Ft Listen To Lucy

It was miraculous what the volcano did to conferences, meetings and business trips.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does 25 years at this paper make me a disgrace, asks Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most successful people have had big lucky breaks at birth and a succession of smaller ones thereafter  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The gap between the Facebook/non-Facebook generation is wider than the gap between previous generations.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The current trend of using rock bands as models for business school study is deeply flawed.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The problem with feedback? The wrong questions are asked at the wrong time to people who generally are in no frame of mind to answer them properly. But spontaneous feedback can be a good thing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

‘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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the single most sensible word I’ve seen on the flabby subject of leadership in at least a decade, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Latin gives oomph, partly because it lends an air of learning but also because most people have to look it up, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The only essential things to remember are one’s computer login, pin number and the names of a few workmates, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Even in bad times, some can still push the envelope and go the extra mile when it comes to talking bull, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There is no shortage of bad business books, but Lucy Kellaway feels that giving them as ironic presents to bankers would be irresponsible  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What Lucy and J-Lo have in common; and how to avoid boring your audience when speaking in public  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Staff are responding to overload by not digesting anything. No one reads e-mails any more – except from the boss, writes Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.