The perfect boss

Watch the video and after, discuss the following questions: 1. Are you engaged in your job? What makes you or your colleagues engaged or not? 2. How did you cope with the change from being an employee to becoming a manager? Were/are you prepared to be a manager? 3. Does your department or team have a hierarchical model based on authority? How does this kind of organisation affect performance? 4. Is failure necessary for success? If yes, are you given the opportunity to fail by your boss? 5. How do you give effective feedback without upsetting the person receiving that feedback? 6. Do you or the bosses in your company defend your/their teams if they failed to achieve success but they gave it their all? Additional tasks: 1. Management Discussion 1. What is the role of a manager? 2. What is the difference between a manager and a leader? 3. What are the best qualities of a manager? 4. Should a manager make the decisions, or should they consult their team before making decisions? 5. Should a manager be friends with the people on their team? Should they socialise together? 6. Is there a difference between the way men and women manage? 7. Can you describe the best and worst managers you&had? What qualities did they have/lack? 8. How do bad bosses get promoted? 2. Management Vocabulary • to demoralise (verb), demoralised (adjective), to crush someone&spirit (verb, idiom) – to cause someone to lose hope or confidence; to do something that destroys a person&self-esteem. • to...