Archive | September, 2012
Guru did not use the word “grunt”
Guru has had a difficult week after a confrontation with an extremely junior member of his HR team resulted in some wild accusations being thrown Guru’s way. The confrontation occurred late Wednesday afternoon, after what had been a very stressful… continue
Barcelona players are plane sexist
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In the rare moments when Barcelona’s players aren’t throwing themselves about a football pitch cheating or practising cheating, or giving interviews defending all the diving around cheating they do, they’re sexually discriminating against men… or women… or… continue
Ageing businessmen invest in fatter voices
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Ageing male businessmen are having surgery on their vocal chords to make them more effective in the boardroom, according to the Daily Mail.
Apparently, male voices start to deteriorate from 30 onwards, while women’s voice tend to… continue
Lack of decision-making power bad for the heart
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If you want to have a heart attack the best way to go about it is to get really fat and smoke a lot. Beyond this, it might also help to get a very stressful job with… continue
Britons want to be managed by Richard Branson (Guru doesn’t)
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According to research from Reed, Richard Branson is the man most Britons would like to be managed by. Guru finds this perplexing as Guru would prefer to give Richard Branson a good hard kick in the shins… continue
The Paul Ryan way: lying about sport is easier than actually doing it
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Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, ran a marathon in under three hours! That’s hugely impressive. Well it would be if it were true – his aides have since confirmed that he actually ran it in four… continue
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Guru is Personnel Today's notorious HR commentator. He's been working in HR for far too long and observes every passing management fad with a mixture of anger and amusement. His blog is the one thing saving his long-suffering wife, Mrs Guru, from having to endure too much of his ranting about the big HR stories of the day.

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