Bringing people together for change: Andrew Pakes – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Leadership, to me, is the ability to bring people to achieve change
2.The most surprising thing I've learnt about leadership is that it takes time: it isn't a single act, it isn't making a statement, but it's about patiently working through the issues and bringing people with you
3.Really listen to people and that you can hear the issues they're talking about and the
4.the sense of or concern they have in their voices
5.I've learnt over the years that the only good leaders are those that understand the colleagues around them, and are able to channel and the passions and ideas and priorities that different people have, and the only way you can do that is by listening
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR A1)
remembering
B1To reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered.
Example:
"and remembering why you got into it:"
demonstrate
B1To show how to use (something).
Example:
"Really listen to people and demonstrate"
influence
B2The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
Example:
"and are able to channel and influence"
together
A2Coherent; well organized.
Example:
"Leadership, to me, is the ability to bring people together"
urgency
A2The quality or condition of being urgent
Example:
"and the... the sense of urgency"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| remembering | B1 | To reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered. |
| demonstrate | B1 | To show how to use (something). |
| influence | B2 | The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. |
| together | A2 | Coherent; well organized. |
| urgency | A2 | The quality or condition of being urgent |
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