The writing is on the wall for the brilliant but bullying boss. Driving ambition and a high IQ might give you a head start in the race for the top, but a lack of ‘emotional intelligence’ will be a hindrance (1)……. achieving medium to long-term success.
Senior managers have long been convinced (2)……. the value of interpersonal skills in the workplace. The concept that emotional intelligence can account (3)……. the difference (4)…… outstanding and average performance, however, is comparatively new. But what exactly is emotional intelligence? One psychologist defined it (5)……. the ability to regulate your behaviour so that there is a balance (6)…………. personal feelings, emotions and drives, and the feelings and needs of others. It is about being able to resolve the conflict that may arise (7)…….. high motivation and consciousness and integrity. People with low emotional intelligence do not get promoted because others object (8)…….. working with them.
In the workplace, there is a great need (9)………. sensitivity in relationships, and people in managerial jobs should focus more (10)…….. understanding people’s feelings (11)……change and their fears (12)…….. redundancy. An organization which attaches importance (13)……… the emotions of the employees is more likely to be an effective organization. If a manager regularly compliments his staff (14)………. their work, and sympathises (15)……… them when they have problems, the profits of the company will increase (16)……….. a greater rate. And people will enjoy working with each other.
Getting in touch with your own feelings has benefits which extend (17)………… the workplace. If you are only working with your brain, you will not see the emotional cost to yourself. Making a move that is beneficial (18)…….. your career but means traveling all the time could result (19)……… the destruction of your relationship with your partner and children. Without emotional intelligence, (20)………. the medium to long-term, you will have a less balanced personal life and make a lot of enemies.
Practice 7
A. Decide whether the following sentences taken from the students’ papers are relevant to the topic “The advantages and disadvantages of combining work and study.”
1. When a full-time student works during term-time, he/she inevitably becomes more responsible and matures earlier.
2. While working, a student is certain to learn new things and continually adapt to new workplaces, people and relations, thus widening the range of his/her communication skills.
3. Many students choose to work while studying because it provides them with an opportunity to earn extra money to satisfy all their demands.
4. If the work students do is not the kind they are going to do in future, such experience may turn out irrelevant and useless.
5. When a student combines work and study, he/she acquires the skills of time management and learns responsibility.
6. Combining work and study provides young people with financial independence.
7. Very often students are keen to combine study and work hoping to get useful practical knowledge and experience.
8. The combination of work and study may hinder academic progress by distracting students from lessons, which is likely to result in poor academic achievement or even expulsion.
9. Most students object to combining work and study as they are sure that work will deprive them of an opportunity to rest.
10. Those students who combine work and study start the process of building up their CV earlier.
B. Write suitable supporting sentences for the arguments you have chosen.
С. Read the following sentences and decide which of them are arguments and which are supporting ideas.
1. Working while studying can be considered a means of pre-professional training as students can specialize in their professional sphere.
2. Combining working with studying will inevitably interfere with the process of education.
3. Students usually get part-time low-paid jobs for by and large they are not allowed immediately to start working in their professional sphere.
4. Nowadays few companies are eager to take a graduate even from a leading university without any professional work experience.
5. Students begin to miss extracurricular activities, which are as important in the process of education as studying itself.
6. When students start working, they can earn extra money for their families and for themselves.
7. Working during university course involves having such qualities as strong will and determination.
Practice 8
Write a “for and against” argumentative essay on the following topic: The advantages and disadvantages of combining work and study.
B. Revision
Read the following essays and the list of “Do’s” and “Don’ts”. Find an example of each point in the models and write “Model A” or “Model B” next to it as well as the phrase (word) itself, as in the example.
DO’s
a. formal style-Model A, e.g. the number of … has risen significantly
b. well-developed paragraphs-……………………………………….
c. justification of arguments-…………………………………………
d. linking words/phrases-……………………………………………..
e. generalizations-…………………………………………………….
f. reference to specific statistics-……………………………………..
DON’Ts
a. informal style-……………………………………………………….
b. one sentence paragraphs-…………………………………………….
c. overgeneralizations-………………………………………………….
d. personal examples-…………………………………………………...
e. blind use of statistics-………………………………………………...
Model A