Lewis Hamilton Could be bigger than Beckham
By Rory Ross
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2007

Andy Austin, head of the Dobson Lyle consultancy, runs a psychometric test, Personal DNA Profiling, which identifies the emotional, mental and cognitive thought processes common to high-achieving individuals. In 1990, he became involved with McLaren while working at the team's former sponsors, textiles company Courtaulds.

He spent three fascinating years observing Ayrton Senna.
"At the age of 22," says Austin, "Lewis Hamilton appears to possess very similar personal and mental DNA to Ayrton, shared by very few sportsmen in the world today or indeed in the history of sport.

"It is his uniqueness in mental processing, a rational calmness, a singleness of purpose and the ultimate desire to win that elevates him above others, and transforms this natural sportsman into what I consider to be potentially the greatest motor racing driver of all time."

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APPOINTMENTS: Gifted square pegs can expect a revelation
By Richard Donkin
Financial Times; Jan 22, 2004

" One of the hardest realities confronting executives who have had a long and successful career is facing up to the possibility that their corporate life has come to an end.

A few years ago this understanding was easy to digest. The opportunity to go a year or two before the official retirement age, at 60, say, was seen as a perk of the job. Today fewer and fewer senior executives are staying with their jobs long enough to reach 60. Some even find themselves out in the cold in their 40s if they have been passed over in a reorganisation. The pressure to step aside in your mid-50s or even earlier is increasing as companies merge or re-organise..."

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