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Leading Culture Change

A video lesson built on Simon Sinek's talk about starting culture change with early adopters, with vocabulary, gist and detail listening, and a role-play on choosing a rollout plan. Suits upper-intermediate managers and change leaders.

B2Lesson 375 min

Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included

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What's inside

  • Warm-up discussion
  • Vocabulary matching
  • Video comprehension (multiple choice)
  • Transcript gap-fill
  • Sentence completion
  • Pair discussion
  • Role-play
  • Action planning
  • Written reflection

By the end, learners can

  • Understand the gist and detail of an authentic talk on change management
  • Use key expressions such as early adopters, crossing the chasm and tipping point
  • Propose and defend a change rollout strategy in a pair discussion
  • Agree a rollout plan and a first concrete step with a partner
  • Plan how to apply change-management ideas in their own workplace

Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing

Suits: Managers · Leaders and executives · Change managers · HR

Language practised: Proposing a strategy · Defending a position · Disagreeing diplomatically · Reaching a compromise · Describing organisational change

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