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1 Because it’s the leading company in its sector. 2 Because it’s a nice company.
b Why are you interested in this position? 1 It sounds interesting. 2 Because it will give me an opportunity to use my experience and qualifications.
c What do you know about the company? 1 It’s a very large company. 2 It has a very strong brand and a unique range of products.
d What are your main strengths? 1 I’m good at lots of things. 2 I think my greatest strengths are that I’m flexible and I’m a fast learner.
e What are your career goals? 1 I would like to continue to develop and learn. Finally, I would like to lead my own department. 2 I want a promotion as soon as possible.
9.5 a Why did you choose this company? b Why are you interested in this position? c What do you know about the company? d What are your main strengths? e What are your career goals?
9.6 Hi, I’m Rachel. I’m getting married to John sometime next year. But there’s a lot to do before then. We haven’t fixed a date yet because we’re both so busy. John’s job means he travels abroad once or twice a month, and my manager often needs me to work late to write reports. In fact, I have to finish a marketing report by Wednesday. That means we haven’t had enough time to start making arrangements. My dad hasn’t been well, either, so it’s been hard on my mum. I visit my parents every weekend. I want to buy them a nice mini-break, so I’m saving up for that. John and I hope to start a family after we get married, but first we need to make a bit more money. I’m hoping John’s going to get promoted soon. He deserves it!
9.7 a Can you close the door, please? b Can you close the door. Please! c Can you close the door? Pleeeaase. d Can you close the door, please.
Unit 10
10.1 a I work from home. I just walk into my living room and switch on my laptop. It’s nice because I spend a lot of time with my family. But sometimes I don’t leave the house all day, and I don’t like that. I’m self-employed, so I don’t have a boss. I like that, of course!
b I work in an open-plan office. If I want to speak to a colleague, I just walk to their desk. It’s quite a small
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company, but there are a lot of us in the office and it can get quite noisy. I’m glad that I only work part-time – from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
c I am a builder so I work outside most of the time. In the summer, it’s great getting fresh air every day, but it’s not so good in the winter. I’m the boss and I have 12 employees. I work long hours. I start at 8.00 in the morning and finish at about 7.00 in the evening.
d I work for a multinational company, so I travel a lot. I have my own private office so I work on my own. It’s easy for me to do all my work because nobody disturbs me. But I do have a lot of meetings in my office and outside.
e I work full-time at a small company in my town. It’s an easy job. I usually do the day shift, which is 9.00 to 5.00. Because our customers call from around the world, I sometimes work night shifts. It’s hard working during the night and sleeping in the day.
10.2 a open-plan b boss
10.3
Imagine you are a leader of a team and you are starting a big project. How are you going to lead your team? Well, there are three main styles of leadership.
First, there is the participative style. To ‘participate’ means to join in or be part of the team, so you want everyone to join in. If you ask people in your team for their opinions when you need to make an important decision, you’ll be able to make good decisions that the people in your team trust.
Next, there is the delegative style. ‘Delegate’ means to give another person responsibility. If you use this style of leadership, you’ll find that you’ll have less work to do yourself because you can give some tasks to members of your team to do. This gives the team member confidence and they can learn about making decisions and taking responsibility.
Finally, there is the authoritarian style. This is simple. You make all the decisions and you aren’t interested in the opinions of anyone who disagrees with you. Everyone listens to you and does what you say. The advantage of this is that everyone knows what’s happening. The disadvantage is that your decisions may be unpopular or wrong.
There is something very important to remember. A really good leader will use all three styles. The key to good leadership is knowing when to use each one. However, if you know what the different styles involve and how to use them, you’ll be able to do this effectively.
So today I’ve talked about leadership and leaders. But the leader is just one member of the team. There are several other roles. And all of them are equally important. If you want to find out more about the other roles in a team, I will give a talk about that next Wednesday at 7 p.m. I hope to see some of you then …
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