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a lot of leaders encourage their people to collaborate, to avoid conflict, and to reach a consensus on how something should be done.
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But this doesn't harness the constructive tension.
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It just removes it.
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And without this, you're extremely unlikely to arrive at the right answer.
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Welcome to Moments with Marty, your short, sharp shot of Leadership Insight to help you to stay on track between our weekly episodes of the No Bullshit Leadership podcast.
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Virtually every company has natural tensions built into its DNA.
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For example, there's the classic friction point between sales and operations.
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It's easy to sell something, but then your company has to deliver it.
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Salespeople have a natural tendency to oversell a product,
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sometimes to the point where it's almost impossible for the company to deliver that product profitably.
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To find a balance between sales and operations requires a comprehensive dive into these natural tensions.
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Another example is the natural conflict between a CFO and an asset owner, especially in an industrial business.
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The CFO wants to minimise capital expenditure because they're monitoring critical metrics like return on assets.
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The CFO's job is to limit the amount of capital that the business deploys.
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However, the operators are incentivised to provide asset availability and reliability.
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So the more capital they have to spend, the less issues they're going to have to manage.
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And they're also more likely to hit their own KPIs.
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Which is why it's in their best interests to spend as much money as they can on building
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and maintaining the company's assets.
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How do you manage these natural tensions so that people work together to achieve the best outcome for the company, not just for their immediate team.
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Single point accountability is critical.
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It has to be clear who the decision maker is for every initiative that your company undertakes.
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When it comes to higher order issues, like capital investment in assets, accountability often rests with the CEO or the board,
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because that's the only way you can ultimately resolve the tensions between a chief revenue officer and a COO.
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But no matter what level the accountability resides,
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a clear decision has to be made by accountable executive who's in a position to weigh the relative merits of competing positions.
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If you're a leader trying to balance natural tensions, there are a few cardinal sins that you could make.
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One of the worst you can commit is dumbing down your team.
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Now a lot of leaders encourage their people to collaborate, to avoid conflict, and to reach a consensus on how something should be done.
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But this doesn't harness the constructive tension, it just removes it.
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And without this, you're extremely unlikely to arrive at the right answer.
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More often than not, consensus decisions deliver the worst outcomes.
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Because when you seek consensus, the focus shifts from solving the problem to appeasing the people.
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It pushes you to the lowest common denominator, and what you end up with is a decision that everyone can live with but no one is really happy with.
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This is reason number 426 for overcoming your conflict aversion.
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If you don't learn to sit comfortably in the middle of your team's natural tensions, you'll leave a lot of value on the table.
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For more depth on this insight, have listened to episode 78 of the No Bullshit Leadership podcast, Refereeing Your Leader's Disputes.
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We'll leave a link in the show notes.
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I really hope you enjoyed this moment and that it gives you that extra little spark to be a No Bullshit Leader.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “The Real Cost of Avoiding Conflict”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: tension, natural, asset, consensus, conflict. Questo video contiene 39 frasi e 593 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:02. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 147 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| consensus sostantivo | /kənˈsɛnsəs/ | consenso |
| accountability sostantivo | /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ | responsabilità, rendicontabilità |
| collaborate verbo | /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ | collaborare |
| harness verbo | /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/ | imbracare, imbragare |
| constructive aggettivo | /kənˈstɹʌktɪv/ | costruttivo |
| podcast sostantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, audioprogramma |
| insight sostantivo | /ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/ | introspezione, approfondimento |
| appease verbo | /əˈpiːz/ | placare, pacificare |
| aversion sostantivo | /əˈvɜːʒən/ | avversione |
| denominator sostantivo | /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/ | denominatore |
| salesperson sostantivo | venditore, venditrice | |
| reside verbo | /ɹɪˈzaɪd/ | risiedere, vivere |
| deploy verbo | /dɪˈplɔɪ/ | dispiegare, collocare |
| friction sostantivo | /ˈfɹɪkʃən/ | attrito, frizione |
| undertake verbo | /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/ | imprendere, intraprendere |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, you're, doesn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: aversion /əˈvɜːʒən/, friction /ˈfɹɪkʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: accountability /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, denominator /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/, profitably /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bli/, expenditure /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: consensus /kənˈsɛnsəs/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, harness /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/, constructive /kənˈstɹʌktɪv/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come consensus, accountability, collaborate.
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.