Read the text below about cultural change in companies. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D below. There is an example at the beginning. American President J.F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were both ‘nappers’. They had short sleeps – ‘naps’ – during the day to help them work (0) A . It might be just what you need to wake up your company and improve your (1) ____. Do energy levels drop in the afternoon? Do your (2) ____ seem a bit slow and sleepy after lunch? In Spain the traditional siesta is making a comeback in good companies who want their workers to work smarter, not (3) ____. These companies are realizing that their (4) ____ work better with a rest in the afternoon. They are more productive, make fewer mistakes and are happier. Its not a case of decreasing their (5) ____ they do even more work. In Californias Silicon Valley, hi-tech companies provide chill-out rooms for employees to relax in, along with pool tables and gyms. Even family pets, such as dogs, are allowed to go to work (6) ____ their owners. A New Zealand company achieved change in the whole company by encouraging staff in one (7) ____ to go home when they had done all the assignments they could do that day, without any loss of pay. Other employers want their employees to take responsibility (8) ____ their own success by letting them set their personal work (9) ____. Like all these ideas, this only works when everyone in the company (10) ____ believes in the changes. Even the best intentions of written (11) ____ can mean nothing if one person does not follow them. Everyone from the (12)____ on down should (13) ____ the new rules and follow them themselves. But perhaps the most important thing to remember is to have a good life-work (14) ____. Go home at five, on time, and enjoy the rest of your life. Take control. Lifes too short to let anyone else (15) ____ it for you. A. better B. best C. good D. worse A. attitudes B. profitability C. working D. shareholders A. employers B. employed C. employ D. employees A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. well A. company B. managers C. staff D. interns A. workforce B. workspace C. working D. workload A. by B. with C. for D. together A. company B. organization C. unit D. place A. in B. with C. to D. for A. ideas B. objectives C. criteria D. jobs A. corporation B. structure C. subsidiary D. department A. guidelines B. rule C. complaints D. instructions A. project leader B. director C. manager D. supervisor A. write B. ensure C. focus D. enforce A. situation B. routine C. balance D. plan A. set B. run C. rule
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themselves. But perhaps the most important thing to remember is to have a good life-work (14) ____. Go home at five, on time, and enjoy the rest of your life. Take control. Lifes too short to let anyone else (15) ____ it for you. A. better B. best C. good D. worse A. attitudes B. profitability C. working D. shareholders A. employers B. employed C. employ D. employees A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. well A. company B. managers C. staff D. interns A. workforce B. workspace C. working D. workload A. by B. with C. for D. together A. company B. organization C. unit D. place A. in B. with C. to D. for A. ideas B. objectives C. criteria D. jobs A. corporation B. structure C. subsidiary D. department A. guidelines B. rule C. complaints D. instructions A. project leader B. director C. manager D. supervisor A. write B. ensure C. focus D. enforce A. situation B. routine C. balance D. plan A. set B. run C. rule dogs, are allowed to go to work (6) ____ their owners. A New Zealand company achieved change in the whole company by encouraging staff in one (7) ____ to go home when they had done all the assignments they could do that day, without any loss of pay. Other employers want their employees to take responsibility (8) ____ their own success by letting them set their personal work (9) ____. Like all these ideas, this only works when everyone in the company (10) ____ believes in the changes. Even the best intentions of written (11) ____ can mean nothing if one person does not follow them. Everyone from the (12)____ on down should (13) ____ the new rules and follow them themselves. But perhaps the most important thing to remember is to have a good life-work (14) ____. Go home at five, on time, and enjoy the rest of your life. Take control. Lifes too short to let anyone else (15) ____ it for you. A. better B. best C. good D. worse A. attitudes B. profitability C. working D. shareholders A. employers B. employed C. employ D. employees A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. well A. company B. managers C. staff D. interns A. workforce B. workspace C. working D. workload A. by B. with C. for D. together A. company B. organization C. unit D. place A. in B. with C. to D. for A. ideas B. objectives C. criteria D. jobs A. corporation B. structure C. subsidiary D. department A. guidelines B. rule C. complaints D. instructions A. project leader B. director C. manager D. supervisor A. write B. ensure C. focus D. enforce A. situation B. routine C. balance D. plan A. set B. run C. rule dogs, are allowed to go to work (6) ____ their owners. A New Zealand company achieved change in the whole company by encouraging staff in one (7) ____ to go home when they had done all the assignments they could do that day, without any loss of pay. Other employers want their employees to take responsibility (8) ____ their own success by letting them set their personal work (9) ____. Like all these ideas, this only works when everyone in the company (10) ____ believes in the changes. Even the best intentions of written (11) ____ can mean nothing if one person does not follow them. Everyone from the (12)____ on down should (13) ____ the new rules and follow them themselves. But perhaps the most important thing to remember is to have a good life-work (14) ____. Go home at five, on time, and enjoy the rest of your life. Take control. Lifes too short to let anyone else (15) ____ it for you. A. better B. best C. good D. worse A. attitudes B. profitability C. working D. shareholders A. employers B. employed C. employ D. employees A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. well A. company B. managers C. staff D. interns A. workforce B. workspace C. working D. workload A. by B. with C. for D. together A. company B. organization C. unit D. place A. in B. with C. to D. for A. ideas B. objectives C. criteria D. jobs A. corporation B. structure C. subsidiary D. department A. guidelines B. rule C. complaints D. instructions A. project leader B. director C. manager D. supervisor A. write B. ensure C. focus D. enforce A. situation B. routine C. balance D. plan A. set B. run C. rule dogs, are allowed to go to work (6) ____ their owners. A New Zealand company achieved change in the whole company by encouraging staff in one (7) ____ to go home when they had done all the assignments they could do that day, without any loss of pay. Other employers want their employees to take responsibility (8) ____ their own success by letting them set their personal work (9) ____. Like all these ideas, this only works when everyone in the company (10) ____ believes in the changes. Even the best intentions of written (11) ____ can mean nothing if one person does not follow them. Everyone from the (12)____ on down should (13) ____ the new rules and follow them themselves. But perhaps the most important thing to remember is to have a good life-work (14) ____. Go home at five, on time, and enjoy the rest of your life. Take control.