The two-week training and selection exercise in Iceland has seen him working in temperatures with a wind chill of -30C.

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In the Teams we first get the right people, those who are committed to the cause and survive selection and training.

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For instance, if job satisfaction and leadership turn out to have large genetic components, greater emphasis might be placed on selection than on training.

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