Best of: Why we love to hate the middle manager
The Harvard Business Review once published a damning report about middle managers, saying that the very title “evokes mediocrity”. Was that fair? And what does it take to be a good middle manager? Hos...
1 Aug 202317min
Best of: Imposter syndrome: turning self-doubt into a positive
If you often feel underqualified and full of self-doubt at work, you may be suffering from imposter syndrome. But as host Isabel Berwick finds out in this episode, in some cases that may actually impr...
25 Juli 202326min
Why are sexual harassment and assault still happening at work?
It can be dispiriting that six years after the #MeToo movement went viral, alleged office sexual predators continue to be unmasked by the media – including the recent FT exposés of hedge fund manager ...
18 Juli 202319min
How to master the art of schmoozing
Do you ever find yourself lost for words? Or maybe you have too much to say? This week’s episode features a masterclass in chit-chat from Matt Abrahams, a lecturer in communications at Stanford Univer...
11 Juli 202321min
Men, are you lonely? How your workplace could help
The US surgeon-general Vivek Murthy recently issued a report calling attention to an epidemic of loneliness and isolation; he warned that people’s lack of social connection was “as dangerous as smokin...
4 Juli 202318min
Menopause in the workplace: breaking taboos
When the British broadcaster Davina McCall woke up one morning in her forties dripping with sweat, she didn’t know what was happening to her. She’d never heard the word perimenopause. But as she did h...
27 Juni 202319min
Best of: What’s the point of HR?
In a repeat of a popular Working It episode, Isabel Berwick asks if HR has an image problem. For some managers, the phrase “human resources” has become synonymous with the idea of needless corporate p...
21 Juni 202318min
How to be more productive at work
We all want to achieve more - and produce better work - without spending more time at our desk. Isabel Berwick asks senior FT columnist Tim Harford how best to tackle the problem of productivity. Tim ...
13 Juni 202316min
