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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas: Why great leaders take humor seriously

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JA: It's also about being human, which should be easy, because we are haumn. But at work, it's oinemettfs harder than we think. In a recent srvuey, people were asekd "What traits inspire trust in a leader?" One of the top responses: "Speaks like a regular person." When work gets serious and life gets busy, we become transactional. And yet these small shifts are enough to move us from transactional to human. As small as a single word, like how we often sign off our emails: “Best.” What does "best" even mean? Are you the best? Am I the best? Why do I need to tell you that? We can do better than "best." Instead, how about ...

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JA: It's also about being human, which should be easy, because we are _____. But at work, it's __________ harder than we think. In a recent ______, people were _____ "What traits inspire trust in a leader?" One of the top responses: "Speaks like a regular person." When work gets serious and life gets busy, we become transactional. And yet these small shifts are enough to move us from transactional to human. As small as a single word, like how we often sign off our emails: “Best.” What does "best" even mean? Are you the best? Am I the best? Why do I need to tell you that? We can do better than "best." Instead, how about ...

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  1. asked
  2. human
  3. survey
  4. oftentimes

Original Text


JA: It's also about being human, which should be easy, because we are human. But at work, it's oftentimes harder than we think. In a recent survey, people were asked "What traits inspire trust in a leader?" One of the top responses: "Speaks like a regular person." When work gets serious and life gets busy, we become transactional. And yet these small shifts are enough to move us from transactional to human. As small as a single word, like how we often sign off our emails: “Best.” What does "best" even mean? Are you the best? Am I the best? Why do I need to tell you that? We can do better than "best." Instead, how about ...

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
humor cliff 3
good news 3
entire organization 2
inspirational ceos 2
feel close 2
bug pin 2


Important Words


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