Ft Listen To Lucy

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

The pendulum has swung away from slouchy language towards correct usage of punctuation in emails, helped by the recession.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To survive this economic downturn we need to smarten up and buckle down. We really need to get some work under our belts.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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

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

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

Lucy Kellaway laments that management twaddle and gobbledygook haven't faded away with the recession  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What chief executives could learn from reading novels  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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

Lucy Kellaway goes back to school with a brand new pen lid, which offers a lifetime of pleasure - putting modern gadgets to shame  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.