly enjoyable: seeing investment bankers with egg on their faces is always cheering. They were also enjoyably profound, making one question what bankers get up to all day and which talents are needed to perform those tasks well. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:15 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1044 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:36:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1044 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last week, Fortune magazine published its latest survey of the 100 best companies to work for in the US. As I have never worked at any of them I can’t offer first hand corroboration of the rankings – though in 1981 I did try to get a job at Boston Consulting Group (rated number two in the Fortune list), but was rejected after letting slip in an interview that I had no idea what a learning curve was. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:04 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1035 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:03:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1035 Lucy Kellaway no clean I was sitting on a train coming back to London after a board meeting in Cardiff. Life felt good: the meeting had ended a bit earlier than I’d feared and I was just getting stuck into a gin and tonic and a packet of Quavers when the ticket inspector came round. I handed her my ticket, which she pronounced not valid. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT,,news 00:05:16 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1029 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:39:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1029 Lucy Kellaway no clean Lloyd Blankfein is in need of advice on the principles of business. Fortunately, I have just the man to give it to him: Hannu Penttilä, a Finnish shopkeeper who runs a chain of department stores. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1022 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:33:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1022 Lucy Kellaway no clean At the beginning of every year I hand out prizes to companies and individuals who have shown the greatest flair in butchering the English language or in talking through their hats during the previous 12 months. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:50 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1018 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1018 Lucy Kellaway no clean Even though it’s a weekday and during working hours, I’m in bed. The reason for such slovenliness is that I’m not feeling my best. Too unwell to feel like getting up, yet not so unwell that I can’t move my fingers over a keyboard. Lucy,Kellaway 00:05:03 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1017 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:45:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1017 Lucy Kellaway no clean This week I’ve decided to focus on two things that are always popular at this time of year. Layoffs and stand-up rows. Lucy,Kellaway,, 00:05:03 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1004 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:28:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=1004 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last Monday I had a delightful lunch with the turkey ambassador. He didn’t appear to know anything much about Ankara or care whether Turkey joined the European Union, but seemed more interested in what people eat for Christmas. He was the chef, Marco Pierre White, who had just been given the title by Bernard Matthews, the biggest British turkey producer, and was therefore flying the flag of the battery bird. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:22 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=998 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=998 Lucy Kellaway no clean At a party last week I met a man who told me he had just lost his job. I commiserated, but he said it was OK, he was well out of it. He explained that his boss was a fool who could not cope with having an underling who was far brighter and more charismatic than him. The man looked perfectly cheerful and reassured me that his pay-off had been large, and the move was his employer’s loss. lucy,kellaway,,FT 00:04:39 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=982 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:45:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=982 Lucy Kellaway no clean On the front of Wednesday’s Financial Times was a picture of Kate Middleton smiling adoringly at the future king of England and giving every impression of delight over her new job as the nation’s foremost corporate wife. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=974 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:18:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=974 Lucy Kellaway no clean Wearing socks on the outside of your shoes makes you less likely to slip on icy paths. Promoting people at random makes companies more efficient. These two hypotheses were among the winners of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes – handed out by Improbable Research, an organisation set up to promote academic work that makes you laugh, then think. 00:05:14 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=969 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=969 Lucy Kellaway no clean There is a teenage boy I know who worries me quite a lot. He was born to a good family with plenty of money. He is extroverted and optimistic; people appear to like him. He’s relatively easy on the eye and reasonably bright. His health is good and he can kick, hit and catch balls of various shapes and sizes. He does not smoke, or take drugs, or do any more binge drinking than the next person. lucy,kellaway 00:05:07 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=959 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:14:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=959 Lucy Kellaway no clean The only problem with losing stuff is not that harm is done, it is that people fear that harm will be done and the loss does not look pretty in the papers, says Lucy Kellaway FT,business,security,LucyKellaway 00:04:50 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=958 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:47:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=958 Lucy Kellaway no clean It is usually men who talk more management nonsense, but Lucy Kellaway finds they are no longer the only ones capable of talking guff FT,management,LucyKellaway,jargon,language,women,business,humour 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=935 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=935 Lucy Kellaway no clean Listening to customers can be bad business Management accepting humiliation in order to satisfy customers seems like a good thing but Gap’s climbdown on its new logo is feeble, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Gap,logo,management,PWC 00:05:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=934 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=934 Lucy Kellaway no clean We need more CEOs willing to speak out Everyone lives in mortal dread of getting into trouble – CEOs are all shacked up together in a glass house in which no stones ever get thrown, says Lucy Kellaway FT,Lucy,Kellaway,management,CEOs, 00:05:07 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=915 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=915 Lucy Kellaway no clean Power posing and flattery beat an MBA any day To make it, you simply have to fake it, according to Lucy Kellaway Lucy,Kellaway,FT,Financial,Times,business,management,leadership 00:05:06 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=906 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=906 Lucy Kellaway no clean Time to spit out more praise for Apple The exchange between Steve Jobs and Chelsea Isaacs prompts Lucy Kellaway to congratulate him on his clarity, tetchiness and for being completely in the right Apple,SteveJobs,LucyKellaway,FT,management,complaints 00:04:54 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=896 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:56:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=896 Lucy Kellaway no clean Like most Brits, I find success in others pretty hard to cope with. When that success is  combined with good looks, I can’t tolerate it at all. Apple’s continued glory eats away at me like a maggot at my core. Lucy,Kellaway,,Apple,,FT 00:05:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=887 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:30:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=887 Lucy Kellaway no clean Bob Diamond is full of energy and enthusiasm. He likes taking risks. He is determined: he knows what he wants and goes for it. He is fearless, cheerfully taking on a job he has little experience of. He speaks (relatively) simply. He has been known to throw tantrums. He is greedy and always wants more. I’ve never met him, but on the strength of what I’ve been reading about him I’m absolutely confident that he’s going to make an excellent new chief at Barclays. This is because he accords perfectly with a brand new theory of leadership that is surprising, radical, yet utterly compelling. This theory says that the best CEOs are just like toddlers. lucy,kellaway,,FT 00:05:07 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=880 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:23:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=880 Lucy Kellaway no clean On the bank holiday weekend, the political satirist Armando Iannucci was driving along the M40 to spend a couple of days in Snowdonia and stopped off at a Starbucks on the way. As he is a man who likes to record all his thoughts on Twitter, he dispatched this message to his 80,000 followers: “Still surprised that, despite their market dominance, Starbucks haven’t eliminated the slight smell of lavatory you get as you enter.” Lucy,Kellaway,,Starbucks,,Armando,Iannucci,,FT 00:05:18 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=870 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:56:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=870 Lucy Kellaway no clean Over the past decade there has been a steady onward march of objects, activities and emotions from hearth to cubicle, so there is now almost nothing left that belongs entirely at home. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT,,management,,work,,office 00:04:43 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=865 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=865 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last night I did what I always do when I am feeling jaded - I got out my boxed-set of Mad Men and immersed myself in the hedonistic, glamorous world of Maddison Avenue in the 1960s, when all women were a 38 triple-D cup, all men drank scotch from lunchtime till bedtime, everyone chain-smoked and fornicated whenever they got the chance. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:42 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=864 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=864 Lucy Kellaway no clean The e-mail was waiting for me on my return from holiday, just as I knew it would be. Shortly before I went away, I had written a column in which I had borrowed not merely someone else’s idea but his very words. At the time I thought I’d get away with it, but in the middle of the night had woken in a sweat. In the age of the internet, plagiarists nearly always get punished. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:33 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=863 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:55:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=863 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last Tuesday, during the final assembly of the year at my daughter’s school, pupils said  goodbye to a teacher who was being elbowed out. Miss T was famous for her feebleness at imparting knowledge; the new broom of a head had decided it would make more sense to give the job to someone who could teach instead. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:05:11 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=837 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:59:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=837 Lucy Kellaway no clean Last week an e-mail went round the office touting for suggestions on ways to improve our performance appraisal system. My suggestion is dead easy and dirt cheap: get rid of the whole thing and replace it with nothing at all. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT,,management,,business 00:05:23 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=828 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:26:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=828 Lucy Kellaway no clean In Britain they are cutting about a million jobs. In France, they have axed the Bastille Day garden party. All governments are looking for ways big and small to cut spending. But there is a better way that no one has yet considered: cut Fridays. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT,,office,,work,,management,business 00:05:07 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=817 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:13:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=817 Lucy Kellaway no clean The only difference between male and female managers, says Lucy, is that women are less confident and more hung up on approval. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT,,management 00:05:06 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=810 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:44:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=810 Lucy Kellaway no clean It's not just Americans or lefties or environmentalists who now hate BP. Everyone else seems to as well. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT,,management,, 00:05:13 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=801 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=801 Lucy Kellaway no clean Lucy's list of key "don'ts" for a retiring chief executive leahy,,tesco 00:05:07 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=776 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=776 Lucy Kellaway no clean Lucy on Bridgewater chief, Ray Dalio, and the list of his top 300 rules for life. Lucy,Kellaway,,FT 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=761 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=761 Lucy Kellaway no clean When the FSA came calling, it ruined my day A summons to a 90-minute interview with the financial regulator sends Lucy reeling through the five stages of grief FSA,,FT,,Lucy,Kellaway 00:04:50 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=762 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=762 Lucy Kellaway no clean It's the little things we should fret about One of the comedies of working life is pretending to care about the big things, says Lucy Kellaway. Lucy,FT,management,gender,workplace 00:04:22 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=746 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=746 Lucy Kellaway no clean Fabulous Fab is far scarier than you think Is Fabrice Tourre one of the most boastful men in the world, or is the Goldman Sachs trader a man who looks dispassionately at himself and is well aware of his weaknesses? Goldmans,FT,Fabrice,Tourre 00:04:46 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=745 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=745 Lucy Kellaway no clean Ash cloud helped productivity It was miraculous what the volcano did to conferences, meetings and business trips. Ash,cloud,management,flight,office,productivity,FT,financial,times 00:04:26 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=736 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=736 Lucy Kellaway no clean The joys of long service Does 25 years at this paper make me a disgrace, asks Lucy Kellaway kellaway,loyalty,service 00:04:55 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=717 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=717 Lucy Kellaway no clean My first law of success: a big lucky break Most successful people have had big lucky breaks at birth and a succession of smaller ones thereafter Lucy,Kellaway,FT,management,business,success 00:05:11 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=716 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=716 Lucy Kellaway no clean Generation game plays out on Facebook The gap between the Facebook/non-Facebook generation is wider than the gap between my generation and our parents Lucy,Kellaway,FT,financial,Facebook,management 00:04:43 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=703 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=703 Lucy Kellaway no clean You can’t always get what you want The current trend of using rock bands as models for business school study is deeply flawed. rolling,stones,grateful,dead,management 00:05:20 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=702 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=702 Lucy Kellaway no clean Why feedback forms leave me fed up The wrong questions are asked at the wrong time to people who generally are in no frame of mind to answer them properly 00:04:41 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=691 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=691 Lucy Kellaway no clean A corporate calendar that is so last year ‘A client a day’ makes no sense at all, especially in a business where people often work with the same client for months on end, says Lucy Kellaway Management,clients 00:04:53 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=690 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=690 Lucy Kellaway no clean Why insensitive bosses make more sense This is the single most sensible word I’ve seen on the flabby subject of leadership in at least a decade, says Lucy Kellaway Bosses,management 00:04:53 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=673 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=673 Lucy Kellaway no clean Latin gives oomph, partly because it lends an air of learning but also because most people have to look it up, says Lucy Kellaway Latin,business,Kellaway 00:05:09 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=668 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=668 Lucy Kellaway no clean Memory doesn’t matter when you have the net The only essential things to remember are one’s computer login, pin number and the names of a few workmates, says Lucy Kellaway Lucy,FT 00:04:40 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=667 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=667 Lucy Kellaway no clean Clooney won’t do in business I can think of three possible explanations why in mainstream corporate life in the UK and the US, the ugly mug rules, says Lucy Kellaway lucy,FT 00:05:12 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=659 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=659 Lucy Kellaway no clean My proven formula for cheerfulness The most depressing day of the year is upon us. But Lucy Kellaway says she has found a better way to keep up morale than the motivational gurus depression,january,blues,motivation 00:04:45 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=655 lucy.kellaway@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=655 Lucy Kellaway no clean Why forecasters should stick to the weather Cold air has been blowing out of the Arctic, and hot air has been blowing out of the mouths of business forecasters, says Lucy Kellaway forecasters,weather,economy,2010 00:04:44 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=654 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=654 Lucy Kellaway no clean Good year for management guff Even in bad times, some can still push the envelope and go the extra mile when it comes to talking bull, says Lucy Kellaway management,slang,cliche 00:05:27 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=642 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=642 Lucy Kellaway no no There is no shortage of bad business books, but Lucy Kellaway feels that giving them as ironic presents to bankers would be irresponsible kellaway,business 00:05:08 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=640 podcasts@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=640 Lucy Kellaway no no I come across a lot of angry people in the course of my work, writes Lucy Kellaway. They take exception to anodyne things written by me. lucy,ft 00:05:18 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=629 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=629 Lucy Kellaway no no Rebels who look ridiculous A bright tie, red socks, a flash of crimson in the lining of a suit – these attempts to stand out in the office smack of desperation, says Lucy Kellaway rebels,office,suits,desperation 00:04:49 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=624 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=624 Lucy Kellaway no clean How to land on your feet when speaking in public What Lucy and J-Lo have in common; and how to avoid boring your audience when speaking in public public,speaking 00:05:02 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=615 podcasts@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=615 Lucy Kellaway no no When too much information harms the office Staff are responding to overload by not digesting anything. No one reads e-mails any more – except from the boss, writes Lucy Kellaway management,overload 00:04:57 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=623 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=623 Lucy Kellaway no yes The return of managerial bone-headedness The bear market in bull may be over but the bear market in courage is not. Fear and paranoia are even more a part of corporate life, argues Lucy Kellaway management,,paranoia 00:05:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=605 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=605 Lucy Kellaway no no For better or for worse, but not for work To allow husbands and wives to co-work has always been a bad idea financially, socially, practically and emotionally, says Lucy Kellaway partners,wife,husband,work,office,relationships 00:04:41 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=599 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=599 Lucy Kellaway no no When a longer working life is good for us all Work is a bit like taking exercise. It can be boring and stressful while you are doing it but it is preferable to not working, says Lucy Kellaway work,retirement, 00:04:31 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=577 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=577 Lucy Kellaway no no Why ‘chillaxing’ isn’t cool Chilling is seen by today’s children as the natural order of things. However, taking it easy in the office is not a good idea, says Lucy Kellaway chilling,management,work,Obama 00:06:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=571 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=571 Lucy Kellaway no no Taboo or not taboo? Some new office guidelines A search for the sacrosanct subjects of the workplace was almost fruitless as most of the old strictures at work are on the way out, but there are still some no-go areas, says Lucy Kellaway taboo,office,workplace 00:05:24 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=560 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=560 Lucy Kellaway no no Mental health is the new workplace taboo, says Lucy Kellaway Gordon Brown’s questioning over whether he takes pills to cope with the pressure reveals the new taboo in the workplace, says Lucy Kellaway work,health,pills,mentalhealth 00:05:32 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=556 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=556 Lucy Kellaway no clean How to be a top female boss Anna Wintour's longevity in the fashion industry and hard-nosed approach provide a useful model for women executives top,50,women,,anna,wintour,,sister,dong 00:06:22 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=550 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=550 Lucy Kellaway no no Drug dealers are perfect gurus in a recession With their ruthlessness and brilliance at managing cash flow, hustlers such as the reformed 50 Cent can provide useful lessons to executives, says Lucy Kellaway rappers,,gurus 00:05:46 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=547 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=547 Lucy Kellaway no no Letting the office go to the dogs Bring your dog to work day may uncover some uncomfortable office truths, says Lucy Kellaway work,dogs,office 00:05:33 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=543 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=543 Lucy Kellaway no clean Wash away management’s verbal germs In my book, cleanliness is not next to godliness. Necessary up to a point, but quite dull, and not something that deserves a place in management literature. Kellaway,management 00:05:47 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=488 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/1021.guid Lucy Kellaway no no After decades of discussing women in the boardroom we should have gained enough confidence to go post-PC, argues Lucy Kellaway 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=489 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/1018.guid Lucy Kellaway no no As contemporaries seemed to have stopped playing the obsessive game of age comparison - its time to join them, says Lucy Kellaway 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=490 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/1015.guid Lucy Kellaway no no With employees paid to stay at home, the relationships between work and leisure, and money and no money are breaking down, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:57 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=491 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/1006.guid Lucy Kellaway no no They teach lessons about work that you need to unlearn pretty smartly if you want to get ahead in business, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:54 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=493 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 24 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/1002.guid Lucy Kellaway no no At a time when no one can afford to reward people with more money, to reward them with handouts of 'what a star' would seem a no-brainer, says Lucy Kellaway 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=494 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 18 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/984.guid Lucy Kellaway no no It does one good to fail in a small way. It means one then has to work hard to catch up, and that one may have a fresher way of doing things, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:45 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=131 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/973.guid Lucy Kellaway no no It was a great morale boost that this time I was victim rather than perpetrator, and people have been astoundingly sympathetic, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:35 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=132 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/968.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy Kellaway says anti-boss rage is more in vogue than it has ever been in her lifetime. She watches the display with alternate surges of glee and discomfort 00:03:47 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=133 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/963.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The trick is not for husbands and wives to get to a 50:50 share when doing the housework. It is to stop counting and to stop minding, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:30 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=134 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/938.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The whole idea of advice is hopeless: the best tests in the world would not help, as there is no formula for matching round pegs to round holes, writes Lucy Kellaway 00:03:57 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=135 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/931.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Work has been overlooked in pop lyrics: there are office novels, office sitcoms and office movies, but almost no office songs, writes Lucy Kellaway 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=136 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/928.guid Lucy Kellaway no no There are many theories about the mess we are in, but it is simply what you get when you take human beings and put them in an organisation, says Lucy Kellaway 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=137 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/919.guid Lucy Kellaway no no What has happened to the office desk over the past few hundred years tells of the fall of the craftsman and the rise of Ikea but it also says much about what has happened to the penpusher and office worker, says Lucy Kellaway. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=138 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/916.guid Lucy Kellaway no no I have seen an article that marks the first evidence from the management guff industry that a soft approach is finally on its way out and a hard one is on its way in. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=139 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/915.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The pendulum has swung away from slouchy language towards correct usage of punctuation in emails, helped by the recession. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=140 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/901.guid Lucy Kellaway no no To survive this economic downturn we need to smarten up and buckle down. We really need to get some work under our belts. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=141 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/894.guid Lucy Kellaway no no An idea about the happiness of happiness that had given me solace these last two years has been rudely overturned by the conclusions of a report, says Lucy Kellaway. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=142 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/893.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Through blogs, websites and e-mails the economic ills of the world are fed to us on a drip all day long, multiplying troubles everywhere, says Lucy Kellaway. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=143 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/892.guid Lucy Kellaway no no I dare say the US president hoped his words would resonate beyond the toy cupboard and sweetie jar, but even so they are feeble advice, says Lucy Kellaway. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=144 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/874.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The first episode of a business reality television programme rammed home the message that being a trader is the worst job in the world. But it is in reality TV that Gordon Brown could really make his mark in hard times, says Lucy Kellaway. 00:03:59 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=145 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/870.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy Kellaway finds she has little time for those who abandon work for their beds because of a cold, despite the chill wind of recession blowing outside 00:03:43 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=146 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/868.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy Kellaway laments that management twaddle and gobbledygook haven't faded away with the recession 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=147 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/867.guid Lucy Kellaway no no If your occupation involves making off with money from investors, then it is proper the name Made-off reflects that. There is a fine tradition at work here. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=148 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/860.guid Lucy Kellaway no no When your job is at risk and your savings are a shadow of their former selves, the search for meaning at work becomes meaningless in itself, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:35 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=149 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/857.guid Lucy Kellaway no no In the cause of research for a novel, Lucy Kellaway explores the world of internet adultery, and finds that, as the market for banking jobs goes cold, the market for adultery is getting hotter. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=150 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/826.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Newspaper articles in these tumultuous, fatal, not-seen-since-the-Great-Depression times are so tightly packed with cliche that it is hard to do anything other than join in, says Lucy Kellaway. But she says we must be careful not to overstate things. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=151 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/805.guid Lucy Kellaway no no If bankers want to understand the global financial crisis, what better way, Lucy Kellaway suggests, than to watch classic film Mary Poppins. They will find a film, she says, that manages to be 'soothing, perspicacious and upbeat all at once.' Time to listen to your inner chimney sweep. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=152 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/796.guid Lucy Kellaway no no As the global financial crisis deepens, Lucy Kellaway says the glory days of the management bullshit industry are well and truly over. But she admits the return of sense may not be entirely welcome. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=153 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/794.guid Lucy Kellaway no no What chief executives could learn from reading novels 00:03:06 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=154 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/784.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Should we be sickened at the news of formerly well-paid Lehman bankers jostling with their vending cards for the last Mars Bars? Lucy Kellaway asks just what kind of character is needed to survive the financial meltdown and to find another job. 00:03:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=155 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/785.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The global movement to end salary secrecy is flawed, says Lucy Kellaway. It is relative, not actual, pay levels that determine happiness, and sometimes it is better not to know 00:03:53 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=156 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/768.guid Lucy Kellaway no no If you are a business leader your children can screw up as much as they like without harming your career prospects at all, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:50 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=157 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/758.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy Kellaway goes back to school with a brand new pen lid, which offers a lifetime of pleasure - putting modern gadgets to shame 00:03:49 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=158 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/727.guid Lucy Kellaway no no You don't need to be a lawyer to know that strip club, summer intern and clumsy pass all up to trouble, says Lucy Kellaway. 00:03:53 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=159 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/724.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Thinking about death generally encourages people to come up with dodgy philosophies about life, says Lucy Kellway. The best way of living is not to think of death at all 00:03:45 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=160 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/707.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=161 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/700.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:52 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=162 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/694.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=163 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/687.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:42 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=164 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/675.guid Lucy Kellaway no no One might think that the American purposeful complaint is better than pointless bellyaching, but in fact both can prove to be highly enjoyable. 00:03:26 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=165 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/664.guid Lucy Kellaway no no I have been out collecting a botanical array of dangerous workplace blooms, words that can spoil our day, our week - or our career. 00:03:32 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=166 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Fri, 23 May 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/642.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:31 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=167 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 18 May 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/641.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=168 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 11 May 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/639.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:36 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=169 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 05 May 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/611.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=170 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/599.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=171 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/593.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Win-win? Instead of pretending that everything is a win, the good leader needs to get better about wining and losing 00:03:58 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=172 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/591.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:49 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=173 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/585.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:53 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=174 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/582.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:59 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=175 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/570.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:54 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=176 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/557.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:42 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=177 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/545.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:42 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=178 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/543.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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 00:03:39 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=179 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/542.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:35 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=180 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/502.guid Lucy Kellaway no no A local shoe mender has unknowingly supplied me with all the delightful things that large service companies are striving in vain to provide. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=181 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/485.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:04:01 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=182 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/461.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:51 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=183 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/457.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:55 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=184 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/453.guid Lucy Kellaway no no What do workplace experts and coaches tell us about making new year resolutions? And can Lucy find one she can keep? 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=185 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/452.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy gives out her 2007 awards for management nonsense 00:04:02 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=186 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/445.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:49 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=187 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/440.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:38 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=188 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/434.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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 00:03:59 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=189 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/430.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Saying anything that makes any sense at all is enough to disqualify one from joining what practitioners call the 'executive search space' 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=190 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/423.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=191 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/419.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The three things that really make most workers unhappy are actually rather basic - they are the work, the people and the general environment 00:03:25 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=192 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://tamborcast.com/media/414.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Going backward: how the phrase 'going forward' has infected business conversation 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=193 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/397.guid Lucy Kellaway no no 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. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=194 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/398.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=195 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/390.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:33 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=196 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/386.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:25 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=197 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/385.guid Lucy Kellaway no no The problem with being truthful about missing work is the reason can be embarrassing or implausible. 00:03:26 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=198 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/355.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:19 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=199 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/351.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Long ago, before e-mail, the return from holiday was a leisurely thing 00:03:34 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=200 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/342.guid Lucy Kellaway no no 'We' doesn't imply teamwork or even people who like each other. It is just the mundane experience of office life 00:03:58 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=201 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/338.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:43 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=202 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/339.guid Lucy Kellaway no no For people in any position of authority the ability to say no is the most important skill there is. 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=203 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/323.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:37 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=204 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/316.guid Lucy Kellaway no no A corporate bollocking just isn't the same as it used to be: PR people have taken over and emotion has been outlawed. 00:03:24 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=205 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/307.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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 00:00:00 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=206 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/303.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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? 00:03:41 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=207 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/297.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy sees reasons for cheer in the new 'world without secrets' 00:03:38 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=208 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/288.guid Lucy Kellaway no no Lucy asks 'what is the worst motivational memo ever?' 00:03:38 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=210 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 21 May 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/274.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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 00:03:25 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=211 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 14 May 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/267.guid Lucy Kellaway no no When it comes to retirement, are you Buffet, Gates or potato? 00:03:31 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=212 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/264.guid Lucy Kellaway no 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. 00:03:58 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=213 support@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://tamborcast.com/media/260.guid Lucy Kellaway no no This week, Lucy looks at rage, pettiness and rivalry between companies. 00:03:48