4招提升团队成员的信心

4 Ways to Boost Your People’s Confidence

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Part I. QUESTIONS

Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

Q1. What negative effects might a lack of confidence have on a team according to the text?

A. Team members may work too independently.

B. They could become overconfident in their abilities.

C. It could lead to hesitation and poor decision-making.

D. The team might take on more tasks than they can handle.

Q2. What is one way to build confidence in team members as mentioned in the passage?

A. Discouraging further education and training.

B. Promoting a learning culture and offering additional training.

C. Ignoring the development of knowledge and skills.

D. Focusing solely on individual achievements.

Q3. According to the text, how can empowerment contribute to building confidence in team members?

A. By avoiding task delegation and decision-making.

B. By not trusting the team with responsibilities.

C. By showing trust and allowing them to make their own decisions.

D. By imposing strict controls on every task.

Q4. What should leaders do to help team members succeed according to the passage?

A. Provide them with the necessary support and materials.

B. Ensure they lack necessary support and materials.

C. Avoid giving them any feedback.

D. Set unrealistic goals to challenge them.

Q5. How are clear goals beneficial for team members according to the text?

A. They create confusion and misdirection.

B. They provide clarity, direction, and purpose.

C. They prevent team members from understanding the organization's mission.

D. They demotivate the team by setting unreachable targets.

Q6. What aspect of confidence-building does the text suggest is important when celebrating success?

A. Using public recognition as the only form of celebration.

B. Providing feedback that is detached from the organization’s values.

C. Avoiding any form of celebration to maintain professionalism.

D. Tailoring the celebration to the preferences of the individual.

Part II. TRANSCRIPT

4 Ways to Boost Your People’s Confidence

As a leader, you want a confident team. You want your people to believe in their abilities, their purpose, and in one another. (Q1) Without confidence, your people will likely doubt their abilities, hesitate when action needs to be taken or shy away from making decisions, all of which can cause their performance to suffer.

confident adj. 自信的；有自信心的

In this video, we’ll explore four things you can do to build confidence in your team members so that they can reach their full potential.

(Q2) One of the best ways to build confidence is to improve and develop people’s knowledge and skills. With ability comes confidence, so promote a learning culture within your team and offer opportunities for additional training.

The more knowledge and skills that people have to do their jobs, the more confident they’re going to feel in their abilities and the better they’ll perform, too.

(Q3) Empowerment is key to confidence. If you trust your people and show them that you believe in their abilities, they’ll start to believe in themselves, too. Delegate tasks and give your team members the power to make their own decisions where appropriate. This will help them to take ownership of their work. And, when they succeed, their confidence will soar.

empowerment n. 授权; 许可

(Q4) But set them up for success. Make sure they’ve got all the support and materials they need. Be that your time and advice, or access to crucial information.

Everybody likes to win. (Q5) Goals provide clarity, direction, and purpose. And by setting clear goals and objectives for your team members, they’ll be better able to see their progress and measure their success. There are several goal-setting methods you can use to do this, but you should always try to tie goals to your organization’s mission and values and give feedback regularly, so that people know how they’re doing and are staying on track.

When they do achieve their goals, celebrate that success. You don’t have to take the whole team out to dinner. Sometimes a simple “thanks” on the team group chat is all it takes. (Q6) Make sure you tailor the celebration to the specific person, too. For example, a shy, introverted team member probably won’t enjoy being the center of attention while you make a speech about them.

introverted adj. 内向的，含蓄的，闭关自守的

If you lead a team, don’t allow low self-confidence to hold people back. Encourage and empower them, set them clear achievable goals, and celebrate their successes.

Part III. KEY

Q1. C. 细节题。文本指出：“Without confidence, your people will likely doubt their abilities, hesitate when action needs to be taken or shy away from making decisions, all of which can cause their performance to suffer.” 意为：“如果缺乏自信，你的团队成员可能会怀疑自己的能力，在需要采取行动时犹豫不决或者回避做决策这些都可能会导致他们的表现受影响。” 因此，缺乏自信可能导致犹豫和决策不佳。答案为C。

Q2. B. 细节题。文本中提到：“One of the best ways to build confidence is to improve and develop people’s knowledge and skills... promote a learning culture within your team and offer opportunities for additional training.” 意为：“建立信心的最佳方式之一是提高和发展人们的知识和技能……要在你的团队中推广学习文化并提供额外培训的机会。”选项 B 与之相符。答案为B。

Q3. C. 细节题。文本中提到：“Empowerment is key to confidence... Delegate tasks and give your team members the power to make their own decisions where appropriate.” 意为：“授权是建立信心的关键……在适当的情况下委派任务并给予你的团队成员做出自己决定的权力。” 这描述了授权如何有助于构建团队成员的信心，即展示信任并允许他们做决策。答案为C。

Q4. A. 细节题。文本强调：“But set them up for success. Make sure they’ve got all the support and materials they need.” 意为：“但要让他们为成功做好准备。确保他们得到所有他们需要的支持和材料。” 这明确表示领导者应该确保团队成员获得成功所需的支持和资源。答案为A。

Q5. B. 推理题。根据文本中的陈述：“Goals provide clarity, direction, and purpose. And by setting clear goals and objectives for your team members, they’ll be better able to see their progress and measure their success.” 意为：“目标能提供清晰性、方向性和目的性。通过为你的团队成员设定清晰的目标和目的，他们将能够更好地看到他们的进步并衡量他们的成功。” 可以推断出清晰的目标对团队成员有益，因为它们提供了清晰的方向和目的。答案为B。

Q6. D. 主旨题。文章在最后一段提到：“Make sure you tailor the celebration to the specific person, too.” 意为：“也要确保你的庆祝活动针对具体的人。” 这句话强调了一个重点，即要根据具体人员的情况来安排，也就是要契合个人偏好。答案为D。

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