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2. Do you agree or disagree:
It's impossible to be friends with your boss.
Women are too emotional to manage people well.
Managers don't need to have technical skills
or specialist knowledge to be good at their job.

3. What is the role of a manager?
motivator
problem-solver
mediator
monitor
organiser
leader
decision-maker
role model

4. Listen to Mat discussing the qualities of a good boss.
Which of the things below does he talk about:
● loyalty
● being well organized
● delegating
● communications skills
● being liked by employees and supervisors
● people skills
● delivering results

6. TERRIBLE BOSSES
Watch the video up to 1:50:
What are the 4 indicators of a bad boss?
Continue watching. What should you do
when dealing with a bad boss,
according to the speaker?