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I had a look at the new office design, and it’s really _____________ up nicely!

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I feel like we’re getting stuck in all the details here and need to step back and

try to understand the bigger _____________.

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This online conference platform is pretty confusing, so maybe we need to get

people up to _____________ through a series of training sessions.

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We’re got three people in Germany now, but we hope to _____________ out

the European team more over the next two years.

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I’d love to help you Jacob but I’m _____________ at it with the Fulton project

right now and just don’t have any extra time.

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Charlie, can I get a _____________ word with you? Just want to make sure

everything’s okay on the comms team.

What might you say to set a positive tone when leading a team?

• Okay everyone, I’m really going to need everyone working really hard this

  week.

• Well, we are all here now, so how about we get started?

• All right, great work so far, and I’m excited to see what happens next.

How might you show compassion for your team?

• To be honest, I don’t think you’re the only one with this kind of challenge.

• Yeah, I can really see how tough this is for many of you.

• Is that right? Well, I’ve never heard of that before.

How can you present a vision as leader of a team?

• It’s time that we found a way to bring operations more in line with sales.

• The world hasn’t seen a video service quite like this before!

• If we’re short-staffed in the warehouse, what are the possible solutions?

Which sentence demonstrates responding decisively to someone’s needs?

• Okay, I’ll have a look at that a bit later and see what I can do.

• Not sure if we have the resources, but I’ll look into it.

• Yes, of course, I’ll make sure you get support from marketing right away.