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THE ARTICLEBad bosses can cause heart attacksHaving a bad boss could be bad for your heart. This is the conclusion of a Swedish study on management styles and health. The researchers concluded that poor managers can increase their employee's risk of developing heart disease. The Stockholm University study analyzed data on the health of 3,000 male workers. They compared the data with the results from questionnaires about senior managers. The questions asked workers if they thought their boss was considerate, communicated well and offered positive feedback. Other questions looked at how much work bosses gave to workers and how well they outlined their goals. The research team found that workers who respected their bosses were healthier and had fewer heart problems.
The report is published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. It suggests that companies should re-train bosses to improve worker health. A healthier workforce will improve the overall health of the company. Investing in providing leadership skills to senior managers could be a good long-term investment. The researchers said a more supportive and understanding boss would reduce the chances of workers developing high blood pressure and stress-related illnesses. Magnus Larsson, an engineer for a large IT company, agreed with the report’s findings. He believes his heart attack last year was because of his boss: “The guy was a monster. Working for him was a daily nightmare for eight years,” Larsson said.
WARM-UPS1. BOSSES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about bosses. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. STRESS: Do you think the workplace is a stressful place? Complete the table below with your partner(s). Share what you wrote with other students.
4. LEADERSHIP: Students A strongly believe that good leaders are born and not made – you cannot be taught to be a leader; Students B strongly believe that anyone can become a good leader. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. I’M THE BOSS: Rate these skills about your leadership (10 = outstanding, 1 = very poor). Talk about your ratings with other students. Who is the best leader in the class?
6. MANAGER: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘manager’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the spaces.Having a bad boss could be bad for your heart. This is _________________ a Swedish study on management styles and health. The researchers concluded that poor managers _________________ employee's risk of developing heart disease. The Stockholm University study analyzed data on the health of 3,000 male workers. They compared _________________ results from questionnaires about senior managers. The questions asked workers _________________ their boss was considerate, communicated well and offered positive feedback. Other questions looked at how much work bosses gave to workers and how well they _________________. The research team found that workers who respected their bosses were healthier _________________ heart problems. The report _________________ the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. It suggests that companies ____________________ to improve worker health. A healthier workforce will improve the overall health of the company. Investing in providing leadership skills to senior managers could _________________ -term investment. The researchers said a more supportive and understanding boss would _________________ of workers developing high blood pressure and stress-related illnesses. Magnus Larsson, an engineer for a large IT company, _________________ report’s findings. He believes his heart attack last year was because of his boss: “The guy was a monster. Working for him was a _________________ for eight years,” Larsson said. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘heart’ and ‘disease’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT BOSS SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about bosses in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
BOSS DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEHaving a bad boss could be bad for your heart. This is the (1) ____ of a Swedish study on management styles and health. The researchers concluded that poor managers can (2) ____ their employee's risk of developing heart disease. The Stockholm University study analyzed data on the health of 3,000 male workers. They (3) ____ the data with the results from questionnaires about senior managers. The questions asked workers if they (4) ____ their boss was considerate, communicated well and offered positive feedback. Other questions looked (5) ____ how much work bosses gave to workers and how well they (6) ____ their goals. The research team found that workers who respected their bosses were healthier and had fewer heart problems. The report is published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. It suggests that companies should re-train bosses (7) ____ improve worker health. A healthier workforce will improve the (8) ____ health of the company. Investing in providing leadership skills to senior managers could be a good long-(9) ____ investment. The researchers said a more supportive and understanding boss would reduce the chances of workers developing high blood (10) ____ and stress-related illnesses. Magnus Larsson, an engineer for a large IT company, agreed with the report’s findings. He (11) ____ his heart attack last year was because of his boss: “The guy was a monster. Working for him was a daily (12) ____ for eight years,” Larsson said. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about being a boss for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about leadership and how to be a good boss. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. LEADERSHIP: Make a poster outlining why you are a good leader. Describe your most important leadership skills. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. PRESSURE: Write a magazine article about a worker who developed very high blood pressure because of his/her boss. Include imaginary interviews with the worker and the boss. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to a bad boss. Ask him/her three questions about his/her leadership style. Give him/her your three ideas on what to do to be a better manager. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. 6. DIARY / JOURNAL: Write a diary entry about the different decisions you had to make in one day. Focus on those that affected other people. Were any of these made as a leader? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Bad bosses can cause heart attacksHaving a bad boss could be bad for your heart. This is the conclusion of a Swedish study on management styles and health. The researchers concluded that poor managers can increase their employee's risk of developing heart disease. The Stockholm University study analyzed data on the health of 3,000 male workers. They compared the data with the results from questionnaires about senior managers. The questions asked workers if they thought their boss was considerate, communicated well and offered positive feedback. Other questions looked at how much work bosses gave to workers and how well they outlined their goals. The research team found that workers who respected their bosses were healthier and had fewer heart problems. The report is published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. It suggests that companies should re-train bosses to improve worker health. A healthier workforce will improve the overall health of the company. Investing in providing leadership skills to senior managers could be a good long-term investment. The researchers said a more supportive and understanding boss would reduce the chances of workers developing high blood pressure and stress-related illnesses. Magnus Larsson, an engineer for a large IT company, agreed with the report’s findings. He believes his heart attack last year was because of his boss: “The guy was a monster. Working for him was a daily nightmare for eight years,” Larsson said. LANGUAGE WORK
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