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'FT' and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of the Financial Times. support@podhoster.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:33:52 -0500 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Pod Hoster - podhoster.com 180 http://podcast.ft.com/media/images/lucy-kellaway-104x104.gif 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=605 podcast@ft.com (Lucy Kellaway) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 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 00:00:00 -0500 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 00:00:00 -0400 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/1021.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/1018.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/1015.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/1006.guid support@ft.com 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=492 support@ft.com (support@ft.com) Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/1003.guid support@ft.com no no Executives who take their customers to McDonald's may be losing goodwill faster than they are saving money, says Lucy Kellaway 00:03:48 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=493 support@ft.com (support@ft.com) Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/1002.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/984.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/973.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/968.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/963.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/938.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/931.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/928.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/919.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/916.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/915.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/901.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/894.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/893.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/892.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/874.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/870.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/868.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/867.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/860.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/857.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/826.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/805.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/796.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/794.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/784.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/785.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/768.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/758.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/727.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/724.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/707.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/700.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/694.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/687.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/675.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/664.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/642.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/641.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/639.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/611.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/599.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/593.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/591.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/585.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/582.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/570.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/557.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/545.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/543.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/542.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/502.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/485.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/461.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/457.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/453.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/452.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/445.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/440.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/434.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/430.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/423.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/419.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://tamborcast.com/media/414.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/397.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/398.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/390.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/386.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/385.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/355.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/351.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/342.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/338.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/339.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/323.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/316.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/307.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/303.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/297.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/288.guid support@ft.com no no Lucy asks 'what is the worst motivational memo ever?' 00:03:38 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=209 support@ft.com (support@ft.com) Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/287.guid support@ft.com no no Some sorts of multitasking in the office are clearly efficient. But using a BlackBerry in meetings is rude, as is noisy typing when on the phone. 00:03:29 http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18&pid=210 support@ft.com (support@ft.com) Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/274.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/267.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/264.guid support@ft.com 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 (support@ft.com) Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://tamborcast.com/media/260.guid support@ft.com no no This week, Lucy looks at rage, pettiness and rivalry between companies. 00:03:48