Act Like the Leader You Want to Be
A video-led B2 lesson on executive presence as learnable behaviour, using an 11-minute Stanford GSB talk with gist and detail listening, vocabulary and expressions, and a mentor–project manager coaching role-play. Suits professionals who present or lead and want to sound more authoritative.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Warm-up discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Gist listening (multiple choice)
- Listening gap-fill
- Sentence completion
- Pair discussion
- Role-play
- Action planning
- Reflective writing
By the end, learners can
- Identify gist and detail in an authentic expert talk on executive presence
- Match and use ten words describing presence and behaviour
- Use expressions for showing up, pausing and resetting
- Discuss and agree specific changes to presentation behaviour in a coaching conversation
- Plan workplace actions to practise authoritative delivery
Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · Project managers · Senior leaders · Aspiring leaders
Language practised: Giving advice · Expressing reluctance · Suggesting alternatives · Buying time to think · Agreeing a plan
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