VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

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I think a good manager maybe not very smart man. basically i think a good manager should have a plan ability. he or she (they?) is able to know how can balance different members. i know someone who is a talent or a genius but this people who are very stubborn. So, his or hers staffs / it’s harder to follow him or her.

One of who named Mary. Mary is same title or level with me. Both of us are director in our apartment. Mary is a very smart girl. She is very humorous but in the work I think she is a little bit direct. Such like speech and behavior. For example if our team will brainstorming a project (pr) she always argued with our boss directly. I don’t think it’s not a bad way but I prefer more indirect / subtle approach in the work. I have 2 staffs. Sandy and Yin. They are very different. Sandy is very lovely. She is more funny and wants to talk about more to me but she is a little bit lazy. I think she is mother so she’s not very positive in the work. I like Yin more because she is smarter than Sandy and she is a beautiful girl, very pretty, but she is introverted most of time she is thinking than talking. I think it is a good way in the work but maybe in the relationship of us I hope she will talk more than doing something.

I think only one difficult thing is if you don’t like your staff, for example they have some obvious (pr) problems what should you do, I think it’s very difficult. You fire them, no… and you change them, I don’t know.

I think a good manager maybe not a very smart man. basically i think a good manager should have the ability to plan. they should be able to / have the ability to know how to be able to balance different members. i know someone who is talented or a genius but these people are very stubborn. So, their staff / staff members / team it’s harder to follow him or her. 

One of them who is named Mary. Mary is the same title or level as me. Both of us are directors in our department. Mary is a very smart girl. She is very humorous but at work I think she is a little bit direct. Such as speech and behavior. For example if our team brainstorms a project (pro) she always argues with our boss directly. I don’t think it’s a bad way but I prefer more indirect / subtle approach at work. I have 2 staff members. Sandy and Yin who are very different. Sandy is very lively. She is more funny and wants to talk about more to me but she is a little bit lazy. I think she is mother so she’s not very active at work. I like Yin more because she is smarter than Sandy and she is a beautiful girl, very pretty, but she is introverted most of the time she is thinking more than talking. I think it is a good way at work but maybe in our relationship I hope she will talk more than doing something. 

I think only one difficult thing is if you don’t like your staff, for example they have some obvious (ob vee yus) problems what should you do, I think it’s very difficult. You fire them, no… and you change them, I don’t know.

Grammar

when we worked together – when we started working together / when she joined the company / when she started

I tried to talking with her – I tried to talk / I tried talking

Vocabulary

really / real
I am really happy
It is a real piece of news – it’s not fake

positive < > negative – feeling is good or bad

active < > passive – doing sth
eg. I prefer more active staff because they tell me what is really going on

strengths < > weaknesses
eg. do you think dealing with people is one of your strengths?

my staff, whether they agree with me (or not) i don’t know

it depends on me whether she leaves or not

having layoffs – letting a lot of staff go
eg. we are laying off many of our staff right now

recession – the economy goes down
depression – the economy is really low

fierce competition 

Pronunciation

resume – rez ooo may / CV