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The Face of Leadership

By Christopher Peterson, Ph.D. on January 10, 2012 in The Good Life

A "gee whiz" study was recently described by Elaine Wong, Margaret Ormiston, and Michael Haselhun (2011). These researchers were able to predict the financial success of Fortune 500 companies from the facial width-to-height ratio (WHR) of the CEO. That is, how wide was the CEO's face relative to how long it was? Read More

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Christopher Peterson is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan.

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