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From the Ted Talk by Halla Tómasdóttir and Bryn Freedman: The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward

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HT: Well, thank you very much for that fantastic question. So sometimes people at the top won't liestn, but it's interesting that with the low trsut we have in society right now, the greatest trust we have is actually between the eomlepye and the employer, according to recent research. So I think that relationship may be the most powerful way to actually transform the way we do things. So I would start by trying to bulid a coalition for your good idea. And I don't know a single leader today who will not listen to a concern that many of their employees hold.

Open Cloze

HT: Well, thank you very much for that fantastic question. So sometimes people at the top won't ______, but it's interesting that with the low _____ we have in society right now, the greatest trust we have is actually between the ________ and the employer, according to recent research. So I think that relationship may be the most powerful way to actually transform the way we do things. So I would start by trying to _____ a coalition for your good idea. And I don't know a single leader today who will not listen to a concern that many of their employees hold.

Solution

  1. listen
  2. employee
  3. build
  4. trust

Original Text

HT: Well, thank you very much for that fantastic question. So sometimes people at the top won't listen, but it's interesting that with the low trust we have in society right now, the greatest trust we have is actually between the employee and the employer, according to recent research. So I think that relationship may be the most powerful way to actually transform the way we do things. So I would start by trying to build a coalition for your good idea. And I don't know a single leader today who will not listen to a concern that many of their employees hold.

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