Pratica di Shadowing: The 3 adjectives that determine how far you go at work | Carla Harris - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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This was the most important thing that I learned during my career.
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No question about it.
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People will engage with you based on the perception that they have about who you are.
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And that perception may be completely opposite to the reality of who you really are, and more importantly, how you see yourself.
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I had a very senior managing director say to me about five years into my career, you know, you're smart, you work hard,
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but I don't think you're tough enough for this business.
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And as I clutch my pearls, I thought to myself, what is he thinking?
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The last thing you can call Carla Harris is not tough.
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But then I thought to myself, maybe he really doesn't think that I'm tough enough for this business.
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Maybe the rest of the organization doesn't think that I'm tough enough of this business.
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And as you might imagine, as a woman and a woman on Wall Street, the last thing that you want to be thought of is not tough.
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And oh, by the way, that is how I saw myself.
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So the fact that he was questioning whether
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or not I was tough enough was a wake-up call to me
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that the real Carla Harris was no longer walking into Morgan Stanley.
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And it was now creating a competitive disadvantage for me.
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So I decided that the way that I would correct that was that I would walk tough, talk tough, eat tough, drink tough, use tough in my language.
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Because it's important that if you want to train people to think about you in a certain way, you must have that consistent behavior around those adjectives,
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but you must use these adjectives, these words in your environment, particularly when you are talking about yourself.
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Generally, when you're talking about someone and someone says, oh, do you know Samantha?
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Oh, do you know Mike?
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People tend to say, oh, she's A, B, C, or Mike is D, E, and F.
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So I say pick the three adjectives that are consistent with who you really are, but pick the three adjectives that are also valued in your organization.
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And to be even more specific, that are valued in your seat.
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In every seat that you have, those adjectives are going to change.
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For example, as an associate, people cared that I had outstanding analytical skills, quantitative skills, and exceptional attention to detail.
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But as a managing director, nobody really cared whether or not I could do a model.
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So those analytical and those quantitative skills were just assumed.
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What's valued now as a managing director is, is that person relationship oriented?
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Is that person commercial?
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And maybe if you're managing a lot of people, is that person fair?
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So understanding what those adjectives are in every single seat are important, but they must also be consistent with who you really are,
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because I am not a fan of playing a role.
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Any of us can do that, but at some point if you're just playing at a role, the real you will show up one day
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and you do not want to worry about whether or not you are in an environment that will embrace the real you.
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So pick the adjectives that are valued by the organization in the seat that you're in, but pick those adjectives that are also consistent with who you really are,
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then it's really easy for you to execute.
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You can train people to think about you in the way that you want them to think about you.
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And when you become a senior leader, you want them to think about you as a strategic thinker.
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You want them to think about you as a visionary.
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You want them to think about you as that person that everybody wants to work for.
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You want them to think about you as a great colleague.
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You want them to think about you as somebody who's very respected in the industry.
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Now, if you want to train people to think about you around those descriptors, your behavior needs to be consistent with those descriptors.
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You want them to think about you as somebody who's very well respected in the industry, which means you need to go to industry events, which means you need to show up
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and engage with some of the key people who are seen as icons in your industry.
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It means that you might need to participate in a few panels so people hear you speak.
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They know that you are focused on the industry.
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They know that you are an expert per se in that particular industry.
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If you want them to think about you as somebody who everybody wants to work for, then you need to make sure that your immediate team loves working for you.
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And you need to understand what you need to do, how you need to show up for them to, quote, love working for you.
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So it's consistent behavior around the adjectives is what will train
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people to think about you in the way you want them to think about you.
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And if you have been in an organization for a long period of time, it's important that you calibrate those perceptions as you're moving up the ladder.
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Thank you.

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, esplorerai l'importanza degli aggettivi nel mondo lavorativo e come questi possano influenzare la percezione che gli altri hanno di te. Imparerai a identificare tre aggettivi chiave che rappresentano non solo le tue qualità personali, ma anche quelle gradite nel tuo ambiente lavorativo. Questa pratica non solo aiuterà a migliorare la tua autopercezione, ma ti permetterà anche di comunicare efficacemente la tua professionalità. Attraverso tecniche di shadow speech e shadow speak, potrai esercitarti nella pronunciabilità e nella fluidità del tuo inglese.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Aggettivo - una parola che descrive una qualità o una caratteristica.
  • Percezione - il modo in cui gli altri vedono o giudicano una persona.
  • Consistente - mantenere una certa coerenza nel comportamento e nella comunicazione.
  • Relazione orientata - una qualità apprezzata nel mondo lavorativo che implica la capacità di stabilire buone relazioni interpersonali.
  • Competitivo - un termine che si riferisce alla capacità di competere e avere successo in un ambiente difficile.
  • Esperto - qualcuno che ha una profonda conoscenza o competenza in un campo specifico.
  • Innovativo - capacità di introdurre nuove idee o soluzioni.
  • Rispetto - considerazione e riconoscimento delle capacità e della dignità di un'altra persona.

Consigli per la pratica

Per massimizzare il tuo apprendimento, ti incoraggio a praticare tecniche di shadow speech mentre ascolti il video. Concentrati sulla velocità e sul tono della voce di Carla Harris. Inizia ripetendo frasi chiave dopo averle ascoltate, cercando di imitare non solo il contenuto ma anche l’intonazione e la pronuncia. Ricorda che questo esercizio non serve solo a migliorare la tua pronuncia dell'inglese, ma anche a interiorizzare l'uso degli aggettivi nel contesto lavorativo.

Inoltre, prova a scrivere un breve paragrafo sui tre aggettivi che ti rappresentano e su come queste qualità possono essere percepite nel tuo attuale ambiente lavorativo. Successivamente, usa le tue abilità di shadowspeaks per parlare ad alta voce del tuo paragrafo, registrandoti per ascoltare eventuali errori e migliorare la tua articolazione. Questa pratica di conversazione in inglese ti aiuterà a diventare più sicuro di te nella comunicazione. Non dimenticare di considerare l'importanza del feedback, sia personale che da parte di colleghi, per affinare ulteriormente le tue abilità oratorie.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.