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One of the hardest parts about leadership is giving people hard news.
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I've been a CEO, I know.
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Sometimes you have to say that your job isn't here anymore.
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Sometimes you have to tell whole organizations that there's going to be a new structure to things.
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And hard news is, well, it's hard.
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It's very important that leaders understand that that is not a good argument for avoiding hard things.
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now one of the biggest problems that we have is is misunderstanding empathy
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and compassion they're not the same thing empathy is to feel somebody else's pain
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and when you're motivated entirely by empathy it becomes a really hard thing to do to do these difficult things
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and and you might even be handcuffed and unable to do them
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and you'll wait too long when it gets even more damaging to other people compassion is different the greatest leaders are compassionate
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Compassion has four parts to it.
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Understanding a problem, feeling enough of the pain such that you can actually be in the place of the person affected,
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being able to be rational about what needs to be done, and then having the courage to do it.
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That's what it comes down to.
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Being a truly compassionate leader is what people need.
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Their greatest bosses are compassionate, not empathetic.
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And why are they compassionate?
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Because they love people enough to do what actually needs to get done.
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You know what that is?
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That's just leadership at the end of the day.
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Let's say you're in a situation where you need to downsize your employee base by about 20%.
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And that means a bunch of people, including people that you've worked with for years, are actually going to lose their jobs.
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If the only tool in your arsenal is empathy,
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that's going to be overwhelmingly hard and maybe something you're going to put off and that's going to make things worse.
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Compassion is one in which you understand exactly why this needs to be done.
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You put yourself in the place of other people such
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that you can understand what they're going through You have a plan for how you're going to transmit this information
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And actually what you're going to suggest to people who are affected
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And you have the courage to get it done quickly because that's in everybody's interests
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That's fundamentally superior in every way
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Now one quick aside on this
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How do you grease the skids a little bit?
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The Buddhists talk about having a loving -kindness meditation
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I'm a religious person and one of the things
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that I've done is I pray for people before I have to do a hard thing.
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I pray for the people that I'm actually going to affect in this particular way, and I pray for the courage.
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And so whatever your technique is, meditation, visualization, prayer, I would recommend doing that actually before you have the interactions with people as well.
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So don't misunderstand what I've said here.
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I'm not saying not to have empathy.
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I'm saying not to have unaccompanied empathy.
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Empathy is only step number two of four steps.
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And when you shear it off from an understanding of the problem, an understanding of what needs to be done and the courage to do it,
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then it becomes problematic because it's on its own.
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It's an unaccompanied virtue, and as a virtue, it can quickly turn into a vice.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Deliver Hard News with Compassion”. Las palabras que más se repiten: empathy, compassionate, compassion, courage, pray. Este vídeo tiene 45 frases y 570 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:58. El hablante habla rápido, unas 192 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| empathy sustantivo | /ˈɛmpəθi/ | empatía |
| courage sustantivo | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | coraje, valor |
| compassion sustantivo | /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ | compasión |
| compassionate adjetivo | /kəmˈpæʃənət/ | compasivo |
| pray verbo | /pɹeɪ/ | rezar, orar |
| virtue sustantivo | /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/ | virtud |
| technique sustantivo | /tɛkˈniːk/ | técnica |
| superior adjetivo | /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ | superior |
| prayer sustantivo | /pɹɛɚ/ | oración, rezo |
| arsenal sustantivo | /ˈɑːsənəl/ | arsenal |
| interaction sustantivo | /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ | interacción, interrelación |
| rational adjetivo | /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/ | racional |
| kindness sustantivo | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | amabilidad, bondad |
| fundamentally adverbio | fundamentalmente | |
| grease sustantivo | /ɡɹis/ | grasa |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| put off verbo | perecear |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- You know what that is?
- How do you grease the skids a little bit?
- I'm not saying not to have empathy.
- I'm saying not to have unaccompanied empathy.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be handcuffed · be done · are affected |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've been · you've worked · I've done |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 18 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: virtue /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/, motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/, visualization /ˌvɪʒ.ʊ.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: downsize /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/, visualization /ˌvɪʒ.ʊ.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como empathy, courage, compassion.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.