16th May, 2008: Tea Habits are Telling
Is your boss one who constantly blows on her tea? Does your favorite supervisor make tea? Your answers may have quite a bit to say about these managers. That’s according to a report commissioned by the UK Tea Council.
The study which was headed by an occupational psychologist (lest you doubt its validity), yielded intriguing results and unlocked a number of secrets to our co-workers’ tea habits. As a case-in-point, almost 80 percent of the one-thousand European office workers and human resources managers surveyed, thought that tea-makers “displayed top management skills.” Tea-makers were also regarded as the best office communicators.
In addition, the report identified six specific tea drinking habits tied to personality traits. For instance, confident managers tend to lean forward “with cup close to chin in one hand” and use “lots of flowing, varied and relaxed gestures.” At the opposite extreme is the weak boss who “holds [the] cup in both hands as if warming them and keeps blowing tea nervously.” This, the study warns, is the type of boss “who’s not comfortable in charge.”
Are Americans different in our tea habits? You decide. To learn more about the UK study, visit the UK Tea Council website here.
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