From: The Sydney Morning Herald
Scaling the heights of power
The Sydney Morning Herald:
Want to add a few centimetres to your stature instantly without the help of heels or a hat? Just picture yourself in a situation where you are in charge.
Researchers have found those in powerful positions actually consider themselves taller than they really are – by about an inch on average.
This effect may have been at work in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico when BP Chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg controversially declared: “we care about the small people”.
While this was defended by the company as a clumsy turn of phrase by a Swedish exec, the authors of Living Large study said the faux pas spurred them to investigate the “provocative possibility that the powerful literally misperceive their height relative to others”.
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