At the beginning of each assignment, the executive is often eager to set goals, improve performance, and experiment with new techniques.

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Curious as to why mere belief that he was facing more competitors would alter an individual's performance, the two researchers ran a second experiment.

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And by using the glove between each set he was, in a subsequent experiment, able to raise his performance in a full session from 180 pull-ups to 600.

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Second, a package of possible waiver proposals could assure that you have the authority to experiment with the use of budget-neutral performance bonuses for health plans competing in your state exchange.

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In the mobile research I just mentioned, we did a little experiment where we used network quality as a proxy for performance.

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Vega's performance was followed by the British group Duran Duran who, keen to experiment with the latest technology, created their own virtual island within the world to perform concerts.

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When leaders in their experiment were in an unstable position (told that their role was dependent on performance) and confronted with a threatening opponent they, literally, moved closer to the threat, by placing their chair on average 15 inches closer.

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They also failed to pick the cheapest fund, and in a survey after the experiment listed fees as the fifth most important factor in making their decision, behind performance.

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Harris had a distinct agenda in taking the surveillance to the ultimate level and populating the bunker with extreme types: performance artists, political activists, filmmakers, and others hand-picked for a not-so-quiet experiment.

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