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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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Are you failing the interview?

Every day, companies like yours are being bombarded with applications for every available position – a formula that doesn’t make it any easier to find the right person. In fact, many hiring managers are concerned that they’re missing red flags about candidates, leading them to make a mistake that two-thirds of them fear they’ll come to regret.

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Being a know-it-all is very persuasive

Being a know-it-all Is very persuasive, particularly if you don’t tell people you know it all. Social psychologists have performed many studies that demonstrate that people, especially in business settings, are more persuaded by proposals that come from credible and trustworthy sources.

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The power of reciprocity

Will people be just as likely to live up to the rule of reciprocity and return a favour in situations where nobody will ever know if the favour is returned?

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Your personality – who’s to blame?

Personality is stable after the age of about eighteen years, if you’re a parent you probably think it’s more like eight! Psychologists have found that there is about a four percent difference between eighteen and twenty years, but after we reach twenty we are stuck with who we are.

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