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    • Overworked, overweight

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Governments and businesses are now looking at various incentives and penalties for employees to lose weight. but all of these are problematic and simplistic. There is no quick fix to this complex problem.

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    • The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog

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      A survey has found that most people, men and women, reckon that men are more likely to be effective leaders and that even women are suspicious of female bosses. According to the survey, three out of four women said they would rather work for a man. Also there was no end of stereotypes with women labelled as "moody", "*****y", "emotional" and "catty".

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      globeandmail.com: Late risers lobbying for workplace recognition

      Posted by Sarahfelicity from Globe and Mail

      “A lot of motivational speakers tout this stuff about the early bird getting the worm,” says Ms. Martinson, who wrote the chapter after consulting Ms. Schur's 1995 book Birds of a Different Feather, which highlighted circadian differences among workers. “They make it seem like being a night owl is a choice. It's actually biological. It's like being blue-eyed or brown-eyed. It's not about choice at all.”

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    SoxFirst

    Member since Nov 2008

    Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.

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