Adjective - Describe Leadership - Unit 11 BE 3

Someone who approachable is friendly and easy to talk to.

An encouraging person gives you confidence or hope.

Someone who is idealistic believes firmly in something which is good but probably impossible to achieve.

If you describe people as diffident, you mean that they don’t have much confidence in themselves.

Ruthless people are determined to get what they want and do not care if they hurt other people.

Someone who is conservative is unwilling to accept changes and new ideas.


Someone who ... is ...
Someone who is ....
A / An ... person ......
... person/people  is/are .....
if you describe people as .... , you mean that they ....

 

Cautious x decisive

Casual x formal

Idealistic x realistic

Assertive x diffident

Encouraging x critical

Dynamic x laid-back

Radical x conservative

Ruthless x principled

Distant x approachable

She doesn’t like to rush into things. She is careful and cautious.

He is very good at pointing out problems with people and systems in the company. He is often critical, but this helps make improvements.

He is a serious, formal person, both in the way he dresses and in his dealing with people. Everyone knows he is the boss.

She has a very clear vision for the long-term future of the company, but many people think she is too idealistic.

He is a very ruthless man. He sacked anyone who got in his way.

Our boss in friendly and approachable. She is very easy to talk to.

He is very conservative. He doesn’t like to try anything new now he is running the company.

She is very principled. She would never approve any policies that were remotely unethical.

Idealistic:

I want a company which never receives complaints.

Casual:

Okay, I will try to do if I have time.

Cautious:

We should wait before making this decision. It could go wrong.

Assertive:

I hear you, but I believe we have to make cuts to survive.

Encouraging:

Your are not there yet, but you are making progress. Keep it up.

Principle:

As an education company, we should support road safety.

Conservative:

We should stick to our established market.

Ruthless:

We can not please everyone. We have to make money.

Approachable:

Come and see me if you have a problem. My door is always open.

Radical:

I think we need to look at this in a totally different way.