FT Listen to Lucy

By Financial Times

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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April 14, 2008 Give managers the 'nanny test'
It isn't easy to keep a person happy in a job that is poorly paid and involves much wiping of bottoms. Managing a nanny is management at its most extreme.
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6min
April 07, 2008 On my own monetary matters, nuttiness kicks in
Knowing the difference between personal fiscal prudence and being a spendthrift is one thing. But being able to keep a tight rein on your personal spending is quite another.
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6min
April 01, 2008 Seven type's of rot
'Your call is important to us'... Lucy Kellaway provides a rot analysis of business talk, looking at phrases that mean the opposite of what they pretend to mean.
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6min
March 17, 2008 Trapped workers develop a line in doodling
It is wrong to see doodling as something to do when bored. Instead, it is what we do when we are forced to listen to someone else.
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March 11, 2008 Put an end to the trauma of the telephone
E-mail is much derided for interrupting our day's work, but it is as nothing when compared to the noisy, intrusive, brutal phone.
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6min
March 03, 2008 Green holiday that makes me see red
The National Trust gave its 5,000 employees a leap day holiday - but they had to spend time making their own homes more environmentally friendly. Should companies force us to be charitable?
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6min
February 25, 2008 Rekindling a 25-year bond
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
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5min
February 10, 2008 Happiness is finding your inner receptionist
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.
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6min
February 04, 2008 Unpolished exchanges put soul into shopping
A local shoe mender has unknowingly supplied me with all the delightful things that large service companies are striving in vain to provide.
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7min
January 28, 2008 Accenture's next champion of waffle words
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.
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7min

FAQs about FT Listen to Lucy:

How many episodes does FT Listen to Lucy have?

The podcast currently has 441 episodes available.