343. “What Do You Think?” How to Structure Your Response at Work
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343. “What Do You Think?” How to Structure Your Response at Work

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 202614 min
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When somebody asks for your view at work, it can be difficult to organise everything you know into a strong response in English. In this episode, I’ll give you three simple questions to structure your answer: What’s the point? What do you recommend? How strongly do you mean it? We’ll practice them through a realistic leadership scenario, with useful business vocabulary along the way. I hope it helps you feel more confident. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say Hello LinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on...

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Do you know exactly what you want to say at work but you struggle to package it clearly in English? Especially when somebody puts you on the spot and asks you, what do you think? If this is you, the exercise I'm going to do in this episode is really going to help. So let's crack on, shall we?

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Hello and welcome back to Confident Business English. If you're a senior manager and you want to feel more confident speaking English at work, you've come to the right place. My name is Anna, I'm a neuro-language coach and I work with professionals

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just like you from all over the world. Here I take real communication challenges that come up in my client coaching sessions and turn them into practical takeaways to help you feel more confident at work. If you find the podcast valuable, I'd really appreciate it if you could give it a follow, like or share wherever you listen. And if you know somebody who you really think could benefit from this, please send it their way.

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