Archive | June, 2012
Coffee drinking probably the secret to success
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According to the Guardian, coffee is the drink of choice for high achievers. Apparently, 77% of senior managers choose coffee over tea and 70% of high earners like coffee more than tea. Those are some compelling statistics.… continue
Science is for girls
Everybody knows that women are good at talking to people and washing up, and men are good at building bridges and doing maths, which is why science is definitely not for girls… Well, prepare to be amazed everybody, because according… continue
More really, really good looking people discrimination
Life can be difficult when you’re very attractive, good at singing and also very good at your job – Guru knows this all too well! So it proved for fellow over-achiever Erika Bonilla who is suing the FBI, claiming she’s… continue
Tennis line-judging added to world’s most dangerous jobs
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To a list traditionally populated with loggers, miners, firefighters, bomb disposal experts and deep-sea fishermen we can now add tennis line-judges. David Nalbandian conspired to make being a line judge even more dangerous than it already was… continue
Do 14% of your emails contain gossip? They should!
Is every seventh email you get about some juicy gossip? If it isn’t tell your colleagues to get more interesting lives, because it should be, according to the Daily Mail.
Guru estimates that he’s received about seven emails about gossip… continue
Waiting around after coach journeys is all part of growing up
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Guru once went travelling round Europe with very little money. One of his least fond memories was being holed up in an all-night bar in Prague to avoid paying for a hostel after a coach journey from… continue
Guru responds to CIPD chief’s clarion call on banking
According to the new CIPD chief, Peter Cheese, “HR is key to restoring trust in banking“.
Guru was surprised to hear this, having previously suspected that HR was a very tiny part of what is needed to restore trust in… continue
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