Pratique du Shadowing: How To Speak Like A Billion-Dollar CEO - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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I've sat in boardrooms where billion-dollar decisions are made, and I've watched the leaders gain instant respect in two sentences and lose all credibility in one.
J'ai siégé dans des salles de conseil où sont prises des décisions de plusieurs milliards de dollars, et j'ai vu des dirigeants gagner le respect instantanément en deux phrases, puis perdre toute crédibilité en une seule.
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These are the five communication skills the 1% elite use to sound like the most powerful person in the room.
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And number five, that's the one that changes everything.
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Skill number one is a tough one.
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Most people think explaining every detail makes them sound smarter.
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I was in a board meeting where the CFO loaded up
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a 60 slide deck to talk about companies' financial plans next year.
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And I asked him one question.
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What do you think the margins will be next year because of the new product launch?
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And he went into all kinds of details.
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Scenarios and product fit and product mix and market signals and internal rate of returns and caveats.
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And after he was done, I turned to the CEO.
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And I asked her the same question and she thought for a second
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and the answer just three lines Margins will be a third lower.
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We're investing in tech and marketing.
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One risk is the load on our services team But we'll have a backup done
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See the difference employees explain leaders make the call 70% of managers say that their meetings are unproductive or efficient.
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And I'm sure you've been to those two-hour meetings.
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Why?
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Because nobody makes the call.
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We think showing our work makes us look smarter.
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It doesn't.
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It makes us look lost.
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If you were to communicate like a CEO, you have to change that mindset.
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The point here isn't that you shouldn't focus on numbers, details, and execution matters in every role.
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That's not what I'm saying.
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But When it comes to communicating those results, the headline comes first.
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Here's one framework that you can use.
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I call it the 3A Pyramid Principle.
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Answer first, state your conclusion up front.
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Argument second, back it up with two or three reasons.
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Now categorize, summarize, keep it very short, keep it very tight, and add-ons last.
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Provide all the relevant details and data, but only when you're asked.
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If you're tempted to over explain, think of your answer as a tweet.
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Keep it very short.
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280 characters max.
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After the three A's, stop and just let silence do the work.
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If the room wants more, they will ask.
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Number two, most people do this all the time and it quietly kills their executive presence.
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The worst part, they don't even realize it.
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I was coaching a VP of product who was passed over by the board for a chief product officer position.
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He was very smart and strategic and he was confused.
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And so he asked me and I asked the board about how they had thought about him.
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The feedback I got from them was that the VP had lacked conviction in his vision.
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I knew the VP and I knew that he definitely had conviction.
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He believed in the roadmap that he was building.
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I told him to deliver a presentation, the same roadmap presentation that he had delivered to the board.
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And then he started delivering and there it was in plain sight.
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He spoke in hedges.
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I think we should maybe try this.
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We might possibly consider that.
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His competence was drowning under a flood of filler words.
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Research shows that hesitant language makes an audience view you as less credible.
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Imagine if Martin Luther King had said, well, to be honest, I kind of have this dream.
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It would have never worked.
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His clarity gave his words the power he needed.
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We unfortunately live in a world where promotions go to the person who sounds like a leader,
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not necessarily the one who's right for the role.
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Without clarity and authority, your teams will hesitate about you.
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Investors will worry about you.
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And customers, well, they'll just ignore you.
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So here's how you grow your authority.
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First, invest in it.
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Invest time to develop it.
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How?
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Prep like a pro.
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Every golfer, every rock star, every politician rehearses before stepping on stage.
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Why shouldn't you?
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Second, record yourself.
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Count every I think, um, maybe, to be honest.
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Analyze why and when that happens.
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Third, do a filler detox.
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Pick one hedge and eliminate it just for a week and then move on to the next one.
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And here's an extra step.
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swap hedges for silence.
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Not sure what you're going to say?
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That's okay.
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Take a beat.
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Pause.
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Silence actually builds authority.
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Even when you are answering a question, think for three or four seconds.
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Construct the answer and then speak.
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And more importantly, it'll make you become more thoughtful.
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Number three, the fastest way to lose a room isn't saying the wrong thing, it's looking like you don't even believe yourself.
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A long time ago I was giving a presentation
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and I was sitting on a chair
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and there were a lot of senior execs around me and I thought I was doing well.
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I thought I was pretty much on point.
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The presentation ended and afterwards I asked my boss for feedback.
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I said, how do you think I did?
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And he said, you know your ideas were very strong but you looked nervous as hell.
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And I was surprised and I said, what do you mean?
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And he said, well you were nodding like a bobblehead, bouncing your leg, fidgeting with a pencil,
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just looking at the presentation screen versus looking at the audience.
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Ouch.
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He was right.
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Because no matter how clear and solid your delivery is, research shows that more than half of people's perception about you comes from your body language.
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Princeton researchers found something even more astonishing, that people decide how competent you look in just 100 milliseconds.
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And you know, those split-second judgments have literally predicted election results.
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In 1960, Kennedy looked calm and composed on TV.
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And Nixon looked sweaty and shifty.
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Radio listeners thought Nixon won, but TV viewers gave it to Kennedy.
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In 1992, same thing happened.
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George H.W.
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Bush glanced at his watch during a debate.
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One tiny gesture that made the whole country feel he was disconnected, that he'd rather be somewhere else.
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And in 2000 election, Al Gore's size and eye rolls made him look arrogant, distant, while George W.
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Bush was relaxed.
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His posture was very cool.
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And it made him look like the guy people wanted to have beer with.
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So body language and leadership go hand in hand because body language can also win hearts and minds.
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That's why CEOs weaponize their posture, their pace, their pauses.
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Here's how you can emulate this in your own way.
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First, record yourself in your next meeting or presentation, or just do it in front of a camera.
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How do you sound?
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How do you look?
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You know, when I did it, I was so shocked and surprised to see all the nervous habits that I didn't even realize I had.
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Second, slow your pace down just by 15 to 20%.
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Pause after big points.
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Sit, walk, move with intentionality.
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Challenge yourself to go through a casual conversation without fidgeting and be totally present.
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And third, claim your space.
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Sit or stand comfortably.
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Use your physical presence to amplify what you're saying.
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Number four, facts pass through the brain.
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Stories go straight to the heart.
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I was talking to a senior executive who was the EVP at Hewlett-Packard.
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For 30 years, he told me this story.
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He was delivering a speech at a convention to thousands of people.
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Lots of data, lots of facts, lots of metrics, and he was reading the teleprompter.
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Carly Fiorina, who was the CEO of HP at that point, was standing in the wings.
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Their eyes met for a second, and the CEO smiled, and she shook her head and pointed to her heart.
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And the EVP immediately understood What she was saying was, don't just rely on facts or the prompter,
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tell a story that touches people's hearts.
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Speak from your heart.
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Think about Steve Jobs.
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He could have walked on stage and said,
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we build a hardware device for audio with five gigs of RAM for your MP3 content.
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He didn't.
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Instead he said, thousand songs in your pocket.
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20 years later, that's still what people remember.
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And this is not just about showmanship.
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Back in the 1960s, Stanford researchers ran a study.
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One group of students had to memorize random word lists.
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Another group got the same words, but wrapped in a story.
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The list group recalled only 13% of the words.
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The story group recalled 93%.
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Same words, different delivery.
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So if you rely only on facts, you risk becoming forgettable.
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So take these three steps to go from forgettable manager unforgettable leader.
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First, build your three core stories.
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One about a struggle and one about a turning point.
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These are your repeatable storylines.
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Second, translate for the room.
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Boards want to focus on strategy, team wants execution, customers want value.
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Same story, three versions.
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Third, always anchor data in narrative.
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Don't just drop numbers, make them more relatable.
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Don't just say Niagara Falls unleashes 634,000 gallons of water every second.
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Make it relatable.
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That would be like emptying 1 billion bathtubs over the edge every single minute.
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Well, now you have brought it home.
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Stories can engage, inspire, even ignite entire movements.
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But here's an important question.
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Are they really about you or about others?
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Because only one of them will create real change.
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Number five, and this is the one everything else depends on.
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You can master clarity, confidence, presence, and storytelling, but your leadership will collapse
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if you can't turn every win into a we and every loss into a me.
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I learned a tough lesson years ago in one of the most tender and wonderful moments of my career.
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I was leaving the company where I had served as an SVP and I was going to another company where
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they had recruited me to my first C-level role.
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It was my last day and I sat down with one of my VPs.
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I asked him, what should I do differently in my next role?
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And he paused for a second because no one had asked him that question.
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And then suddenly tears started rolling down his face and his voice cracked a little.
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And he said, you're going to be a great leader.
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I just wish you had invested more time in me.
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That just broke me because he was right.
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I realized that I had been showing off more than showing up.
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I gave him a hug and said, I'll never forget what you've said.
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So Jason, if you ever see this, I still remember what you said and I hope I have made you proud.
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That's the hardest adjustment in leadership.
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It's not about you.
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The best CEOs turn the spotlight away.
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Amateurs say, I did this.
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Leaders say, we're doing this.
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And when it fails, that's on me.
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A Gallup study found that when people receive high quality recognition,
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they are four times as likely to be engaged and more than 50% less likely to leave.
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President Truman put it best.
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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That is the unwritten contract of leadership.
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When you absorb blame, you build trust.
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And trust is the one thing that matters the most at the top.
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When your team trusts you, they will move faster and rally when things get hard.
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And when they don't, any crisis can take you down in a day.
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And that's exactly what happened to the CEO of Lehman Brothers.
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When his company collapsed in 2008, he blamed hedge funds and regulators and the markets, anyone but himself.
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He became the face of arrogance and failure, and his reputation never recovered.
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From today, flip the switch.
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Stop trying to be the most interesting person in the room.
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Be the most interested person in others.
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This week, flip another switch, the credit blame switch.
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In your next meeting, when something goes right, name names.
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Michelle, you crushed it.
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At least once a week, call out someone on your team publicly for their contributions.
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Keep it specific, authentic, and tied to impact.
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And this month, practice the ACE framework to give negative feedback effectively to others.
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Acknowledge the effort.
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Clarify the issue with precision.
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Expand the path forward with support.
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That will help you focus on others.
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Speaking like a CEO is not just about precise words or polished presence.
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It's about making everyone else believe they are succeeding.
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That builds trust.
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And trust communicates way more than any communication technique.
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If you liked this video, don't forget to subscribe and check out my recent video on how to progress faster than anyone else.
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thank you and I love you
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette vidéo contient 219 phrases et 2141 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 14:11. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 151 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 82 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| invest verbe | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | investir, consacrer |
| pause nom | /pɔːz/ | pause |
| hedge nom | /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ | haie |
| silence nom | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | silence |
| feedback nom | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | évaluation, réaction |
| communicate verbe | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | communiquer |
| clarity nom | /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/ | clarté |
| recall verbe | /ɹɪˈkɔl/ | rappeler |
| pace nom | /peɪs/ | pas |
| execution nom | /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/ | exécution |
| rely verbe | /ɹɪˈlaɪ/ | compter sur |
| margin nom | /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/ | marge |
| flip verbe | /flɪp/ | retourner |
| collapse verbe | /kəˈlæps/ | s'effondrer |
| researcher nom | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | chercheur, chercheuse |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| call out verbe | préciser, spécifier |
| check out verbe | mater, regarder |
| go through verbe | traverser |
| pass through verbe | traverser |
| show off verbe | crâner, faire le malin |
| show up verbe | apparaître, se montrer se pointer |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 33 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, you're, didn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « th »: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/, bathtub /ˈbæθtʌb/
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme invest, pause, hedge.
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | I've sat · you've been · have literally predicted |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | are made · was passed · was disconnected |
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.