Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership

1. 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)

2. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Definitions of Leadership • http://dict.die.net/leadership/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership

3. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Discussion - Starting Up • Discuss the qualities of good leadership • Exercise A • Exercise B

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Texts - Reading: Leadership qualities • Profile of a leading chief executive • Focus on Douglas Ivester, CEO of Coca-Cola • Exercise A • Exercise B • Exercise C • Exercise D • Exercise E

8. 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

9. 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

10. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Texts - Additional Reading • The Harvard Business Review • http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/products/hbr/archive.html • 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?U9911A

11. 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

12. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Skills - Leading a team • Exercise A • Exercise B

13. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Skills - Useful language • Stating goals • Highlighting factors for success • Indicating priorities • Defining roles & delegating • Motivating the team • Reporting back

14. 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

15. Week 10 – Unit 14: Leadership • Case Study - Writing: letter • Invitation letter to famous recording star for store visit