Why Don't We Have Power?
An 8-minute Stanford GSB talk by Jeffrey Pfeffer on why capable people fail to gain power, with listening, vocabulary and a pair role-play choosing a team lead. Suits B2 professionals interested in leadership and workplace influence.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Warm-up discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Multiple-choice listening for gist
- Transcript gap-fill
- Sentence completion
- Pair discussion
- Role-play
- Action plan
- Reflective writing
By the end, learners can
- Identify the main argument of an authentic talk on power and influence
- Use ten words about status, influence and mindset in context
- Use expressions for naming barriers, trade-offs and influence
- Discuss and agree a team-lead recommendation when colleagues disagree
- Plan practical workplace actions to build influence
Skills: Listening · Speaking · Vocabulary · Writing
Suits: Managers · Aspiring leaders · HR
Language practised: Naming a barrier · Discussing trade-offs · Giving opinions · Disagreeing and reaching agreement · Talking about influence
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