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If you want to build trust with your colleagues, especially if you're a manager, and you speak English at work as a second language then this episode is for you. We talk about how you can sound more native and natural when speaking or writing English and how you can improve the trust between you and your team when doing this. We discuss the vocabulary, phrases, and idioms that we can use to build trust, we talk about vulnerability, and about making it easier for your direct reports to ask for help. We also look at some common grammar mistakes that non-native English speakers make when using this vocabulary and speaking in these professional situations.

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Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, or Cambridge English tests and exams then you might find some of the vocabulary in this episode really useful.

This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.

Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals.

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Today's examples:

We’re all fallible, myself included. It took me months before I could get this right consistently.

I dropped the ball on this, and that’s on me. I’ll be sure to keep my eye on the ball from now on.

To say that I'm out of my depth would be putting it lightly, so you'll have to bear with me on this.

Would you mind if I checked in with you later and see how you're getting on?

Let me know if you need a hand with anything.

If you get stuck on anything then give me a shout.

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Succeeding in your career and at work means many things. Today we're going to look at some natural and native ways to speak about getting a promotion and accepting more responsibility. We're going to hear some vocabulary, phrases, idioms and phrasal verbs that we can use to talk to our colleagues, managers, clients and customers about these things, and analyse the grammar that can make some of these words really confusing to use. So, if you need English at work, but you don't speak it natively then I hope you enjoy this podcast.

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Do you want me to analyse your English on YouTube? Contact me here:
https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/contact

Do you want to see what I do? Click here:
https://youtu.be/1jpP2nCQDi0?si=DCKHKxe9dqhidx0o

Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, or Cambridge English tests and exams then you might find some of the vocabulary in this episode really useful.

This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.

Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals.

👉 Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and request future topics!
📅 New episodes released every Wednesday
📺 Watch vocabulary breakdowns and coaching analysis on the Breakout Business English YouTube channel

Today's examples:

My predecessor set the bar pretty high but I think I’m up to the challenge.

I’m over the moon with this promotion, it’s definitely been a long time coming.

It feels like all the hard work I’ve put in over the past few years has finally been vindicated.

I’ve taken on a laundry list of new duties and a roster of staff as long as my arm! It’s definitely going to be a challenge.

Now that I’ve stepped into this new role I really need to step up and demonstrate that I can handle all of these new deliverables

I now oversee this whole department and it’s up to me to make sure that nothing gets overlooked.

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This is our second episode discussing Harvard Professor of Leadership and management and her book on intelligent failure. So if you speak English at work, but aren't a native English speaker, then this episode will help you to think about failure, how to communicate with your colleagues on this topic and give you all of the natural and native sounding vocabulary that you need to do this.

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Do you want me to analyse your English on YouTube? Contact me here:
https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/contact

Do you want to see what I do? Click here:
https://youtu.be/1jpP2nCQDi0?si=DCKHKxe9dqhidx0o

Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, or Cambridge English tests and exams then you might find some of the vocabulary in this episode really useful.

This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.

Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals.

👉 Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and request future topics!
📅 New episodes released every Wednesday
📺 Watch vocabulary breakdowns and coaching analysis on the Breakout Business English YouTube channel

Today's examples:

- We've done our homework on this so we're pretty confident about the outcome.

- Now that we’re got a hypothesis, we just need to test it and see if it holds up to scrutiny.

- We’ve got a hunch, now we just need to test it out.

- If this doesn’t pan out then we need to make sure that it doesn’t impact the wider project.

- Fortunately, we’ve engineered this test so as to limit the fallout.

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