Football has taught us how to kick off a project or to bench or sideline people who are not key players. When you have achieved three wonderful things in a situation, you can talk about a hat trick. Some companies now also acknowledge an employee who has made unusually good contributions to the team, project or company as an MVP or most valuable player. But it’s not just football that is rich in metaphors; basketball, swimming, boxing etc. have made lasting contributions too.
Exercise:
Can you guess what the sports-related expressions mean in the sentences below? Match them to the meanings on the left:
Sie haben noch keinen Zugang?
Testen Sie ‘LeadersClub’ 14 Tage GRATIS und profitieren Sie von
- multimedialen und topaktuellen Inhalten rund um moderne Mitarbeiterführung (Fachartikel, Kurzvideos, Podcast,…)
- persönlicher Weiterentwicklung dank spannender Inhalte zu Business English, Reden und Präsentieren
- Live-Austauschrunden und einem kurzen Draht zu unseren Experten für Ihren individuellen Beratungsbedarf
