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		<title>Foreman A or Foreman B &#8211; You decide&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/04/foreman-a-or-foreman-b-you-decide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a really interesting conversation with a man who is in the building trade the other evening. First of all he reckoned that his line of wouldn't benefit from my type of skills. After he told me this story, he agreed that people are people no matter what industry they work in and that we actually think the same way. 

He said that the way he manages his staff is based on his observations of two foremen that he worked with when he was learning his trade.  His story was so simple yet so insightful...that I thought I would tell it again here...and let you decide which foreman you want to be...]]></description>
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		<title>National Sickie Day &#8211; You suffering?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/01/national-sickie-day-you-suffering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 'National Sickie Day', a day in which it is estimated that 350,000 workers will take a sickie.  This will cost businesses more than £30 million in lost business opportunities, reduced productivity and salary/overtime payments.

A survey by Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS), shows that of the 1,500 bosses interviewed for the nationwide survey,  half said they did not believe staff who complained of being ill.  So why do they phone in sick and feel comfortable claiming illness not to go into work?]]></description>
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		<title>Still creating hysteria &#8211; Happy 75th!</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/01/14/still-creating-hysteria-happy-75th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever been in an environment which has influenced your behaviour?  Gotten carried away with the crowd?  Elvis who would have celebrated his 75th birthday last Friday, 8th January certainly witnessed those that were influenced and most certainly did get carried away!

In the 1950's frenzied and fevered were words frequently used to describe the groups of people (mainly women) who went to watch Elvis sing.... and of course gyrate his hips.  Scenes of hysteria and complete abandon were common place.  When Elvis walked on stage, women screamed, fainted, cried, shrieked and wet their pants.  The result was often so hysterical that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Guard, State Police and the City Police couldn't contain those involved.  On a number of occasions Elvis had to stop the show!

What creates this hysteria?]]></description>
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		<title>Laughing &#8211; the new social wizz kid</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/12/07/laughing-the-new-social-wizz-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. The first laughter appears at about 3.5 to 4 months of age, long before we’re able to speak.  Laughter, like crying, is a way for an infant to interact with the caregivers.

Like smiling we don’t have to learn how to laugh, we just do. We’re born with the capacity to laugh.  But we cannot just decide to laugh, its very hard to laugh on command or to fake it.  A bit like a fake smile, a fake laugh can be detected quite easily by another person....and for anyone that has tried to stop laughing or hide an 'inappropriate' laugh in a meeting...you'll know how difficult that can be!

Are you known for your laugh?]]></description>
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		<title>Crossed arms = closed mind?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/19/crossed-arms-closed-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to a group of folk at a recent networking event, the subject of Body Language popped up.  The subject of non-verbal communciation quite often arises in situations where I'm explaining what I do for gainful employment...and helping others see the importance of understanding human behaviour.  How it arises? Normally, when I say I'm an Occupational Psychologist, someone will make a comment such as 'so do you know what I'm thinking then?'. 

Such comments are normally quite light-hearted (perhaps folk think I won't have heard that particular 'joke' before!) and I have a range of 'stock' answers for certain situations....]]></description>
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		<title>The uncontrollable twitch</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/11/the-uncontrollable-twitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most reading this post will know the difference between a &#8216;genuine&#8217; smile and a &#8216;fake&#8217; smile.  If it&#8217;s genuine then you see it in their eyes.   The famous Mona Lisa&#8217;s enigmatic smile is more obvious if you just look at the eyes, which is in part the reason it is seen as enigmatic.  But confidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daydreaming or concentrating&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/05/daydreaming-or-concentrating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you rememeber being told by the teacher in school to sit on your hand and to face the front? Have you ever wanted to scream &#8216;Look at me when I&#8217;m talking to you!&#8217; to someone who doesn&#8217;t appear to be paying attention? A study by Doherty-Sneddon tells us that teacher interpret gaze aversion as [...]]]></description>
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