Podscud - FT Listen to Lucy

Financial Times management columnist Lucy Kellaway pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life.

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The ugly are vanishing but with them goes talent

11 years

‘Wrong skillset’ excuse masks a coup at the top of Barclays

11 years

Microsoft mission statement: so many words, most of them empty

11 years

The dismal narcissism of step-counters

11 years

The myth that ego can be left at the door

11 years

Why not giving a damn won’t stand in your way of success

11 years

Why we should admit we love ‘hateful’ estate agents

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I would rather shine shoes than be a banker

11 years

A harsh lesson from Tim Armstrong, AOL’s very unappealing boss

11 years

Apps that stalk should at least be clever

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Twitter chief’s six common crimes against the dictionary

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The mystery of billionaires’ long marriages

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A 30-year work anniversary is a freak event to be cheered

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Companies have their recruitment process upside down

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The powerful effect of being remembered

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Your rudeness in reception may be used against you

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Motherhood is tough and intense but it is not a job

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Google CFO Pichette’s ‘I quit’ note is a classic in a dodgy genre

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Endless digital feedback will make us needy and unkind

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What is worse than a blatant boast? The thirdpartybrag

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Why ‘lean in’ if laziness can be just as effective?

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It is better to fire a wrong hire as fast as you can

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Wells Fargo’s happy:grumpy ratio is no way to audit staff

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My solution to the anguish of unanswered emails

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Should falling off my bicycle stop me from leaning in?

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How insecurity and preening kill corporate common sense

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Facebook and the ‘daily average people’ formerly known as users

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Golden Flannel of the year award

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Scheduling time at work to 'think' is a brainless idea

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Only judge a fulsome eulogy to a boss in the fullness of time

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