Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Quote of the Week
– We all work together as a team. And that means
you do everything I say. - Michael Caine,
British film actor (in the film The Italian Job)
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Definitions of Leadership
– http://dict.die.net/leadership/
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Discussion - Starting Up
– Discuss the qualities of good leadership
» Exercise A
» Exercise B
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Discussion - Top CEO / Board of Directors
– Marjorie Scardino of Pearson plc
• http://www.pearson.com/news/biogs/marjorie.htm
– Jack Welch of General Electric
• http://www.ge.com/news/welch/index.htm
– Jurgen Schrempp of DaimlerChrysler
• http://www.ft.com/ftsurveys/q2906.htm
– Nobuyuki Idei of Sony
• http://www.ft.com/ftsurveys/q2916.htm
– Kazu Inamori of Kyocera
• http://www.ft.com/ftsurveys/q291a.htm
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Language Review – Vocabulary: Describing
character
– Words to describe character
» Exercise A
» Exercise B
» Exercise C, extracts from Jack Welch, CEO General
Electric
» Exercise D
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Texts - Listening: Running a large company
– An interview with a leading chief executive
• Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive, Pearson plc
» Exercise A
» Exercise B, 14.1
» Exercise C
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Texts - Reading: Leadership qualities
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– Profile of a leading chief executive
• Focus on Douglas Ivester, CEO of Coca-Cola
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Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
Exercise E
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Texts - Additional Reading
– The Business Week
• http://www.businessweek.com/
– A feature listing the top 25 executives of the year with
brief profiles summarizing their backgrounds and key
achievements
» http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_02/b3663001.
htm
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Texts - Additional Reading
– Leaders Direct offers basic a introduction to
leadership
• http://www.leadersdirect.com/
– Leadership in the 21st century which includes tips and
pointers on topics such as managers as leaders and
decision-making styles
» http://www.leadersdirect.com/leadership.html
– A short leadership-style questionnaire which might be
interesting to try
» http://www.leadersdirect.com/leadstylequest.html
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Texts - Additional Reading
– The Harvard Business Review
• http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/products/hbr/archive.h
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– A useful article about some of the key aspects of
leadership, entitled Three Skills for Today's Leaders
» http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/prod_detail.asp?U
9911A
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Language Review - Relative clauses
– Defining clauses
• We use who or that in a relative clause to identify people.
• We use that or which in a relative clause to identify things.
– Non-defining clauses
• Non-defining clauses provide extra information about the
subject or object of a sentence. The extra information is
separated by commas.
» Exercise A
» Exercise B
» Exercise C
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Skills - Leading a team
» Exercise A
» Exercise B
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Skills - Useful language
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Stating goals
Highlighting factors for success
Indicating priorities
Defining roles & delegating
Motivating the team
Reporting back
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Case Study - Orbit Records
– Discuss ideas to save a failing music retailer
• Task
– Choose six ideas & give reasons for your choices
– Meet as one group to discuss your ideas
– Final choice for the best six ideas to put into effect
Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership
• Case Study - Writing: letter
– Invitation letter to famous recording star for
store visit