Practical Grammar and Vocabulary in the Workplace. Пособие по бизнес-английскому. Larisa Lubimova
only fosters healthy competition, but also strengthens friendships among employees.Instead of relying on traditional methods, they prefer to be creative.
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Motivational content seems have become overused. What I like about Musk’s motivational ideas is their unique nature. There are some of them that worth reading. “If you need inspiring words, don’t do it’. Real business people don’t read motivational posts, they just don’t waste their time doing it. If you relying on external motivation to keep you moving, you sure you have chosen the right way?“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.“Don’t afraid of taking risks if you are determined to do something you are passionate about. If you have nothing to risk, you have nothing to gain. The reward is the direct proportion to the risk.“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be wrong.“Naturally, people avoid criticism because we were brought to avoid wrong. However, criticism shows you how you can improve and learn, while hearing “good job’ can breed contentment and lead you to complacency.
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1. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Apple, is known for offering traditional incentives to motivate his employees. For example, he once offered a MacBook as a reward for meeting a challenging production goal at the Apple factory
2. Richard Branson, founder of the Virginia Group, is known for his unconventional approach to employee motivation. He has been known to offer employees very short vacation time and the opportunity to work remotely, as well as prohibiting company-wide parties and events to celebrate achievements.
3. Jack Ma, co-founder of Honolulu Group, is known for his creative approach to motivating his employees. He has organized company-wide talent sales and competitions, as well as offering opportunities for employees to travel and explore new cultures as a reward for their hard work.
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4. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of the FB, is being known for her focus on her personal development and growth as a means of motivating her team.
She has been organised seminars and workshops on leadership and career development, as well as like offering opportunities for employees to have work on special projects that were align with their interests and goals.
5. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, is known for his emphasis on work-life balance and flexibility as a means of motivating for his employees. He has been implemented flexible working hours and remote work options, as well as offering wellness programs and fitness incentives to be promote overall well-being and motivation among his team.
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Finally, we can’t help mentioning some fun ways of improving motivation.
Let your team make innocent office pranks, which will help them not only relax and have fun together but become more creative and have better brainstorming skills.
Arrange a special day with a fun theme (for example, crazy T-shirt day or fun English day). Remember that a happy team is a highly motivated team.
Make small gifts, which will demonstrate your appreciation. These little things can make your employees more motivated.
The list of such tips can be very long and you are likely to find your own way to boost motivation
1. What are some effective ways to motivate employees in the workplace?
2. How can managers create a positive work culture to motivate their employees?
3. Why is recognition and appreciation important for employee motivation?
4. How can setting clear goals and expectations motivate employees to perform at their best?
5. What role does leading by example play in motivating employees?
6. Create a recognition program for employees and outline how it can be implemented in the workplace.
7. Develop a plan to foster open communication and teamwork in the workplace to create a positive work culture.
8. Discuss the impact of employee motivation on the overall success of a company.
9. Role-play a scenario where a manager effectively motivates an unmotivated employee.
10. Research and present a case study of a company that successfully motivates its employees and has achieved significant business success as a result.
UNREAL CONDITION OF PAST
You can use past hypothetical conditionals when you are thinking about a past situation and imagining a different result or outcome.
IF + PAST PERFECT., WOULD HAVE +V3
I would’ve got a bonus if I’d hit my performance targets for the year. (I didn’t hit my targets, so I didn’t get a bonus)
And again if you want to sound more formal u can use inversion omitting if
Had I hit my performance targets, I would have got a bonus
Grammar exercises
1.Choose the correct form
1. If you phoned / had phoned me yesterday, I had told / would have told you about the glitch in our project
2. If the new applicant would have listened/had listened more carefully when I was explaining, he wouldn’t have floundered/won’t have floundered
3.If we’d found / found suitable premises, we’d have moved / we had moved long ago.
4. If I’d known / would know about their financial problems, I wouldn’t do / wouldn’t have done business with them. I regret doing it.
5. If our side had been / was better prepared, we succeeded / could have succeeded in the negotiations.
6. if he wouldn’t hesitate/hadn’t hesitated to ask for help, the company would have weathered /would weather the storm.
7. He hadn’t been /wouldn’t have been fired if he would have done/had done everything by the book
8.You wouldn’t be/ wouldn’t have been reprimanded if you would prepare/had prepared the report in time
9.if you had sugarcoated / would sugarcoat your CV a little, you wouldn’t receive/ would have received that job
10. Nobody wouldn’t remember / would have remembered anything if he didn’t recap/ hadn’t recapped key points in a follow-up email
2. Rewrite the following sentences using “IF” to make “Third Conditionals”
1 You faced the music because you didn’t tell me the truth.
If…
2 He didn’t get promoted because he never toed the line
If…
3 The company was in a touch-and-go situation because they did business illegally.
If…
4 She