Leaders and managers

Question 1

empowered

Answer 1

having an official authority to do something

Question 2

to roll up the sleeves

Answer 2

to get down to work

Question 3

hands-on approach

Answer 3

realistic, practical and down-to-earth attitude towards some matter

Question 4

nitty-gritty

Answer 4

the essential facts of something

Question 5

to delegate

Answer 5

to give a job, duty etc. to someone else so that they do it for you

Question 6

trouble-shooting skills

Answer 6

a skill that allows you to solve problems

Question 7

minor

Answer 7

niewielki

Question 8

to give credit

Answer 8

to acknowledge someone’s accomplishment

Question 9

to take credit

Answer 9

to accept approval, praise or recognition for something you have done

Question 10

a venture

Answer 10

przedsięwzięcie

Question 11

underlying

Answer 11

real but not immediately obvious

Question 12

longevity

Answer 12

długowieczność

Question 13

flamboyant

Answer 13

very confident in your behaviour, liking to be noticed by other people (e.g. for the way you dress, talk)

Question 14

to reinforce

Answer 14

to make stronger (wzmocnić)

Question 15

good-natured

Answer 15

dobroduszny

Question 16

jet-setter

Answer 16

a rich person that can afford to travel with their private jet and take part in activities that are not available to poorer people

Question 17

considerable

Answer 17

znaczny

Question 18

to lavish praise on someone

Answer 18

hojnie, mocno kogoś chwalić

Question 19

to slip up

Answer 19

to make a mistake

Question 20

to sort something out

Answer 20

zaradzić czemuś

Question 21

to excel

Answer 21

to be extremely good at something

Question 22

ins and outs

Answer 22

the detailed and complicated facts of something

Question 23

workload

Answer 23

the amount of work to be done (obciążenie pracą, nakład pracy)

Question 24

from the scratch

Answer 24

from the beginning

Question 25

to dismiss

Answer 25

to fire someone (lay off)

Question 26

immersed

Answer 26

completely involved

Question 27

superficial

Answer 27

not complete, involving only the most obvious things (or a person that never thinks about important matters)

Question 28

appraisal

Answer 28

a meeting in which an employee discusses his work with his manager/employer

Question 29

time management

Answer 29

the skill of administering your time in order to work effectively

Question 30

quality management

Answer 30

the activity of managing a company’s systems and processes to make sure that every part of the company does things to a required standard

Question 31

line management

Answer 31

direct management of staff

Question 32

middle management

Answer 32

level between senior and junior management

Question 33

brand management

Answer 33

the activitity of controlling company’s brands and brand image

Question 34

risk management

Answer 34

a process of assessing and measuring possible dangers and evolving strategies to deal with them

Question 35

to accomplish a goal

Answer 35

osiągnąć cel

Question 36

to fulfill a commitment

Answer 36

wypełnić zobowiązanie

Question 37

to facilitate collaboration

Answer 37

ułatwić/udogodnić współpracę

Question 38

collectively responsible

Answer 38

zbiorowo odpowiedzialni

Question 39

unilateral

Answer 39

involving only one group (jednostronny)

Question 40

management control

Answer 40

the systems that managers use to make sure that a company or an organization is run in an effective way:

Question 41

welfare

Answer 41

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