Ft Listen To Lucy

It was not only the social media platform’s financial results that were lowering, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is remarkable how many of the super-successful have stuck by their first spouse, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We don’t approve of promiscuity in relationships, so why do we admire it in employment? asks Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The senior and the self-important should jump through the same hoops as new graduates, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The more someone can recall small talk at previous meetings, the more you like and trust them, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How people arrive at and leave an office building provides rewarding insights for companies, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Parenting is hard work that requires well honed management skills, only you do not get paid for it, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

His Kilimanjaro-inspired resignation memo mixes work-life epiphany with pitch for job offers, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Knowledge of how others rate us can be useful, but too much of it is unhealthy and confusing, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The thirdpartybrag is a sort of boasting that needs exposing even more than the humblebrag as it is more widespread and more lethal, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hard work is harming not only sleepless executives but the companies that employ them too, writes Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If a mismatch is fundamental, there is no such thing as too quick, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are better ways to gauge employee contentment than just asking, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Not responding is a sane response to inbox overload but it breeds insanity on the other side, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A black eye is not the best start for a non-exec director interview, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The fear of being found out is just one reason why the rot sets in but entrepreneurs offer hope, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The company’s creation of a dedicated ‘empathy team’ does not amount to an emotional awakening, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple succumbed to drivel, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong’s directive — to spend one-tenth of each working week thinking — is in need of a rethink.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger’s exit shows how our aversion to brown-nosing has got lost along the way  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.