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    Isabel Berwick

    Editor, Work & Careers

    Isabel Berwick is Work & Careers editor, overseeing a department that covers management, leadership, working life, graduate careers - and the huge issue of the future of work. She is the host of the FT's Working It podcast and co-writes the weekly Working It newsletter. She is editorial co-lead on the 50/50 Equality Project, which works towards more representation of diverse voices in the FT, and is editorial lead for the FT Women in Business Forum.

    Isabel joined the FT in 1999 from the Independent on Sunday, where she was business editor. She held several senior editing roles on FT Weekend and the Opinion desk before taking up her current post in 2018.

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    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Working It podcast29 min listen
      How big a pay rise do you need right now?

      As food and energy prices rocket, some companies are offering debt advice and loans to staff

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
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      These companies want you to work abroad

      Plus, the science behind effective feedback and rethinking imposter syndrome

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
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      Does your boss need to know about your side hustle?

      Plus, the rise of the executive coach and management lessons from sports

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
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      Sport’s leadership lessons: Machismo or real skills?

      Can you improve performance and productivity by thinking like a sports star?

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
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      Female founders are more successful than ever

      Plus, the push for salary transparency and moving away from background checks

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
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      Friendship in the workplace: It’s lonely at the top

      There’s a relationship economy in the workplace. Here’s why it matters to both employees and businesses

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
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      Make your next meeting ‘tactical’

      Plus, how hybrid work affects women and the limited success of skills boot camps

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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      Is hybrid work a trap for women?

      Many women want flexibility but there is evidence it is not good for their careers

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Working It
      The rise of the ‘slow work’ movement

      Plus, how to beat imposter syndrome and the best new business books

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Working It
      What does employee ‘engagement’ really mean?

      Plus, the best business books of the summer and the growing ‘drop servicing’ industry

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Working It
      Land on your feet after a rescinded job offer

      Plus, rethinking the office dress code and Masters in Finance programmes ranked

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Working It podcast16 min listen
      How the pandemic has changed what we wear to work

      The end of ties and the white trainers boom: workwear in the post-pandemic office

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Working It
      How to design an office for every type of brain

      Plus, the world’s biggest four-day workweek experiment and the ‘end’ of sick days

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Working It podcast17 min listen
      Has hybrid working made it harder to take time off sick?

      This week, host Isabel Berwick is joined by Emma Jacobs, author of one of the Financ…

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
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      Money Clinic podcast: How I got a 36% pay rise

      A listener shares his experiences of asking for a raise, plus expert tips about how to negotiate

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Working It podcast20 min listen
      Why do so many working-class people feel alienated at work?

      Fear of not fitting in: the invisible barriers facing working-class professionals

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Working It
      The coming wave of ‘boss loss’

      Plus, top 50 schools for executive education and the drawbacks of unlimited vacation time

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
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      Welcome to your office in the metaverse

      A virtual office in the metaverse is being touted as the future of work

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      Mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne in sybaritic style at this quartet of the capital’s smartest hotels

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Working It
      CEOs beware: the danger of corporate memos

      Plus, learn Excel on TikTok and manage pay rise demands

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
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      How to ask for a pay rise – and when to give one

      Everyone wants a pay rise this year. How can you get one, and how can managers cope with demand?

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
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      Lead your team’s office return by ‘managing up’

      Plus, the new office dress code and can we justify business travel during a climate emergency?

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
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      ‘Flight shame’ and the return of business travel

      People still want to hang out together at conferences, but is there a better way to do things?

    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
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      Does the flexibility of freelancing pay off?

      Plus, bad bosses and the resistance to in-person office work

    • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
      Working It podcast18 min listen
      Help! How can I make the office more enticing for my staff?

      Bringing nature into the office might just attract workers back to their desks

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