IT ALWAYS catches the eye when a report lands on your desk with the word "naked" in the title.
The latest such tome was The Naked Chief Executive – but before you get excited, it wasn't anything to do with Jamie Oliver or dodgy photographs taken i
n the City.
Instead, the Isle of Man's government commissioned a survey of 100 chief executives from within the FTSE 500.
The research found business leaders were better on the sports field than in the classroom when they were at school.
Of the chief execs surveyed, 71 per cent believed compulsory sports influenced their careers, while 33 per cent of them played sport for their county or their country.
Meanwhile, 59 per cent said their academic school career was only "moderately successful".
Dr David Lewis, who designed the survey, said: "Chief executives are team players. They seek to achieve their ambitions by leading others rather than through their individual efforts. These strategies were acquired and polished while still at school."
FACT OF THE DAY
$6bnMAY'S devastating earthquake in the Sichuan province of China caused $6 billion (£3bn) of damage to the local agricultural industry, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The FAO said more than 30 million people in rural communities lost most of their assets in the earthquake, which also destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland and killed millions of farm animals. The quake killed 70,000 people.
KILLER QUOTE"SUPPLY is not responding adequately to rising demand. The problems are above ground not below it. This is a fundamental signal, this is not about speculation. The era of cheap energy is probably over at least for the medium term"
Tony Hayward, chief executive of BP, said high oil prices weren't down to speculators.
GOOD DAY
Rolls-Royce in ScotlandROLLS-ROYCE'S Compressor Systems facility at Inchinnan, near Glasgow, has won the process innovation category at the Manufacturing Excellence Awards, run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The factory makes blades and compressors for gas turbines.
BAD DAY
Smokers SCOTTISH smokers are seen by their colleagues as work-shy, according to a survey published yesterday. More than half of those questioned said they thought smokers take "more than acceptable" time away from work. Obese workers also came in for flak.
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