Listening: The Art of Failing in Public
Audiție: Lecția eșecului. Ascultă o prezentare despre gestionarea greșelilor și verifică-ți înțelegerea prin întrebări adevărat sau fals.
Аудирование: Искусство ошибок. Послушайте выступление об управлении ошибками и проверьте свое понимание с помощью вопросов на правду и ложь.
The Art of Failing in Public
Patrick, an Engineering Director, is presenting at a tech summit in Manchester. Steve and Laura are in the audience.
The Art of Failing in Public
True or false?
Patrick's presentation slides broke due to a faulty HDMI cable.
- True
- False
Steve admitted he would feel a strong fear of failure if his slides broke.
- True
- False
Patrick believes high-performing teams are defined by never making any mistakes.
- True
- False
The speaker turned off the screen on purpose to demonstrate a psychological concept.
- True
- False
Laura suggested calling the technical support team to help Patrick.
- True
- False
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Steve: Honestly, Patrick, if I were in your shoes, I'd rather the ground swallowed me up. I'd feel a massive ____ with all these eyes on me.
- Patrick: Thank you for being so honest, Steve. You just voiced a concern that most people would keep secret. You took a real ____ there.
- Laura: So you wanted to show us how hard it's to ____ when everyone is watching?
- Patrick: Yes! High-performing teams aren't those that never fail. They're the ones where people feel safe to show ____ .
- Steve: So, instead of a blame culture, we need leaders who show some genuine ____ first?
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