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You’re the team lead and you are asked to work unpaid overtime to meet an unrealistic deadline.
What do you do?
Step up and rally your team to get the job done.
Explain to your boss that the expectations are unreasonable.
Useful Language
Students can access a Useful Language drawer at any time during the activity. The key vocabulary and sentence stems will help your learners express their thoughts and opinions.
Keywords
- step up: to accept a challenge and work extra hard
- overtime: extra hours outside of one’s normal or full-time work hours
- unrealistic: not practical or not possible
- high expectations: setting a high standard for success or behavior
- rally: to gather people to help with a goal, especially in a difficult situation
- advocate: to support or speak in favor of someone or something
Sentence Stems
- Even though I want my team to work hard,...
- As a team leader, I want to advocate for...
- If this turned into a regular occurrence,...