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  1. Stephen Berry

    HR tests -psychometric, 360 review etc

    do you mean copying what Gary Hammel did in the 1990's (killer strategies and 'uncontested space'), renaming it and releasing a book through Harvard publishing which has about 30 pages of quality content stretched out into about 250 pages of book ? :)
  2. Stephen Berry

    HR tests -psychometric, 360 review etc

    I agree with you Simon. I'm qualified to use several - the basic Jungian stuff is common to most - each of them claim to be 'the best' / 'the most accurate' etc etc - but all do essentially the same thing. MBTI is more at personality level, DISC more at behavioural level and SDI and Spectrum...
  3. Stephen Berry

    HR tests -psychometric, 360 review etc

    here's some background on some of them http://www.evaluationstore.com/other_tests.php generally the free ones are, in my opinion, either worthless or used as a vehicle to sell expensive consultancy to translate their terminology or what their squiggly line means etc. To make this one free...
  4. Stephen Berry

    The best place to meet women is...

    The best place to meet women is... in DWPs case - probably in his imagination
  5. Stephen Berry

    Is having a wife worth it?

    marriage requires a degree of maturity. In DWPs case - I guess it may therefore be a long term aspiration.
  6. Stephen Berry

    Should I get him something

    zimmer frame?
  7. Stephen Berry

    Solicitors' bills (2)

    Oxymoron ?
  8. Stephen Berry

    Cartoon Caption Contest - just for fun

    UKBF Time Out section pre-internet
  9. Stephen Berry

    Finance Question

    As popunder aludes: it's all about your appetite for risk; Low risk - pay off the mortgage Medium risk - buy shares / gilts High risk - start a business couldn't care less about risk: what the heck, blow it on champagne and a holiday
  10. Stephen Berry

    How can I make money in the morning?

    Get up. Wash. Have breakfast. Read your course texts. Go to lectures. That should be a good investment for future income.
  11. Stephen Berry

    The price is.... well whatever you want to pay

    in summary, 3 approaches to pricing: 1. Cost plus: what it costs you to procure plus a mark up 2. market based: subdivides into 2a: competitor driven (what they are charging and where you pitch in relation to that) and 2b: customer driven (the customer makes a judgement of what they are willing...
  12. Stephen Berry

    Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

    It's very concerning - we're giving the apes a bluebrint for taking over the planet. If anyone sees a monkey in the audience taking notes - beware.
  13. Stephen Berry

    Who do you think you are?

    not a great vintage then? Sancerre in a bad year has been compared unfavourably to sheeps wee - that put me off Sancerre for quite a few months.
  14. Stephen Berry

    Kids spelling words like they text - Is it SO bad?

    my kids do summer holiday diaries. 6 year old Joel's diary today contained the brilliant word .... unyoshally great - OUP (owner or the Oxford English Dictionary is a customer of mine - I'll alert then to the innovation).
  15. Stephen Berry

    I cannot F*cking (pardon my french) ...

    not been around long have we dear?
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