Clever tactics for brilliant young managers.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1782.

IV. What challenges do you managers face when they start working? What're the ways of dealing with them? Read the text and answer these questions.

READING

(1)“If you're good enough, you're old enough,” a team manager once said when giving Michael Oven, a first world-class goal scorer, his first international game at the age of 18. Is the same true in business?

(2)Young executives come back from business schools armed with big ideas. But these may or may not win support from colleagues.

So what are the practical steps young manages need to take in order to be welcomed?

(3)“The biggest challenge is the basic lack of experience,” says Steve Newhall, a management consultant. “This will affect how other people see you. You have got to have confidence in your ability to do the job. But remember that people around you may not share that opinion.”

(4)Young managers need to recognize their own weaknesses – and then do something about them. “You will need a good mentor straight away,” says Mr. Newhall, “someone who has plenty of experience and who gives you support and plenty of good advice.”

Some advice:

· (5)Act your age. Don't try to look older than you are.

· (6)Avoid favoritism and cliques. Leaders win respect by treating people the same.

· (7)Build coalitions right away. Show your colleagues that you're aware of your limited experience. And show that you're interested in getting advice, too.

· (8)Keep a cool head even when you are under a lot of pressure. Some colleagues will expect you to crack. Don't give them that satisfaction.

· (9)Show respect to older colleagues. They have seen many young ambitious people come and go. Draw on their experience.

· (10)Find the right balance between being enthusiastic and being over-confident. You have been selected for your youth and energy – draw on it. But don't overdo it.

V. Find the words which mean the following:

1. To provide yourself or others with knowledge in order to complete a particular task. (para 2)

2.The physical or mental power or skill needed to do something (para 3)

3. To have the same opinion about something (para 3)

4. When someone or something is not strong or powerful (para 4)

5.Unfair support shown to one person or group, especially by someone in authority (para 6)

6.A small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group (para 6)

7.The joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time (para 7)

8.To lose control of yourself because of stress (para 8)

9.Having a strong wish to be successful, powerful or rich (para 9)

10.To do something in a way that is too extreme (para 10)

VI. Find the English equivalent of the following Russia words and word combinations in the text:

1.мирового класса (para1)

2.консультант по менеджменту (para 3)

3.сразу, тотчас (para 4)

4.много (para 4)

5.получить совет (para 7)

6.рассудительно, хладнокровие (para 8)

7.использовать что-л., полагаться на что-л. (para 9)

VII. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the text:

1.Education is important but ……………………… experience is always an advantage.

2.The new CEO was ……………………… by all the employees.

3.His main ……………………… as a manager is a inability to delegate.

4.She kept a ……………………… ……………………… in order to win the competition and get a job.

5.There's a ……………………… at work to never talks to never else.

VIII. Answer the following questions:

1.What can affect the way other people in a company see the young managers?

2.What should young managers do about their weaknesses according to Mr. Newhall?

3.Why do young managers need a mentor? How can he help them?

IX.Discussion points:

1.Which are the most important 3 pieces of advice?

2.What are they advantages of being a relatively young manager?

3.Do you think some extra training can help managers to adopt themselves to a new working place?