Confident Business English host and accredited Neurolanguage Coach® Anna Connelly brings senior managers with B2+ level practical and advanced business English tips to boost confidence. Listeners say they love the podcast because it's to-the-point, useful and interesting.
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Fundada em São Paulo por Paulo Ubirajara dos Santos e Luccas Cavalcante dos Santos pai e filho, que possuem experiência após ter residido há mais de 10 anos na África do Sul. O que motivou a criação da Inglês Active foi a necessidade de melhorar o ensino do idioma e inová-lo através de uma metodologia dinâmica, resultado de sua experiência fora do Brasil. Pensando em compartilhar essas experiências, lançamos o Active Cast. Aqui vamos falar de inglês, cultura, negócios e muito mais. Inscreva- ...
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Un programa para escuchar noticias financieras y aprender inglés de negocios. De la mano del experto auditor y pedagogo Eoin Baxter, dueño de la cadena de franquicias The Green Monkey. Escucha las noticias financieras más recientes y curiosas del momento y aprende, junto a sus invitados las formas gramaticales y de vocabulario más importantes en el mundo de los negocios en inglés de una manera entretenida.
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Soy Verónica Gutiérrez, una intérprete / traductora que ha buscado voz propia y difusión de la profesión. Este podcast inició después de complementar mi formación ante el micrófono estudiando locución y edición de audio en 2012. Eran otros tiempos indudablemente, otra tecnología y otra forma de hacer podcasts, pero magnífico momento para innovar y ser muy probablemente el primer podcast sobre este oficio y profesión en México. Este podcast, llamó rápidamente la atención de la comunidad mundi ...
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Welcome to Living in Alignment with Ale Wiecek Rojo, a show in English and Spanish that will inspire you to unleash your potential, heal past traumas, and create a life and career in perfect harmony with your true purpose and passions. This podcast is not just about personal growth, but also about making a positive impact on society, for building businesses that tackle systemic inequalities, race consciousness, and release any unnecessary conditioning. My goal is to empower you. Yes, you! Th ...
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251. Real Business Conversation Series: British Manager's Constructive Feedback In Action
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BECOME A FREE MEMBER OF THE PODCAST Ever want to practice your listening skills with a real business conversation with a native speaker? Something that actually sounds like real life rather than a robot? Introducing the Real Business Conversation Series. A brand new format on Confident Business English for this season. Do you find it hard to unders…
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250. Confidence Booster Toolkit: One Key Business Verb to Upgrade Your Speech
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THE CONFIDENCE BOOSTER TOOLKIT IS NOW CLOSED. SIGN UP TO THE WAITLIST TO BE INFORMED FIRST WHEN IT IS NEXT AVAILABLE. Let me give you the final preview from the Confidence Booster Toolkit. This is from the Advanced Verb Swaps section. The objective here is to stop you using the same basic words all the time and build your confidence with more advan…
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249. Lightspeed Responses: Mastering Quick Business Phrases to Boost Confidence
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Do you ever feel like you lack short, quick responses that you would use in your own language? In today's episode I am going to train you on a module from my soon to be released Confidence Booster Toolkit. I will tell you how you can get your copy when I open it next week. 220+ lessons for senior managers to build their confidence to say natural an…
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248. Chair Meetings Confidently: Business English Phrases on Autopilot to Reduce Stress and Nerves
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Do you worry thinking about English meetings you have to chair? You want it to go well but you're overthinking everything - what phrases you need to use. What's the best way to welcome people? How to manage if people talk for too long? How to summarise at the end? Let me help take some of the stress off your plate. In today's episode I am going to …
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247. Express Yourself Better: 6 Advanced Business Adjectives for Senior Managers
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Looking to express yourself more clearly and accurately? Build your confidence with these 6 key business adjectives you can start using in your next meeting. The majority of the adjectives I will take you through are compound adjectives. These are very effective tools to give your vocabulary an upgrade and sound more advanced. As a senior manager, …
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246. Real Business Meetings Unpacked: Natural English Phrases to Facilitate with Confidence
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As a senior manager, it seems like your whole life is spent in meetings sometimes. You will have to facilitate and lead meetings with your teams around the world made up of native and non-native speakers. How can you try and make this go well from an English perspective? In this episode I analyse clips from a real business meeting and cherry pick n…
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245. From Basic to Advanced: 3 Business English Phrase Swaps Every Senior Manager Should Make
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I know you lack confidence with how you speak. If you knew what you're saying sounded good, it would definitely give you a confidence boost. Let's kick off season 6 with 3 key business phrase swaps that you can make as a senior manager to sound more advanced. Using Neurolanguage® techniques, I walk you through this phrase from context, examples and…
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Let's Catch Up! What's Coming in the New Season of CBE
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New season starts tomorrow 25th September. Just before we dive into that, let's me catch you up on what is coming in the new season of CBE. Every summer I take a break from the normal podcast schedule and send out a survey to listeners. All this feedback helps me make decisions about where to take the podcast going forward. Thank you so much if you…
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The Best of Confident Business English: #215 How to Chase a Colleague Without Sounding Rude
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Originally released in April 2024. Another classic episode from Confident Business English. Your colleague, let's call them John, said he was going to send you the information you needed on Monday. Now it's Thursday and you know that you have to chase this up by email otherwise you are going to miss your deadline. The thing is John is a peer, or a …
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The Best of Confident Business English: #222 Build Your Confidence Asking Key Questions: Senior Manager Essentials
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This was originally released in June 2024. Another Confident Business English classic. Have you ever had that feeling where you want to ask a question but you hesitate? You aren't sure if it's right, you're overthinking and then by the time you building up the courage the moment is gone! Then you think, why didn't I just ask the question. First of …
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The Best of Confident Business English: #200 11 Business English Quick Wins To Have On Autopilot
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Originally released in December 2023. A Confident Business English Classic. What are the basics that you need to get right to communicate well in English? This list of 11 core skills is a result of my experience over the years teaching and coaching clients. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE PDF GUIDE Say hello on LinkedIn @AnnaConnelly Follow me on Insta…
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Little Snippet #12 1 Advanced English Word Senior Managers Should Use (But Rarely Do)
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I know your biggest barrier isn't to simply communicate. You can make yourself understood even if it's not always perfect or very elegant. What you want is to sound better. More advanced, more natural. I'm going to share with you on key word I think would be great to add to your vocabulary that comes up quite when we are explaining our perspective …
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Little Snippet #11 Nail Your Business Call in English: 3 Key Phrases for a Confident Start
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Do you get a pit (like a bad feeling) in your stomach when you see a British number calling your work phone? You're not alone. In this is an interactive episode where you will do two mini roleplay scenarios to practice these 3 key phrases to make sure that you have a confident start to your business phonecall in English. Hello, (your name) speaking…
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Little Snippet #10 4 Strategies When You're Lost in a Business Conversation in English
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Imagine you miss something in a business conversation in English. You feel lost and you know you need to say something. What are the best ways to handle this? Here are my 4 top strategies to deal with this. Say hello on LinkedIn @AnnaConnelly Follow me on Instagram @annabusinessenglish About Little Snippets: Mini episodes with to-the-point business…
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Little Snippet #9 Mindset Tips for Speaking English — Overcoming My Fear
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What's your biggest fear? This year I've started to work on all the fears I've been putting off. I thought you might find it useful to hear my key takeaways and how you could apply this to your situation about building confidence speaking. Advanced vocabulary you will hear: To get a grip To be clunky A baptism of fire To jump into the deep end To g…
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Little Snippet #8 Easy Trick for Spelling Difficult Business English Words
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Imagine you have to quickly write down a difficult business english word in a meeting. Or maybe a name or email address. Do you struggle to tell the difference between I and E? Here's an easy spelling trick I share with all students that find this hard. They tell me it works great so I want to share it with you too. About Little Snippets: Mini epis…
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Little Snippet #7 Best Ways to Invite a New Colleague for Coffee - Natural Business English Phrases
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Imagine you start working in a new company. You meet another senior manager and you want to invite them for a coffee and find out more about what they do. What are the best ways to do this? I share with you 3 natural business English phrases used by native speakers. This snippet was inspired by a recent question from a client. Advanced vocabulary b…
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Little Snippet #6 Advanced Project Vocabulary In Meetings With Native Speakers
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When you have meetings with native speakers, do you find it hard to understand all the business English? Today I'll share with you 3 pieces of more advanced project vocabulary that might hear in your next project meeting with native speakers. About Little Snippets: Mini episodes with to-the-point business communication tips to keep you learning and…
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Little Snippet #5 The Best Way To Get Feedback On Your English Communication
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Do you ever struggle to get decent feedback on your English communication? You aren't sure whether you are on track or not? Your colleagues don't seem to tell if you've made mistakes but you sense that there are things that are not right. You would really like to know if there is anything you need to correct. What is the best way to do it? I share …
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Little Snippet #4 How To Communicate With The Right Level of Formality
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What is the right level of formality when you communicate at work? This is a common business English question I receive a lot from my clients. I'm going to share with you a quick tip as to what I recommend as the best way to approach this. Say hello on LinkedIn @AnnaConnelly Follow me on Instagram @annabusinessenglish…
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Little Snippet #3 Stop Taking Too Long Speaking in Meetings
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Do you take too long when you speak English in meetings? I want to touch on this common business english problem I see a lot with professionals - going over the time limit when they speak in meetings. I tell you my key high-level tips to help you manage this better going forward. Recommendation for further study: The award-winning book: The First M…
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Little Snippet #2 How to Help Your Colleagues Understand You First Time
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Do you colleagues understand you first time when you speak English? I share with you my top speaking tips for how to help your colleagues understand you first time. Remember that at your level, business English communication is more than just the words you say, it's also important to consider how you say things. It would be great to hear from you -…
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Little Snippet #1: A Quick Tip If You Go Blank In a Presentation at Work
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What should you do if you go blank in a presentation at work? I want to share with you a quick tip you can implement straight away that I picked up after listening to a wonderful presentation in Liverpool in 2017. Book mentioned: Paul McGee S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On) : The Straight-Talking Guide To Creating and Enjoying a Brilliant Life About Littl…
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228. Season Finale: Essential Tips For Business English Success - A Neurolanguage Coach®'s Notepad
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently Here we are! It's the finale of season 5. I have a Google document I update all the time called "365 Daily Business English Snippets". I basically write down anything interesting that happens in client sessions, common mistakes I see people make all the time or reflections based on conversatio…
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227. Understand Your Native Colleagues In Meetings: Master Business Expressions #6
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently Do you ever find it hard to understand your British, Irish or Australian colleagues? Let's focus on 3 very common expressions that native speakers use to describe problems! After you have listened to the episode you will: understand what each expression means - context and when we use it Know …
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226. Interview Confidence: Answer Strategies for 3 Key Questions [GUEST EXPERT EPISODE]
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently Have you got an interview coming up? Or maybe you will in the future? Doing an interview can be one of the most pivotal points in your career when you have to use your English. It could literally mean getting the job or not. Here as a guest today to offer their expert insight is Clare Whitmell…
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225. How To Handle On-the-Spot Corridor Conversations: A 3-Step Framework for Senior Managers
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently I was speaking with one of my clients the other day and they said: Anna, one thing that I always find really hard is if I see someone in a corridor or the lift and they say "How are things going?" In the moment I always mess it up . What would sound good to say? If you run into a colleague in …
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224. Navigate HR Conversations Confidently: Top Phrases and Common Pitfalls for Senior Managers
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently I know you would prefer to avoid saying something wrong. It's going to make you feel much more confident if you know what you are saying is right, even if it's a difficult conversation. As a senior manager you will have to talk about HR topics a lot; recruitment, onboarding, leave, pay, team m…
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223. Speak with Confidence: Describing Trends Mini Series #3
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently It's that time again! You have to share your performance meeting. How do you navigate all the vocabulary? How do you make sure it is clear and you don't beat around the bush? In the 3rd episode of the series we will focus on verbs using to describe decreases. By the end of the episode you will…
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222. Build Your Confidence Asking Key Questions: Senior Manager Essentials
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently Have you ever had that feeling where you want to ask a question but you hesitate? You aren't sure if it's right, you're overthinking and then by the time you building up the courage the moment is gone! Then you think, why didn't I just ask the question. First of all, I get it. When you ask a q…
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221. Speaking Success: Confidence Tips for Senior Managers with Public Speaking Coach, Nick Hampshire
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently Do you want to feel more confident speaking in front of your colleagues? Do you want to develop more of an executive presence but you still feel quite nervous or not prepared enough? Today I invited public speaking expert and coach Nick Hampshire onto the podcast to share his practical guidanc…
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220. How to Sound Diplomatic and Assertive in English: Go-To Phrases For Senior Managers Navigating Difficult Discussions with International Teams
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently You're a senior manager and you lead a team. Your team is made up of people based around the world and you have meetings with them online and sometimes even a mix between face-to-face in the office and then online at the same time. At times, you have to have difficult conversations with them w…
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219. Essential Finance Phrases for Senior Managers In International Companies
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently As a senior manager, how confident do you feel talking about finance and money? In today's episode you will learn How to express company revenue How to give the status of budget A very common mistake with 3 finance words A really natural phrasal verb to talk about generate money Natural phrase…
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218. How to Sound More Advanced: Essential Business Phrasal Verbs #5
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CLICK HERE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER - Communicate Confidently I know one of your goals is to sound more advanced and stop using the same words all the time. Let's continue with our 5ht episode in the series on phrasal verbs to help you make progress. In this 15-minute episode you are going to: Learn a common and natural phrasal verb to express approval D…
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217. How To Host Managers From Head Office Without Feeling Awkward with Robert Rudge, The Business English Podcast
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Let's set the context. Imagine that next week a group of Senior Directors are coming to your office from Manchester. Or maybe you are getting a visit from a group of managers based in the Munich office. Wherever or whoever it is, you have to help host them during their time here. What can you do to help yourself feel more confident? How can you mak…
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216. Save Time & Stress! A Quick & Easy Framework to Report Your KPI Performance in English
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𝐈'𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠! Imagine it's Friday. Your boss tells you they want you to present your KPI performance at the director's meeting on 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺. You are definitely not over the moon about it but honestly, your biggest worry is...when I am I going to prepare?? Unless I work on Sunday evening??? You know you won't feel confi…
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215. How to Chase a Colleague Without Sounding Rude
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Your colleague, let's call them John, said he was going to send you the information you needed on Monday. Now it's Thursday and you know that you have to chase this up by email otherwise you are going to miss your deadline. The thing is John is a peer, or a superior and you don't know him very well and you want to tread carefully. It's a little bit…
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214. Understand What Your Colleagues Say In Meetings: Master Business Expressions #5
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The world is changing so fast. Businesses and companies have to adapt all the time. A transformational programme here, a new strategy over here. There's a lot going on and it's a topic we talk about all the time. But, what expressions do you know about managing people and change? Today we will cover 3 very common and useful business expressions rel…
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213. What To Say When Your Boss Gives You Positive Feedback On Your Work
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Imagine your boss or colleague gives you feedback on a piece of work. It's good news, they are really happy with the work you have done, they are telling you that everything is great. And when they finish speaking, you don't really know what else to say other than "Thank you." You don't feel this accurate reflects enough of what you want to say and…
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212. Sound More Advanced: Business Phrasal Verbs #4
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This week we continue with our series on business phrasal verbs. I'm going to cover 3 new ones that will give you an alternative from always using the same classic business english verb. Listen to find out what it is and how you can vary your vocabulary and sound more advanced. Click here to sign up to the newsletter - Communicate Confidently Inter…
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211. [REVISIT] 11 Business English Quick Wins To Have On Autopilot
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This has been one of the most listened to episodes this season and I think a really useful episode to listen to if you haven't already and also to refresh on. This has been a list that I have been working on for a while. It's a recap of the key points I've mentioned on recent episodes and new tips. The list is a set of quick wins that if get on aut…
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210. My Communication Tips: The Most Common Things I Tell My Clients + Funny Corrections Recently
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Hi, How are you? I would like to do something a bit different today. We've been doing a lot of topic heavy episodes over the last few weeks so let's break it up a bit. Today I'd like to talk about the most common advice and recommendations I give my clients. I am going to talk about: The most common thing to say to my students What to do if you get…
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209. Speak with Confidence: Describing Trends and Data #2
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Let's continue with our series on describing data and trends. This time I'd like to go into more detail specifically about vocabulary. By the end of the episode you will know what are some common vocabulary mistakes and what words we use specifically to describe increases. In future episodes we will go into more detail about decreases, stabilizatio…
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208. Understand More in Meetings: Business Expressions #4
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Let's continue our deep dive into business expressions. This week we are going to focus on ones that mean dealing with work situations. By the end of the episode you will be able to understand the meanings of each of them and know the most common, short sentences that you can say if you want to try these ones out in your next meeting. Click here to…
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207. The Language of Leadership: Communicating Confidently in English Presentations with Christopher Wright, The English Training Company
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One of the biggest fears people have aside from spiders, snakes and flying is speaking in public. As a manager or leading giving presentations is part and parcel of what you have to do, so the question seems to be, how can we make this process better so you can feel more confident? Here to talk to you today is Christopher Wright. I first met Christ…
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206. Speak With Confidence: How To Describe Data and Trends #1
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This is one of the most highly-requested episodes that you have asked me to. I am going to do a series of episodes on this topic as I want to share a lot with you and I can't squeeze it all into one episode! In this first episode, I want to touch on high-level tips to take into account when do you have to do this in English. I hope it is helpful. C…
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205. Sound More Advanced: Business Phrasal Verbs #3
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This week we continue with our series on business phrasal verbs. Today I'll talk about 3 more advanced ones with the preposition. "about" and how they are actually more straightforward than you think. Click here to sign up to the newsletter - Communicate Confidently Interested in 1:1 coaching with me? Register your interest for places in 2024. Have…
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204. Ask Anna #2: Though, Diplomatic Questions and Feeling Pressured at Work
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This week I answer more burning questions from my clients and listeners. Today I cover 3: What does it mean when people put "though" at the end of a sentence? How can I tell someone to repeat in a way that doesn't offend them? What vocabulary can I use to tell my boss they are putting too much pressure on me? I hope it's useful and if you have a qu…
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203. How Can You Learn Effectively with Hardly Any Free Time? 3 Easy Memory Techniques with Bree Aesie from AC English Company & Into The Story Podcast
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How do you learn new words whilst having a 9-5 (Or perhaps 9-8), family, hobbies and all the other things going on? This is a big point for you. Bree from AC English has joined me today to share 3 easy memory techniques that can help you learn more effectively without a huge time investment. Anything that can save you time but move you forward is a…
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202. Understand More in Meetings: Business Expressions #3
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It's the worst feeling when you miss something because you don't understand and then you are totally lost and trying to get back on track with the conversation. That can often happen when people use expressions. I'm going to go over 3 new business expressions related to describing negotiations, a common complaint when defining scope and defending p…
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