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Interviewer:
"Marjorie Scardino, you are leading one of the top companies in the U.K., and you've been voted business
woman of the year. What qualities do you need to run a large company effectively?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"Well, I think different companies probably require different qualities, but for me there are only a few
simple qualities that cut across all requirements, and those are courage and imagination and empathy. And by
empathy, I mean, having the ability to put yourself in other people's positions and understand how they feel
about situations and ideas."
Interviewer:
"Which business leaders do you admire and why?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"I think the best business leaders are probably ones we don't know about, not the stars we read in the
newspapers. I think they're probably the ones who have had a great business idea and have seen the desired
result. So the business leaders I most admire right now are those managers in Pearson who are achieving our
goals of double-digit earnings growth."
Interviewer:
"What do business leaders actually do?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"My staff would probably say this was a really excellent question they ask themselves every day. I think
what they do is just what I've said the business leaders I admire do. They create a business idea, and they
see it through."
Interviewer:
"As a leader, how do you motivate your employees?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"I'd like to think we motivate each other. I think my job is to make sure the company has a purpose,
because I think people like to work for a company that has a reason for being, that they can identify with and
feel good about. I think that I have to communicate well with them everything that's going on and everything
I'm trying to do in a clear way. And then in return I think they inspire me to think more adventurously and to
think more carefully about how to inspire them and how to build a better business. So, it's sort of cooperation."
Interviewer:
"Do you think leaders are born or made?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"I think it's probably a bit of both. All human beings obviously are born with certain qualities, and certain
common features. But I've seen so many people in my life who have, using those basic qualities, re-invented
themselves several times as they've gone into new situations. You know, you're a certain kind of person when
you're in school, and your friends know who you are. And then as you grow up you go into new situations
and become somebody else. So, people who were never leaders in school become the great business leaders
of our time. So, I would have to say, mostly it's made, but you have to use what you're born with."
1._____ with Marjorie Scardino

Interviewer's 2_____.	Answers by Marjorie Scardino
What are the qualities for 3._____ a large company effectively?	They are courage, imagination and empathy, by which she means being 4._____ to put herself in others' positions and understand them well.
Who are the business leaders she admires and why?	They are those 5._____ in her company who have had a great business idea and have seen the desired result.
What do the business leaders do actually?	They create business 6._____ and see them through.
What's the way of 7._____ her employees?	Motivation is sort of cooperation. Employers and employees motivate each other. She thinks that she should make them well 8._____ of the company's purpose.
Are leaders born or made?	Leaders are mostly made 9._____ they are born with certain qualities. But these born qualities must be made 10._____ of.

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