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

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

A local shoe mender has unknowingly supplied me with all the delightful things that large service companies are striving in vain to provide.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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

What do workplace experts and coaches tell us about making new year resolutions? And can Lucy find one she can keep?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy gives out her 2007 awards for management nonsense  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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

Saying anything that makes any sense at all is enough to disqualify one from joining what practitioners call the 'executive search space'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

The three things that really make most workers unhappy are actually rather basic - they are the work, the people and the general environment  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Going backward: how the phrase 'going forward' has infected business conversation  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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

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

The problem with being truthful about missing work is the reason can be embarrassing or implausible.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.