There is some heartening news for British chief executives toiling over their annual letter to shareholders. A senior academic may be analysing your words for tell-tale signs of your psychological state — and to predict when you might have to quit.
By burrowing into your emotions, he will try to assess whether you are about to be fired, or are feeling under pressure to leave voluntarily. He claims a 73 per cent success rate in correctly predicting CEO exits.
Your impending sacking — or your permanent move to golf course or garden — will supposedly be given away by two key indicators: an ominous lack of future-focus in your writing; a surfeit of negative emotion; or both.