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Strong men more likely to have right-wing views, study says

MEN with strong upper body strength are more likely to vote conservatively while physically weaker males have a greater tendency towards left-leaning views.
Psychological scientists Michael Bang Petersen of Denmark’s Aarhus University, and Daniel Sznycer of the University of California

Bigger biceps mean you’re more right wing Study of men in three countries MEN with strong upper body strength are more likely to vote conservatively while physically weaker males have a greater tendency towards left-leaning views. And stronger men are more likely to protect their resources while weaker males favour more socialist views such as [...]

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Weekly Wisdom No.159: What’s Your Default Position?

Weekly Wisdom No.159: What’s Your Default Position?

What’s Your Default Position? On my blog last week I wrote about responding in the moment to events that challenge and frustrate you (It’s not what happens to you but how you respond). Taking the next step; what’s your default position when faced with an opportunity? Do you need to have a guarantee to feel [...]

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Interesting people I’ve met: Ali Khalil CEO & Board Member

Interesting people I’ve met: Ali Khalil CEO & Board Member

I had the pleasure of spending some time with the CEO and board member of Al Tanmyah Services in Dubai. No matter where in the world you visit there will always be those interesting people who have gravitas and a presence. Ali Khalil Al Sayegh is one of those people. A wealth of experience and [...]

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It’s not what happens to you but how you react

The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai was an eventful trip. As dinner was being served we encountered turbulence. Usually, pilots are pre-warned about turbulence by aircraft ahead of them on the same flightpath and similar altitude. They announce this to the cabin, the fasten seat belts lamp is lit, and everyone takes their seats. On this [...]

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Harnessing the power of problem-solving in your team

Harnessing the power of problem-solving in your team

It’s easy to find reasons why something will not work. It’s easy to complain, criticise, and denigrate new ideas, new strategies, or new action claims. It’s easy to quip, “we tried that before back in 1973, and it didn’t work then and won’t work now”. If you genuinely want to harness the power of problem-solving [...]

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Weekly Wisdom No.154: Building the Eiffel Tower

Weekly Wisdom No.154: Building the Eiffel Tower

Building the Eiffel Tower Watching a documentary on the History Channel I was fascinated to learn of the negativity and protestations regarding the Eiffel Tower’s impending construction by many Parisians. The uncoordinated campaigns by thousands of French citizens, criticised the tower as being a disgrace to architecture, and some said would be the ruination of Paris. The documentary [...]

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Friday Redux No.22: What is Transformational Leadership?

Friday Redux No.22: What is Transformational Leadership?

You can assert control of certain situations by expressing a clear vision of the group’s goals, a pronounced passion for the work and an ability to make the rest of the group members feel invigorated. It’s called: transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is a leadership style that encourages positive transmogrification in those who follow. Transformational leaders [...]

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Weekly Wisdom No.145: Cease the semantics

Weekly Wisdom No.145: Cease the semantics

Cease the semantics Golfers golf. Explorers explore. Sailors sail. Managers manage. And, leaders lead. If you want to be a manager then go and manage. If you want to be a leader then go and lead. All the talk about defining management and leadership is unimportant in the bright light of day when you’re charged [...]

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Psychology of Leadership & Management Workshop Seminar

Three of the biggest challenges in business today:  How to be an exemplary leader How to be a masterful manager How to influence people to perform better Getting these three critical issues right makes a profound difference and improvement to your organisation and the results achieved. Only the mediocre are always at their best. And, [...]

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Ric’s Thought for Today

Ric’s Thought for Today

If you were at your best–successfully achieving your objectives, what would be your behaviour that others would observe? If you were at your best–successfully achieving your objectives, what would your average day look like? What would you be doing? What would you NOT be doing? Who would you be interacting with and how? Why would [...]

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