What is important when motivating staff? Hello, I chose topic one “What is important when motivating staff?” I am very interested in this topic. As we all know, many factors should be considered by the managers to motivate staff. First of all, I think financial benefits is the most important to motivate staff. Actually, no one doesn’t like money. the most important goal of working is to earn money, and then to support family. At the same time, financial benefits also can be evidence that how much you have done in working and then make you feel a sense of achievement. Secondly, career development opportunities is another important factor when motivating staff. A position with more improvement space can attracts the staff a lot. Most of the staff are very progressive, ambitious and even aggressive, they want to improve their life standard with a sense of achievement in the future. Apart from these two factors, In my opinion, days off and a long holiday is also important. In this way, the staff can spent more time with their family, and then they can balance life and work, and do both well. Now, to sum up, I have covered three main points in my presentation, financial benefits, career development opportunities as well as days off and holidays can help managers to motivate staff.

discuss on topic-how do you work more efficently? by a group/ on your own? Note: this is a dicussion between me and my english partner, we both are chinese and prepare for the BEC Vantage Exam. Topic: How do you work more efficiently? by a group/on your own? Linnie: Febbie F: How do you work more efficiently? By a group/on your own? L: I like working by my own, because it is more easily to concentrate on your work and then you can’t be easily distracted by others. F: but if you work on your own, it’s not convenient for you to communicate with others, if you just come up with some ideas, you can’t share with others so that you may not sure whether your ideas are feasible or not. And especially, when you meet some difficulty, how to solve it as soon as possible? But all these considered above is not problem in the way of working by a group. L: Working on my own, it doesn’t mean that I don’t communicate with others. If I met some difficulty, I can then think clearly what really the problem is and ask someone else for help. F: but when the project is huge, it’s difficult for one person to complete it in a limited time. L: if the time is limited, it really impractical. But if the time is abundant, I can divide task clearly into different parts. Then finish it one by one methodically. F: but in reality, the project may relate to several fields, specialization of labor can facilitate the efficiency of the project. L: Yeah, you are right. I will choose to work in a team in that case. F: In a word, if the case-load is not very large, and the duty is very clear. Then maybe it is more efficient to finish it by yourself. On the contrary, if the project is huge, we’d better to finish it by a group. After all, “more hands do easy work”. L: I can’t agree with you more.

my strengths and weaknesses I think the greatest streagth of myself is that I am a very peresistant person. and my life is very regular. for example I went to play table-tennis with my friend every wednesday afternoon and saturday afternoon. and I spent one hour learning english in the morning about 7 am. before I go to lab. I stick to this schedule since I become a graduate student. of course somethimes there are some exceptions, for example I go home, I have to communicate with my parents with little time left to study. and I also listen to english before I going to sleep, so consequently, It is a little difficult for me to sleep without listening to English. And I am very healthy, both physical and metal, I hardly go to hopital,maybe this is attributed to my regular life. To the weakness, I think my greatest weakness is that, I am not a very imaginable person, with a little of innovation and aesthetics.At my twenties, I didn't like to make up myself and to be honest,I donn't have the ability to make up, It's a little difficult for me.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself haha, now I am in italki, this is my first notebook entry, in briefly, I am a chinese graduate student in grade two, with the rapid globalization of our lifes, i want to improve my English, and make friends all over the worldl. It is the Internet that link us together. I like this way to widen our sight and increase our knowledge. I an a very kind and warm-hearted girl, enthusiastic in communicating with others. hope to make friends with enthusiastic you.