Office English: Plans and strategies
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Office English: Plans and strategies

B1IntermediateAugust 17, 20267 min
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Do you talk about the future at work? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about targets, objectives and how to plan for the future. Find a transcript and subtitles at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english/250817 Want to learn more informal English? Try The English We Speak, our series for learning conversational English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-260817 Get our latest programmes. Subscribe to our free email newsletter https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters

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I'm Ileman Enkokello, Shopify Pista Com. C. Vustola.

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It's quite easy to make long-term plans that you haven't thought about very thoroughly.

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I'm Ileman Enkokello, Shopify Pista Com. C. Vustola. Do you make long-term plans at work? It's quite easy to make long-term plans that you haven't thought about very thoroughly.

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It's more difficult to make detailed plans that you've thought through really well. I find it quite hard to make long-term plans myself because I'm not very organised. I find it hard to see into the future and make a structured timetable of events. I'm not very good at that.

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In this episode, we'll talk about plans and strategies. So Phil, today we're talking about plans and strategies. What do we mean by strategy at work? Well, a strategy is a plan to do something, but it's a very detailed plan to do something.

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