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PODCAST: Cracking the class code

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By Lee Elliot Major, Anne-Marie Sim
| transformingsociety.co.uk
Is class truly in the past, or do invisible workplace codes still govern who gets a place in elite workplaces? In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Lee Elliot Major and Anne-Marie Sim, authors of Cracking the Class Code, about how leading employers can dismantle these class barriers.
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Five myths of meritocracy in the modern workplace

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By Lee Elliot Major, Anne-Marie Sim
| transformingsociety.co.uk
“You can learn how to speak, but you might never feel completely yourself.” This remark, from an executive in a top-tier firm, captures a tension we heard repeatedly while researching our book Cracking the Class Code. On paper, these individuals were the winners in life’s opportunity race. And yet, they felt they were performing a different version of themselves. Many spoke of the emotional toll of concealing their roots, changing their accents or battling imposter syndrome.
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Cracking the Class Code: How the Opportunity Game is Rigged - and How Firms Can Help Fix It (Paperback)

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By Lee Elliot Major, Anne-Marie Sim
| The Waterstones Podcast
(author), (author) Paperback 256 Pages Published: 17/11/2026 Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £3.99 Awaiting publication Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £3.99 This item has been added to your basket Reveals the class markers that operate within the world’s most powerful firms and outlines the practical steps for leading employers to dismantle class barriers. Class, so the narrative goes, has been banished to the past in our modern meritocratic world. Yet across...
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