1 key to more effective English presentations with global teams, clients, and stakeholders: Focus less on the English you use and focus more on your audience. I know far too many managers who speak excellent English, have a strong grasp of grammar, and have solid pronunciation, But they don’t connect at all with their audience…
1 key to better, more confident, and clearer communication in English at work: Don’t be shy. š Yes, it’s often that simple. While it’s important to incorporate strategic, intentional, and efficient learning into your routine if you want to optimize your Business English communication for your career, it’s equally important to understand that you need…
Here is 1 underused Business English secret to speak more clearly, precisely, and professionally at meetings with global teams… KEEP IT SIMPLE I tell my clients this piece of advice nearly every week. Your global teams don’t care too much about whether your English is “perfect”, whether you used “advanced vocabulary”, or whether or not…
Here’s 1 underused, POWERFUL skill you need to develop if you want to give more professional, effective, persuasive English presentations… Focus less on the actual English you use, and focus more on your “people skills”. Why? Because too many managers focus too much on using “advanced English” but sacrifice everything else. This results in no…
In this week’s article, I want to share an important business and life lesson I’ve learned both over the course of starting and running my own business as well as from a recent trip to Shanghai visiting old students: It’s something that can be very easy to forget about during your career and life journey…
Have you ever read any of Dale Carnegie’s books on communication skills, public speaking, marketing, self-improvement, and or corporate training? He was an expert in what he taught and shared. And he once shared a powerful communication “secret”: When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.ā…
By researching my own studentsā strengths and weaknesses, Iāve come to discover five common habits of theirs that I focus on helping improve to take their English communication skills to the next level. In this article, I have shared those five habits and what you can do as an English language learner and leader in…
Since the dawn of time, humans have always used storytelling to pass down tradition, beliefs, culture, art, and history across generations, even millennia. Storytelling is an amazing art, science, and skill that can move crowds to accomplish what an individual cannot do alone.A famous British historian and writer, Winston Churchill, once stated: “Of all the…
The most common English challenges my clients, determined managers at global pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies, have: They don’t feel confident using English to communicate with their colleagues and clients. They donāt express themselves clearly. They feel frustrated and uncertain if their colleagues and clients really understand the message they’re trying so hard to…