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Date: Jan 25 2021

Themes: News, Work

Grammar: Simple Future Tense

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We hear about world leaders on the news every day. Before they led nations, they led companies or communities. There are leaders all around us. Maybe you’re a leader, too.

No matter what they are leading, leaders rarely have an easy job. They don’t just make decisions. They also have to convince people that their decisions are the right ones. Recently, the US elected President Joe Biden. This has Mason and Sara thinking about leaders. Listen to them discuss leaders in this leadership English lesson.

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Sara

Mason: I’m trying to figure out really what are the traits that I define in a good leader.

Sara: What have you come up with?

Mason: The big thing is, do I trust them? Like, what I want to believe in my leader is that they’re not dogmatically just going after their vision, but that their vision is informed by multiple points of view. That everything has been considered, and then they have the point of view that they are trying to rally everyone around.

Sara: Right! Like, someone who is a good listener, but when the time comes can do what they need to do with everything they’ve listened to and take decisive action.

Mason: Yeah, definitely. Leaders decide stuff, and leaders are always going to get criticism because not everyone will agree with their decision. But moving forward is generally more important than making everyone happy.

Sara: Do you think the same qualities make a good leader of, say, a sports team or a theater group as the same qualities that make a good leader for a president?

Mason: Yeah, like who is someone that you can feel trust in and that is listening and considering all sides, but then ultimately stepping forward and saying “OK, here is what we’re going to do.” There’s also sort of a quality around building consensus, like, it’s really tough to get everybody rallied around, but if you can get as many people as possible, and help them feel included in what we’re all trying to do, that is very important as well.

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Discussion

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Since Joe Biden was recently elected President of the US, Mason is thinking about what makes a good leader. He asks Sara to help him identify traits that all leaders have.

Sara and Mason agree that in addition to making decisions, leaders have to listen to many points of view, try to build a consensus, and rally everyone around something. One bad quality a leader can have is being dogmatic.

They agree that the same things that make world leaders great, also make leaders of smaller things like companies and theater groups great as well.

What do you think makes a good leader? Are you a leader? Who is the best leader you know?

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The Last Joke

Yemen

Joy : Leader always deal with just two things : the job and the group.

1- The job is what’s to be done. The “job” doesn’t necessarily mean work. It could be playing a game.

2- The group, is the people who do the job. And in many cases, the group continues after the job is done.

A leader is needed to get the job done. If there were no job or group , there would be no need for a leader.

Joy900

Japan

Baset :soooo great !

What does a leader deal with?

The Last Joke

Yemen

jOY :
Leader is the one who makes the team go or the one who makes the work be successful !

leader is the inspiration and director of the action. He is the person in the group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction In business .

Joy900

Japan

Baset : indeed your answer is very beautiful , i like it!

What it means for you the word “leader” ?

The Last Joke

Yemen

Joy : this is a beautiful Q ! in few lines !

Leadership is : The activity of leading a group of people or an organization or the ability to do this.

Leadership means :

1-It’s understanding that people have different behavioral styles and need to be treated in different ways are key to successful leadership.

2- It’s making people feel that they’re inside of work, not outside of work . Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens the team feel centered and that gives their work meaning.