https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEN53-TikTok.mp3 In this Business English News lesson we look at business English vocabulary related to technology and TikTok. It seems like every week there’s news of another attempt to ban TikTok. Indeed, the federal government and half the states in the U.S. have outlawed use of the app on government-owned devices. Never before has there been such a reaction to an app’s sudden popularity. So just how did the app reach one billion downloads and 150 million active users in the U.S.? According to the Guardian: TikTok owes its phenomenal success to a ho ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP029c-Disagreeing.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod This lesson is the second part of our series on agreeing and disagreeing. Today we’re going to look at how to disagree. In the board room or the break room, it’s great to be able to support other people’s ideas by agreeing. But you won’t get far in business if you just agree with everything. You need to be able to disagree confidently and politely. Only then can you convince people that you have an even better idea. In this lesson, we’re going to talk about how to disagree in meetings in English. So ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP396-Strategic-Decisions-2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on making strategic decisions. This is the second of a pair of lessons on business strategy. According to the old saying, good ideas are a dime a dozen. There’s no shortage of possibilities in business. But not all those ideas and possibilities are equal. You have to be able to sort out which ones are the right fit for your business. Given limited time, resources, and capacity, you can’t chase after every shiny new thing that comes along. This is where strategy comes in ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP395-Strategic-Decisions-1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on strategic decision-making. This is the first of a pair of lessons on business strategy. Every day, business leaders face tough decisions that involve difficult trade-offs. Should we put our time and money into a new opportunity or build capacity in our current operations? Should we partner with company X or company Y? Should we expand east or west? These decisions are often informed by an overall corporate strategic plan. But that plan can’t account for all possible fu ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP394-Body-Idioms-2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on business English idioms based on the human body. In your time studying English have you ever heard the expression “to learn something by heart?” Maybe you had to learn an English song by heart. Or maybe it was verb conjugations, or a list of vocabulary that your teacher made you learn “by heart.” And maybe you know that learning something by heart means memorizing it, which is kind of strange when you consider our memory is in our brain, not our heart! But “to learn by heart ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP393-Body-Idioms-1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English idioms related to different parts of the body. Now you probably already know that when I said “head over to” the website, I meant you should go look at the website. Even if you didn’t know that particular expression, you could probably guess the meaning from my sentence. “Head over to” is a kind of idiom, and English has a lot of idioms, as you’ve probably noticed! In fact, there are many common sources of idioms. And one interesting source is the human body. There are ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.92-Career-2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on how to restart your career and keep it on track. With the current job market being so uncertain, it’s a great opportunity to make a change, whether that means a new job in your current career track or a whole new career. When considering a change, it’s important to think long and hard about what you really want to do. Be honest with yourself about how well your current job aligns with your ambitions. If you’re feeling unfulfilled, take the time to imagine ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.91-Career-1.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on keeping your career on track. Today’s workplace looks pretty different from the one your parents toiled away in. Walk into an average office and you’ll immediately be struck by the fact that it only seems half full. Remote work – in one form or another – has become the norm. And the people themselves may look different. The baby boomers are retiring, and younger generations are entering the workforce, often with different values and expectations. So now mi ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/925English-L044-Drop.mp3 Welcome back to 925 English for another lesson on English phrasal verbs. In today’s lesson we’re going to look at phrasal verbs using the verb “drop.” As you may already know, a phrasal verb is an expression with a verb and a preposition. For example, we say “turn on” and “turn off” a light or computer. From these common examples, you can see that one verb might combine with different prepositions to make different meanings. And in this lesson, we’ll look at how different prepositions combine with the verb “drop” to form some c ..read more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP392-Scoping-2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on pricing strategy. This is the second of a pair of lessons on project management English and scoping new work for a client. Every project is its own animal. Sure, you might run different projects with similar tools and approaches, or apply standard processes. But with different clients, at different times, and with even small differences in inputs, each project is different. And that means pricing is different. Once you’ve talked with a client to clarify and nail down the pr ..read more