Motivating a Team
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ID: 1901
Upper Intermediate
It can be difficult motivating a team. So what do you do when enthusiasm among your employees reaches an all-time low? Just fire the whole lot of them and start over? In this lesson, a wise HR manager tells us that there is another way. Listen in to this Chinese lesson to find out what it is.
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 积极性 | jījíxìng | enthusiasm | |
| 谈心 | tánxīn | to have a heart-to-heart | |
| 客观 | kèguān | objective | |
| 份内 | fènnèi | one's job responsibilities |
哎吴经理你现在有时间吗
āi 哎Wú 吴jīnglǐ 经理nǐ 你xiànzài 现在yǒu 有shíjiān 时间ma 吗
Hey, Manager Wu. Do you have a moment?
什么事说吧
shénme 什么shì 事shuō 说ba 吧
What is it? Go ahead.
有个重要问题想找你商量商量我发现我们团队的工作积极性不太高
yǒu 有gè 个zhòngyào 重要wèntí 问题xiǎng 想zhǎo 找nǐ 你shāngliàng 商量shāngliang 商量wǒ 我fāxiàn 发现wǒmen 我们tuánduì 团队de 的gōngzuò 工作jījíxìng 积极性bùtài 不太gāo 高
I have an important question I wanted to discuss with you. I’ve found that our team’s enthusiasm isn’t very high.
你有没有找下属谈过心
nǐ 你yǒumeiyǒu 有没有zhǎo 找xiàshǔ 下属tán 谈guo 过xīn 心
Have you sat down and talked with your subordinates about it?
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