August 29, 2003 9:25 AM

Jewel, the management guru
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 9:25 AM

"Follow your heart, your intuition", croons songstress Jewel in her latest, determinedly-pop hit. But could her message be aimed at the nation's business managers as well as wayward adolescents? A piece by Euguene Raudsepp from the CareerJournal archives supports her claim pretty clearly:

Professor John Mihalasky and his associates at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark tested hundreds of business managers for intuitive ability. They are convinced that effective, superior decision making correlates highly with intuitive ability.

For one of their experiments, they chose 25 managers who had held top decision-making jobs for five years. . . .The results were remarkable: Of the 25 men selected, 12 had doubled their companies' profits in five years. Eleven of those 12 scored high on the intuitive test.

Read more, including a list of attributes of intuitive personality types and a list of occupations where intuition is highly valued. And if you're into Jewel, check out the complete lyrics.
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