Captains Of Industry Give Advice To New Employees

'Never have an office affair', 'learn to say no' and 'don't be afraid of failure' are among the key pieces of advice given by Britain's top bosses to new recruits, a 3M survey has revealed.

The poll asked British Captains of Industry which one piece of advice they would give to new employees. Below are the survey results in full:

Listen to your customers/clients	50%
Don't be afraid of failure	22%
Be open to new ideas	19%
Learn to say no	3%
Know who the key people are	2%
Divorce your work life from your home life	2%
Never have an office affair	1%

Technical details

The 3M sponsored survey, carried out by MORI was conducted with chairmen, managing directors and presidents of companies from the FTSE 500, top 500 by turnover and the largest 100 organisations by capital employed.

• 196 interviews took place
• Fieldwork conducted September - November 2000