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LisBE4 - W7
LisBE4 - W7
Task 7.1:
Task 7.2:
Listen to the second part of the interview and complete these sentences using NO
MORE THAN FOUR WORDS in each gap.
Part 1:
Listen to five different employees in a performance appraisal interview.
Decide which of the supervisor's questions each employee is answering.
• Write one letter (a-e) next to the number of the speaker.
• Do not use any letter more than once.
Part 2:
Listen again and answer the questions.
1 Rosa helps companies with their training by ........................ and ......................... a company’s
needs before deciding on the type of ................... required.
3 'The in-tray' is an exercise used for assessing ......................................, during which the
participants have to ....................... their workload, but it is really designed to see how
managers...........................................
4 Rosa runs various courses for her clients, which are often programs involving .....................
and, less frequently, ………………
Task 7.5: Listen to the second part of the interview and say whether these
sentences about coaching and mentoring are true (T) or false (F).
……… 1. The aim of coaching programs is to improve the business skills of employees.
……… 2. Coaching style programs are specifically directed at training inexperienced managers.
……… 3. Mentoring programs are designed as long-term career plans for young high-flyers.
……… 4. When a mentee is taking part in a complex mentoring program, he/she is unable to
follow additional courses.
……… 5. The mentor is often a senior person in the organization who must have an objective
working relationship with the mentee.
……… 6. The task of finding a suitable mentor is a challenging one, even for larger companies.
Task 7.6: Listen and fill in the gaps to answer three questions below:
1 What problems do they identify with the sales team's current information gathering
system?
- lack of information and (1)……………. information;
- staff can't afford to spend time in the office completing what they see as a
(2)……………. ……………., so it just gets left;
- internal training for the regional managers was (3) ………………. and they weren't
equipped to train their staff;
- sales team from Reedley have only had very (4) ………… …….…… ………….
with the system.