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Yearly Archives: 2009

Good posture inspires confidence

Your mother may have been right when she told you to sit up straight: New research suggests that good posture could make you feel more confident about yourself.

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How big is your CEO’s mortgage?

Stock market analysts earn big money trying to predict the the potential success of a company. Now, it seems there might be a better and more economical way of achieving the same end. Find out how much the CEO owes on his/her mortgage. A new study finds that corporations with higher levels of debt tend to have CEOs who also owe more on their own homes.

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Heavy multitaskers make poor multitaskers

Those who multitask the most are the ones who are worst at it. That’s the conclusion of researchers at Stanford University, who found multitaskers are more easily distracted and less able to ignore irrelevant information than people who do less multitasking.

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

It may have been around for a few years, but The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series) is worth a second read. A bestseller by Patrick Lencioni, this book explores the fundamental causes of organisational politics and team failure. Like most of Lencioni’s books, the bulk of it is written as a business fable.

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Pay peanuts, get monkeys

Last weekend I had lunch with my daughter at large café here in Auckland. It was very busy and buzzing with activity. The first thing I noticed before being seated was the plethora of staff. There must have been about 10 people running and tripping over each other. My confidence at receiving a pleasant dining experience soon faded when I noticed all of these people appeared to be high school students (yes, I’m in danger of stereotyping here, but hang in there with me).

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