Listening: Breakout Group B: The Logistics Overhaul
Audiție: Breakout Group B. Urmărește o sesiune de lucru în echipă mică din Austin și decide dacă afirmațiile sunt adevărate sau false. Vei exersa înțelegerea negocierilor corporative complexe.
Аудирование: Рабочая группа B. Прослушайте сессию небольшой команды в Остине и определите, верны ли утверждения. Вы попрактикуетесь в понимании сложных корпоративных переговоров.
Breakout Group B: The Logistics Overhaul
Steve, Laura, and Patrick are sitting in a glass-walled breakout room in Austin during the corporate strategy away day, trying to pressure-test a radical merger proposal.
Breakout Group B: The Logistics Overhaul
True or false?
Steve, Laura, and Patrick meet in a breakout room in Austin.
- True
- False
They initially love the proposed merger of the supply chain and retail divisions.
- True
- False
Laura suggests parking the warehouse software compatibility issue.
- True
- False
They decide to do a silent brainstorm using sticky notes.
- True
- False
They ultimately converge on keeping the divisions separate and swapping their directors.
- True
- False
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Steve: Agreed, let's park it. What about the timeline? The board expects us to ____ by five o'clock today, or else we're slated to delay the rollout until Q4.
- Laura: Hold on, let's not rush to call the question just yet. We need to ____ before we pretend we're building consensus.
- Patrick: Okay, let's do a quick ____ . Write down your main hesitation on a sticky note and put it on the glass.
- Laura: Let me ____ the conversation for a second. Where are we actually converging? Is there any common ground at all?
- Laura: It's bold, asymmetric, and it completely solves the leadership blind spots. Let's ____ right here and present this swap to the CEO.
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