347. Need to Negotiate in English? Try This Framework
Confident Business English

347. Need to Negotiate in English? Try This Framework

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202615 min
  • Language lesson

Negotiating deadlines, budgets or resources in English isn't always easy, especially when you need to push back without sounding rude or confrontational. In this episode, I'll share a practical four-step framework to help you express your concerns, propose alternatives and negotiate a way forward, with three realistic workplace examples and useful phrases you can start using straightaway. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say Hello LinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday Newsletter Join Just One Thing One useful thing...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 3 of 12 · 0:08

Perhaps somebody wanted something delivered sooner to reduce your budget or for the team to take on even more work.

. !

Hello and welcome back to Confident Business English.

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B20:08
  • C13:18
  • B24:32
  • B26:36
  • B27:53
  • C111:16
  • C111:55
  • C113:39

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 21%A2 39%B1 25%B2 12%C1 3%
  • 85% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 171 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 46 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

When was the last time you had to negotiate something in English? Perhaps somebody wanted something delivered sooner to reduce your budget or for the team to take on even more work. Today I'm going to show you a simple four-step framework so you can feel more confident to do this in English. Let's crack on! Hello and welcome back to Confident Business English.

0:21

If you're a senior manager working in an international company and English is a really important part of your role and your life, life, but there are still certain situations where you don't feel as confident as you'd like. This is the podcast for you. My name is Anna. I'm a neuro language coach and I work with senior managers from all

0:37

over the world to help them communicate more confidently in English at work. If you find these episodes useful, don't forget that you can sign up to my newsletter just one thing where surprise, surprise, I share with you one thing that I don't include on the podcast that can help you feel more confident communicating at work.

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (14 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy