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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: SF1900 on March 04, 2016, 08:29:21 PM
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It makes total sense now. American leaders are usually flimsy and weak and thus, unable to lead the country.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2016-03-02/guys-want-to-be-a-leader-muscle-up
Guys, Want to Be a Leader? Muscle Up
WEDNESDAY, March 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A muscular physique can improve a man's image as a potential leader, but only if he doesn't come across as a bully, a new study suggests.
The researchers asked men and women to rate people's status and leadership qualities based on photographs. The study participants overwhelmingly tied physical strength in men with higher status and leadership. Physical strength wasn't linked with status or leadership for women, however.
"The physically strong men in the pictures were given higher status because they are perceived as leaders," said study co-author Cameron Anderson, a professor of management at the University of California, Berkeley.
"Our findings are consistent with a lot of real examples of strong men in positions of power," Anderson said in a university news release.
However, the study authors added that the findings don't necessarily mean that less physically imposing men are at a disadvantage.
"Perceived strength does give people an advantage but it's not make or break. If you're behaving in ways that demonstrate you are a leader or are not a leader, strength doesn't matter," Anderson said.
The researchers also found that strong people don't succeed by bullying their rivals.
"Strong men who were perceived as being likely to behave aggressively toward other group members were actually granted less status than their apparently gentler counterparts," study co-author Aaron Lukaszewski, an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University, said in the news release.
The study was published online recently in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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The old "Walk softly but carry a big stick" approach. Mass with class.
I do find that this study missed one thing. From personal experience being a bully can be beneficial, but only if it is directed away from your own clan. I'd never bully anyone in my team or those we have to work with directly. But sometimes I intentionally let something escalate to show the team that I will be their defender/champion. Seems to work.