managers

Skills: Management special

Today we’ll turn our attention to the areas of management and leadership, and listen to two respected management thinkers. What makes managers good leaders, and how do British and German managers compare to each other?

How stupid can you get?

Some years ago, I was visited at home by two members of the local police. They thought — totally wrongly — that I had failed to comply with local authority regulations when organizing a party. Neither of them was Einstein.

behördliche Vorschriften nicht einhalten

Time to be a bastard?

Two days ago, I read a fascinating article that seemed to give me an important tip on how to be a good manager. The article was the latest management column by Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times. It was clichéd nonsense.

klischeehaft, mit Klischees behaftet

It's not envy, stupid!

Just as people have favourite words, they have “un-favourite" words, too. In my case, I go into a burning rage every time I hear this phrase: "the politics of envy". This is for a very simple reason: the description is totally inaccurate.

in Rage geraten

Neidpolitik

Managing people

This test is on verb and noun phrase combinations related to the topic of managing people. Do you know which verbs to use when talking about managerial responsibilities?

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