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We need to go to the office to convince ourselves that what we do has some purpose, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seventeen of Britain’s 100 best companies get along fine without listing corporate traits, says Lucy Kellaway .  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"UBS head should make clear that all can take risks but none may make light of mistakes," says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the one thing that customers would have liked to hear about, the new CEO’s letter is silent, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The bank’s advertisements pose a difficult question — one Lucy Kellway has avoided asking herself for 24 years  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A meeting where you are never sure who is talking yields a discussion of the lowest order, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This form of showing off is as vital as ever and women remain feeble at it, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Too many companies have started to talk as if being wrong were superior to being right, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The system appears to have been designed deliberately to cause me maximum pain, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Accenture’s decision to remove the annual performance review is welcome news, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The number of unattractive employees hired says a lot about the company, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Never was there a more naked display of cunning in a Regulatory News Service announcement  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a lot of posturing, Satya Nadella finally slips in two words that mean something — ‘tough choices’, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There is nothing morally superior about walking a lot — the craze is head-bangingly boring, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The ego that throws its weight around is the most tiresome. But the silent ego is most dangerous, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caring about our work has become a weird status symbol. But it can make us mad and unproductive, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Help is needed because even the sanest people become unhinged when buying and selling houses, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway explains why wielding a can of boot polish and a brush can result in greater job satisfaction  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

He is living proof that it is nonsense to argue that the most successful leaders are the humble ones, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Crystalknows uses public information to fake empathy but the real thing is more reliable, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.