Adam Wyett PRO
I am an ESL teacher based in Saint Etienne, France. I use Slides to share and present my presentations live while teaching group-classes in lo-tech environments.
Business English |
Teamwork
- Is it better to hire employees who have similar personalities and work styles to promote harmony, or to hire employees with diverse personalities to encourage creativity and innovation?
- Should employers prioritize teamwork and collaboration over individual achievement and competition?
- Should employees be allowed to work remotely, or is in-person collaboration necessary for effective teamwork?
- What different types of personality are needed for a successful team?
- Is it acceptable to reward individual employees for the success of the team, or should rewards only be given to the team as a whole?
- What problems have you encountered, or can occur, when working with other people?
- Is it ethical for employers to use personality tests and other assessments to screen job candidates, or does this lead to bias and discrimination?
- Should employers prioritize diversity and inclusion in their hiring practices, even if this means hiring individuals with vastly different personalities and work styles?
- Is it acceptable to reward individual employees for the success of the team, or should rewards only be given to the team as a whole?
Warm-up | Discussion
Dr Meredith Belbin, a British researcher and management theorist, developed nine team roles to show how different individuals behave in teams.
- How do her ideas compare to yours?
- Can you put a name to these people in your workplace or studies?
- What is the main positive and negative characteristic of each role?
- Which team role best describes you?
Vocabulary | Team Relationships
- Underline the words which go together. Check with text.
- Give advice for successful relationships using as many verb+adverb pairs as possible.
Vocabulary | Collocations
- Complete the table
- Which of the two roles best fits each person?
- Which person would you choose to work with you or in your team? Why?
Listening | Team Roles at Work
- Discuss recent projects you have worked on. Consider:
- task/project
- colleagues/fellow team members
- schedules/pressure
- issues/problems
- confrontation/fairness
Vocabulary | Practice
- What could go wrong when brochures are printed? Why do these incidents happen?
- A meeting takes place between three managers (Jenny, Riccardo and Paul) to discuss the situation. What went wrong?
- Listen again, which speaker does what?
- Match the expressions to their categories.
Communication | Dealing with Conflict
- Discuss what you might say in these "conflict" situations. Then have the conversations
Communication | Dealing with Conflict
- Discuss what you might say in these "conflict" situations. Then have the conversations
Communication | Dealing with Conflict
- The meeting continues.
- What are the options for Duvenger?
- What course of action do the managers successfully negotiate?
- Who:
- plays the role of chairperson?
- expresses points of disagreement?
- offers a compromise?
Communication | Dealing with Conflict
Communication | Replacing words in italics
- Establish the point of conflict.
- Discuss any disagreements.
- Try to reach a solution / compromise.
- Establish the point of conflict.
- Discuss any disagreements.
- Try to reach a solution / compromise.
- Establish the point of conflict.
- Discuss any disagreements.
- Try to reach a solution / compromise.
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You are in a team set up to produce the company news page on the intranet. However, poor communication in the team has slowed the project down. You hold a meeting to discuss issues.
Business English | Teamwork
By Adam Wyett
