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Beginners:

collective goal- wspólny cel

Every team needs clear collective goal – Każdy zespół potrzebuje czytelnego wspólnego celu.

Intermediate:

ineffecttive/ ineffcient- nieskuteczny/ niewydajny

The implementation of  ineffective and inefficient solutions can stop the development of every team- Wprowadzenie nieskutecznych i niewydajnych rozwiązań może zatrzymać rozwój każdego zespołu.

Advanced:

pose major challenge- stanowić duże wyzwanie

Ensuring effective collaboration of team members poses major challenge for every manager- Zapewnienie skutecznej współpracy między czlonkami zesołu  stanowi duże wyzwanie dla każdego menadżera.

According to the Excel Beyond the Excellence blog, here are the major factors which significantly contribute (znacząco przyczyniają się do…) to raising of the team spirit:

Clear purpose

• the performance of tasks – wykonanie zadań
• the collective goal – wspólny cel

Without the efficient communication of purpose, the level of effort and motivation lowers and disagreements or conflicts arise more easily. There is a greater risk that the performance of tasks will be duplicated. One test is to ask different team members to summarize the collective goal. If answers differ widely, you need to explain things more clearly’.

Well-defined structure

• clearly distributed – czytelnie rozdane / przydzielone
• use of resources – wykorzystanie zasobów
• in line with … – zgodnie z … / w zgodzie z … / stosownie do …
• flexible – elastyczny

Various functions, roles and responsibilities should be clearly distributed as it allows the best use of resources .  In line with the expansion of business, new competencies and additional personnel will be required, while other roles become less important. This is the reason why ‘the structure should be flexible.

Strong support

• recognition – tutaj: uznanie
• celebrate milestones- świętować znaczące osiągnięcia

If the team is to work effectively, it needs ‘support, resources and rewards’.  The latter ones do not need to be financial . Recognition from colleagues, celebrating milestones or educational opportunities can serve as team-centered rewards’.

Positive relationships

• tensions – napięcia
• strained relations – napięte relacje
• foster / breed – powodować / wywoływać/ sprzyjać
• ill – competition – zła / chora konkurencja
• reconciliation – pogodzenie się/ zgoda
• offsite – tutaj poza biurem / firmą
• reinforce team spirit – wzmocnić ducha zespołu

If personal tensions  and strained relationships exist within the team, they will make life difficult. Misunderstanding of what is expected to achieve fosters/ breeds mistrust and ill-competition .

‘In such cases, it is vital to intervene and listen to both sides. Only then can you decide how to effect reconciliation or re-establish good relations’.

One of the suggested methods is an offsite meeting or social event which can build and reinforce team spirit.

Good external contacts

• vacuum – próżnia
• bonds – więzi
• facilities – tutaj: siedziba / biuro

The teams do not exist in vacuum . The external environment changes constantly. Thus the bonds  must be proactive and continuous.

‘Invite a customer to speak to your team. You could also arrange tours of your facilities and theirs to better understand each other’s operations and needs’.

Efficient and effective information management

• pose major challenge – stanowić ważne / spore wyzwanie
• inefficient – niewydajny
• ineffective – nieskuteczny
• bring business to halt – zatrzymać rozwój firmy

We always hear that for many organizations optimal management of information flow poses major challenge . If it is inefficient and ineffective, it may bring every business to a halt.

Beginners:

• test perfectly- świetnie się sprawdzić

The sellers prefer to employ people who tested perfectly in the previous tournaments – Sprzedawcy wolą zatrudniać ludzi, którzy doskonale sprawdzili się w czasie poprzednich turniejów.

Intermediate:

• cherish tradition- kultywować tradycję

Strawberry is one of the Wimbledon’s symbols and the British cherish this tradition – Truskawka jest jednym z symbol Wimbledon i Brytyjczycy kultywują tę tradycję.

Advanced:

• turn up at the terraces- pojawić się/ przyjść na trybuny

In summer thousands of spectators turn up at the Wimbledon terraces with the bowl of strawberries- Latem tysiące widzów pojawiają się na trybunach Wimledonu z miseczką truskawek.

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• go back to the 1950s – sięga lat pięćdziesiątych / pochodzi z …
• premium – najwyższa jakość
• meet high expectations – sprostać najwyższym oczekiwaniom
• confectionary shops – cukiernie

A cup of strawberries is a symbol of the most famous tennis tournament in the world. The story of cooperation between the hosts and some strawberry farmers goes back to the 1950s. Only the premium  berries are accepted… only the special British varieties which meet the high expectations. Some London confectionary shops  have been supplying the strawberry cakes for almost a century.

• suppliers – dostawcy
• obtain – otrzymać / uzyskać
• turn up at the terraces – pojawić się na widowni
• volume of orders – wartość / wielkość zamówienia
• scone – babeczka

All the suppliers have to obtain the offcial license. At first, the contracts were on a much smaller scale but as the size of the tournament grew and more people turned up at the terraces, the volume of orders grew as well. The final orders arrive daily, in the late hours. And the team of workers is ready to bake overnight the delivery of 10 000 scones, all handmade, all perfectly round. The volume of the order depends on the day… in the final stages of the tournament more people come and spend longer hours, if it’s going to rain people will eat more, etc.

• test perfectly – świetnie się sprawdzać
• rush nights – gorące noce / szalone wieczory, etc.
• word of mouth – marketing szeptany
• cherish tradition – kultywować tradycję
• take by surprise – zaskoczyć
• crepe – naleśnik
• don’t go together – nie pasują do siebie

There are many criteria on the basis of which the hosts estimate the consumption. The confectionaries never advertise for the staff: they want well-trained employees who tested perfectly in the rush night of the previous years. On the basis of the word of mouth they get over 40% of people returning. Wimbledon cherishes the tradition , and the suppliers are sometimes taken by surprise … when some years ago they wanted to introduce strawberry crepe… and they even set up a nice crepe operation… they found out that the crepes and British don’t go together.

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