Your colleague, let's call them John, said he was going to send you the information you needed on Monday. Now it's Thursday and you know that you have to chase this up by email otherwise you are going to miss your deadline.

The thing is John is a peer, or a superior and you don't know him very well and you want to tread carefully. It's a little bit  could be sensitive or contentious, you feel a little awkward but you have to do it. How do you write the email?

On today's episode I want to share with you 3 tips for approaching this situation in a diplomatic way when you have to chase someone up by email  

Chasing someone up is not really a question of IF but WHEN so learning a couple of easy tricks to avoiding sounding too direct should come in very handy when writing emails in the future. It also means you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time. 

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The world is changing so fast. Businesses and companies have to adapt all the time. A transformational programme here, a new strategy over here. There's a lot going on and it's a topic we talk about all the time. But,  what expressions do you know about managing people and change?

Today we will cover 3 very common and useful business expressions related to people and change. This will avoid you getting lost in the middle of meetings when you have no idea what people are talking about. 

After you have listened to the episode, you will u:

• understand what each expression means - context and when we use it
• Know the the origin - this tells a story and helps our brain to associate and learn the expression
• One key sentence I recommend to try and use it.

This is the 5th in a series looking at business expressions, if you haven't listened to the other ones in the series, I highly recommend you go back and take a listen. 

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Imagine your boss or colleague gives you feedback on a piece  of work. It's good news, they are really happy with the work you have done, they are telling you that everything is great. And when they finish speaking, you don't really know what else to say other than "Thank you." You don't feel this accurate reflects enough of what you want to say and would like to know other phrases you can use. This topic was suggested  by listener Jess, based in Shangai. Thank you for your suggestion, I thought it was a really good point and something I thought you could relate to as well.

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This week we continue with our series on business phrasal verbs. I'm going to cover 3 new ones that will give you an alternative from always using the same classic business english verb. Listen to find out what it is and how you can vary your vocabulary and sound more advanced. 

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This has been one of the most listened to episodes this season and I think a really useful episode to listen to if you haven't already and also to refresh on. This has been a list that I have been working on for a while. It's a recap of the key points I've mentioned on recent episodes and new tips. The list is a set of quick wins that if get on autopilot,  will help in some of the most common business interactions. 

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Hi, How are you? I would like to do something a bit different today. We've been doing a lot of topic heavy episodes over the last few weeks so let's break it up a bit. Today I'd like to talk about the most common advice and recommendations I give my clients. I am going to talk about:

• The most common thing to say to my students
• What to do if you get stuck
• Why you should develop an inner alarm for weird questions
• What question you should ask yourself about progress
• My top tips about expressions
• I'm going to finish with some very funny corrections that happened recently - you will want to stay for that!

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Let's continue with our series on describing data and trends. This time I'd like to go into more detail specifically about vocabulary. By the end of the episode you will know what are some common vocabulary mistakes and what words we use specifically to describe increases. In future episodes we will go into more detail about decreases, stabilization etc. I hope you enjoy this one. 

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Let's continue our deep dive into business expressions. This week we are going to focus on ones that mean dealing with  work situations. By the end of the episode you will be able to understand the meanings of each of them and know the most common, short sentences that you can say if you want to try these ones out in your next meeting. 

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One of the biggest fears people have  aside from spiders, snakes and flying is speaking in public.

As a manager or leading giving presentations is part and parcel of what you have to do, so the question seems to be, how can we make this process better so you can feel more confident?

Here to talk to you today is Christopher Wright. I first met Christopher in 2023 and I really wanted to bring him on because I think he has a really valuable perspective to share with you. 

Since 2012 Chris has been running a training business in Spain that has helped many top companies and professionals. He is also an associate teacher in Business and Communication Skills at Comillas University. He is an ex-president and member of Toastmasters (Public speaking organization) and has given and evaluated over 80 speeches. 

 In the episode Chris talks about:

• What your first steps could be if you find public speaking in English difficult
• How you can create your own coach through your " English voice"
• Perfection vs communication
• Why being concise, simple and clear is so important
• How to use your voice to be more engaging

And much more..

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For reference, Chris also talked about the PechaKucha method

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This is one of the most highly-requested episodes that you have asked me to. I am going to do a series of episodes on this topic as I want to share a lot with you and I can't squeeze it all into one episode! In this first episode, I want to touch on high-level tips to take into account when do you have to do this in English. I hope it is helpful. 

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This week we continue with our series on business phrasal verbs. Today I'll talk about 3 more advanced ones with the preposition. "about" and how they are actually more straightforward than you think.

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