Two memos divided by understanding
This week I’ve decided to focus on two things that are always popular at this time of year....
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Podcasts de lucy
A glimpse of ambassadorial life
Last Monday I had a delightful lunch with the turkey ambassador. He didn’t appear to know...
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Better to save face than look in the mirror
At a party last week I met a man who told me he had just lost his job. I commiserated, but he...
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Breaking the glass ceiling at home
On the front of Wednesday’s Financial Times was a picture of Kate Middleton smiling adoringly at...
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Being happy is a serious handicap
There is a teenage boy I know who worries me quite a lot. He was born to a good family with...
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Listening to customers can be bad business
Management accepting humiliation in order to satisfy customers seems like a good thing but Gap’s...
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We need more CEOs willing to speak out
Everyone lives in mortal dread of getting into trouble – CEOs are all shacked up together in a...
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Power posing and flattery beat an MBA any day
To make it, you simply have to fake it, according to Lucy Kellaway
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Words to describe the glory of Apple
Like most Brits, I find success in others pretty hard to cope with. When that success is...
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Why CEOs cry all the way to the bank
Bob Diamond is full of energy and enthusiasm. He likes taking risks. He is determined: he knows...
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Twitter is no way to manage a smelly mess
On the bank holiday weekend, the political satirist Armando Iannucci was driving along the M40 to...
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Personal life has invaded the office
Over the past decade there has been a steady onward march of objects, activities and emotions...
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Antidote to the dreariness of modern life
Last night I did what I always do when I am feeling jaded - I got out my boxed-set of Mad Men and...
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Why financiers are leaders in drivel
The e-mail was waiting for me on my return from holiday, just as I knew it would be. Shortly...
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Nice dud is key to office harmony
Last Tuesday, during the final assembly of the year at my daughter’s school, pupils said ?goodbye...
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It’s time to sack job appraisals
Last week an e-mail went round the office touting for suggestions on ways to improve our...
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Don’t just dress down on Fridays
In Britain they are cutting about a million jobs. In France, they have axed the Bastille Day...
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It is time for the gender gap to be kicked into touch?
The only difference between male and female managers, says Lucy, is that women are less confident...
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BP has become the company we all love to hate
It's not just Americans or lefties or environmentalists who now hate BP. Everyone else seems to...
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Principles for living we could all do without
Lucy on Bridgewater chief, Ray Dalio, and the list of his top 300 rules for life.
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