<p>Isabel Berwick writes about how managers and workers can get better at their jobs. But that doesn’t mean she’s always been a perfect employee… In this special episode, Isabel speaks to her former boss (and good friend) Michael Skapinker about how she’s changed over the course of her career, her professional shortcomings, and some of the run-ins the two of them have shared. Later, Isabel and Michael discuss nuggets of career wisdom from FT colleagues including Stephen Bush, Claer Barrett and Jemima Kelly: how important is talent to a successful career? Does anyone care where you went to university? And what if the biggest career decision you’ll ever make is really to do with who you marry…?</p><br><p><strong>Want more? Free links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Z6hw9B" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Starting out in work? Here’s what you need to know</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Z3unun" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My first job: what I wish I had known</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Z3undR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My career race is in the home stretch, here’s what I know</a></p><br><p>Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/89d9c281-30b4-48a5-bdcd-0fd7f3c890e1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
