Carlos Ghosn: The Man Who Ran Three Car Companies
Grammar: Present Simple
A Business English English lesson exploring culture.
What's in this lesson
A Business English ESL lesson on culture, practising present simple. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: Carlos Ghosn: The Man Who Ran Three Car Companies
"I always start with the numbers," Carlos Ghosn once told a journalist from The Financial Times. "But I never finish there." That habit — rigorous analysis followed by instinct — defined how the Brazilian-Lebanese-French executive ran Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi simultaneously from the late 1990s until 2018. He is responsible for one of the most dramatic corporate turnarounds in modern business history, and he usually does not hesitate to say so himself.
Vocabulary
- delegation
- hierarchy
- trilingual
- turnaround
Grammar: Present Simple
- Adverbs of frequency
- She always arrives before eight and rarely misses a briefing. — always · usually · often · rarely · never
- Time expressions
- He flies to Tokyo every Monday and meets the board on Fridays. — every / on / at / in
Discussion questions
- Do you think a manager should always adapt to the local culture, or should they set a single standard?
- Is it ever right to treat colleagues from different countries differently based on cultural expectations?
- Do you think fluency in multiple languages makes someone a better leader?
Carlos Ghosn: The Man Who Ran Three Car Companies
Grammar: Present Simple
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