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Presenting in a meeting, networking at an event, and selling a product have one thing in common – they all require excellent communication skills. Join Paola, a business communication and culture expert at Talaera, as she explores what it takes to stand out in the international job market. Alongside guest speakers who have successfully carved their paths in the global business arena, you'll discover practical advice, key vocabulary, cultural insights, and essential tools to take your career ...
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Send us a text In this episode of Talaera Talks, we’re joined by Oana Iordachescu, a seasoned Talent and DEI Strategist, to tackle an important question: Does your language proficiency influence your career success? Discover how mastering communication skills can unlock new opportunities, accelerate career growth, and help you stand out in a global…
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Send us a text Find out how speaking different languages can influence personality traits and emotional experiences. Discover the fascinating science of cultural frame shifting and how bilingualism affects different aspects of our personality. Learn about intriguing studies involving bilinguals and the role of emotional intelligence, and gain insig…
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109. Career Progression: Key Tips and Idioms for Success - With Michael from The Level Up English Podcast
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Send us a text In this episode of Talaera Talks, Paola is joined by Michael from The Level Up English Podcast to dive into practical tips for career success and unpack some of the most useful English idioms in the workplace. Whether you're starting a new job, feeling overwhelmed, or looking for ways to think creatively about your professional growt…
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Send us a text Meet one of Talaera's excellent Business English coaches and learn how you can improve your business English vocabulary for more effective conversations at work. Get episode video clips on Talaera's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talaera/ Connect with George E. on LinkedIn: Business English Resources: - Talaera catalog: h…
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Send us a text Learn how copywriting can transform your career and discover lots of tips and strategies you can start using today to improve your copywriting skills. In this episode, we talk to Gary Stringer, Senior Content Marketing Manager at HowNow and host of the L&D Disrupt Podcast. How to connect: Learn more about Talaera: https://www.talaera…
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Send us a text Learn about the importance of understanding cultural differences in business communication. Find out why cultural awareness is crucial in our increasingly interconnected world and understand how culture influences communication styles and the interpretation of messages. Our guest speaker is also one of our experienced business Englis…
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Send us a text Learn how inclusive communication will help you progress in your career. Today's guest, Ming Wu, is a respected writer and advisor on inclusion, teaching and consulting for top international companies. Drawing from her own experience, Ming shares valuable tips on fostering inclusive and effective communication at work. Learn more abo…
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Send us a text Today, we talk to Christina, one of our amazing instructors here at Talaera. Originally from the US and now based in Spain, Christina brings over a decade of experience in teaching English, and has also worked as an administrator and entrepreneur. She shares excellent tips on how you can build your confidence for business English con…
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Send us a text Managing up, managing down, and managing across are key skills to succeed at work. Find out how to set clear expectations, resolve conflict, and increase your chances of success at work with these insightful tips from Amy Malin. Amy Malin, former Google sales specialist and Director of Learning and Development, is the Founder and CEO…
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Send us a text Join us for a fascinating conversation on the key skills you need to succeed in a global company with Helena Nacinovic, Senior Learning Consultant at Slack (that’s right, the giant messaging app for businesses!). 🎙️ Helena Nacinovic is a Learning and Development Expert, with nearly 20 years of experience in corporate learning, who sp…
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Send us a text Get 7 practical tips to feel more confident speaking English at work. After a summer break, we're stronger than ever. More tips, more stories, and a very exciting opportunity to improve your business English skills for free until the end of November. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.…
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Send us a text In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to get tangled up in miscommunication, especially in the workplace. We've all been there, haven't we? A meeting that takes longer than planned, a team discussion that just doesn't seem to move forward. These situations can be frustrating, and they eat up our precious time. For our special 100th …
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Send us a text Whether you're trying to convince your team to adopt new software, explaining a complex concept, or looking to make your business pitch more convincing, the rule of three will help you sound more persuasive. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.…
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Send us a text Boost your email open rates with effective subject lines. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.توسط Talaera Business English Communications Training
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Send us a text What if I told you that you can communicate your business ideas more effectively with fewer words? In this episode, you will learn how to write concisely without losing any meaning. Read all the tips on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/concise-writing ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for fr…
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Send us a text Confused by legal English terms in business? Listen to this episode as we decode commonly used legal English terms and provide real-world context that helps you understand and use these terms with confidence in your daily business interactions. Whether you're navigating a contract, reviewing a partnership agreement, or simply want to…
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Send us a text 🎙️ We recently had the pleasure to talk to Kate Dahl about how to better understand the professional world in Denmark. (Cool fact: our co-host Simon Kennell is half Danish 🙂🇩🇰). In this episode, you'll learn learned: - How to navigate workplace dynamics and cultural nuances in Denmark. - The importance of honing your intercultural co…
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Send us a text While the United States and Canada celebrate Labor Day in September, many countries around the world celebrate International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, on May 1st. So what better way to kick off the month than with these 6 work-related idioms? Learn their meanings with a little story and examples and check the meanings and examples…
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Send us a text Small talk can be a powerful tool for building connections, promoting resilience, and demonstrating empathy. But how can you do it effectively during difficult situations such as a crisis, a war, or a natural disaster? Is it still OK to ask ‘How are you’ when we know they are not OK? In this episode, we invite Alex Bair, who has a we…
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Send us a text What do Oprah Winfrey, Simon Sinek, and Jacinda Ardern have something in common? They are considered some of the most respected leaders of our time. They are inspiring, passionate, and empathetic, and they have each made a significant impact in their respective fields. But how do they convey those qualities? In this Talaera Talks epi…
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Send us a text When English is not your first language, it is normal to get nervous and have the fear of not finding the right word. Getting stuck in the middle of a sentence is more normal than you might think –especially when you are in front of your manager or other native-English speakers. This episode will help you navigate this situation. Rea…
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Send us a text With different time zones, languages, cultures, and communication styles in play, it's easy for virtual meetings to lose their effectiveness or fail altogether. We talk to Felix Zeltner, award-winning journalist and author, about how to run effective meetings. Read all the notes here: How to Run Effective Virtual Meetings with Multic…
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Send us a text ✉️ Learn how to choose the right email greetings for every situation. Read all the email greetings you'll need for work on the Talaera blog: https://blog.talaera.com/email-greetings ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.توسط Talaera Business English Communications Training
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Send us a text When you want to convince an audience, do you prefer to explain the context first, then provide arguments, and then end with your conclusion or suggestion? Or do you prefer to get to the point faster and start with the proposal, and then add supporting arguments to justify it? In this episode, we’ll take a quick look at bottom-up and…
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Send us a text One of the biggest challenges we face when speaking in front of other people is to speak clearly. How can you make sure that you got your message across? In this episode, you will get four quick tips that will help you speak clearly in meetings and presentations. Read all the tips in this blog post: 8 Useful Ways to Make Your Point W…
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Send us a text Phrasal verbs can be confusing for non-native English speakers. Move up, call off, run over... What do they all mean? Listen to this short story and learn the most important phrasal verbs to schedule a meeting. Did we miss any? Tell us on this LinkedIn post. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning f…
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Send us a text What do Arnold Schwarzenegger and accent reduction have in common? Spoiler: your goal should not be to get rid of your accent but to be clear. Listen to Arnold's story and get some great tips to reduce your accent in English... or not! Get all the tips on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/reduce-accent-english ✨ Business English tra…
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Send us a text Building rapport is about developing mutual trust, friendship, and understanding with someone. This communication skill can be incredibly beneficial to your career – it helps you to establish long-lasting relationships, close more deals, and improve your performance at work. In this episode, we explore 7 quick tips that will help you…
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Send us a text If you regularly communicate via email, you'll probably need to follow up often to get what you need. In this episode, we show you an effective way to follow up and actually get a response. Read all the tips on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/follow-up-email ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learnin…
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Send us a text Discover how different cultures apologize and learn an effective framework to say sorry effectively and sincerely. Get the summary on this LinkedIn post. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.توسط Talaera Business English Communications Training
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Send us a text Are you aware of the cultural differences within your team? This episode will help you keep communication open and effective with your global remote team. Read the full post: How To Overcome The Top 4 Communication Barriers In The Workplace ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.…
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Send us a text Speak up with confidence in meetings with these 3 simple steps. Get the episode summary on this Talaera LinkedIn post. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.توسط Talaera Business English Communications Training
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Send us a text Asking for help at work can be very scary. And yet, the vast majority of people who do great work (and get awarded for it) ask for advice and help from others. In this episode, Simon walks us through the different steps one should take to ask for help professionally. Get the summary on this LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/fee…
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Send us a text Many of us set New Year’s resolutions yearly, but only 9% successfully keep those resolutions. In this episode, we discuss goal-setting and research-backed strategies to stick to new habits. Check out the episode notes here: https://blog.talaera.com/stick-to-new-habits ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start…
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Send us a text Saying "thank you" more often at work can have a very powerful impact. But are there other ways of expressing appreciation? How do we say 'thank you' in a professional way? Read all the notes and additional ways to say "thank you" on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/other-ways-to-say-thank-you ✨ Business English training for career…
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Send us a text Peer feedback, or the art of evaluating your colleague's performance, has vast potential for change and improvement, but only if done correctly. In this short episode, you will learn effective tips and examples to give effective peer feedback. Expand your knowledge with these 14 Effective Tips to Give And Receive Peer Feedback: https…
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Send us a text Effective communication is important in almost every aspect of life. To get that job, to enjoy more stimulating interpersonal relationships, or to close that deal. Communication makes the world go round! In this episode, our hosts pick their top three strategies that make you a better communicator. Grab all the other tips in this pos…
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Send us a text Do you ever get confused with affect and effect? Don't worry! In this short episode, we’ll help you keep them straight. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.توسط Talaera Business English Communications Training
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Send us a text If you work in a multicultural workplace, there may be situations where you think you understand something in one way and later realize that a colleague from a different culture understood it in a completely different way. In some cases, you may only find this out when a project isn't completed on time. Or it is completed in a totall…
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Send us a text Is self-directed learning for everybody? What can organizations do to nurture learning autonomy? What can you do to implement successful self-study programs in your organizations? In this episode, we have a very special guest - L&D expert Lavinia Mehedintu. She's the mastermind behind Offbeat and she shared invaluable insights into s…
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Send us a text In this terrifying Talaera Bit, we look at a few spooky idioms that you can use today for Halloween or any other day of the year. ✨ Business English training for career success. Sign up and start learning for free.توسط Talaera Business English Communications Training
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Send us a text Agreeing and disagreeing are a fundamental part of collaboration. Learning how to do it effectively without offending anyone gets more difficult when you interact across cultures. In this episode, you will get a wide range of tools –phrases, frameworks, strategies, and tips– to agree and disagree effectively across cultures. Get more…
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Send us a text Simon brings us some excellent transition words for your professional emails. Avoid choppy messages and make sure your emails flow with these tips. Get additional transition words here: https://blog.talaera.com/transition-words-emails Get in touch: hello@talaera.com Business English Training / https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl Free Webinars / h…
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Send us a text Not understanding the differences between high- and low-context cultures can lead to serious misunderstandings at work. Learn the different communication styles and get some (super!) easy-to-apply tips to make sure collaboration across cultures is smooth as silk. Check out the notes and transcript on the blog: https://blog.talaera.co…
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Send us a text Learn 15 of the most common abbreviations for business. Today's challenge - guess the abbreviation Paola is describing before she says the solution! Visit the list with +100 business acronyms: https://blog.talaera.com/business-acronyms Share your feedback: hello@talaera.com Business English Training / https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl Free Webi…
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Send us a text ▶️ ✨ VIDEO AVAILABLE! We met in person for the very first time! Simon and Paola recorded this special episode with video. Check it out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5VPyiATnwjs The Talaera team is fully remote. Many of us had never met in person... until this September. We got together in Park City, Utah, to get to know each other bet…
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Send us a text Small talk is a fundamental part of human relationships. It's how we test the waters and check if we can trust the other person. It's how we develop relationships in most parts of the world. But how do you get past the typical first question, "How are you?" In this quick episode, Simon shares three quick but very effective tips to en…
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Send us a text What is cultural intelligence (CQ) and how can it help you work more effectively across cultures? Learn how to develop your cultural intelligence and why it is important to do it. Read more here: https://blog.talaera.com/cultural-intelligence Visit our business English programs here: Business English Training (https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl)…
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Send us a text Idioms are a fascinating and colorful part of the English language. Learning idioms goes beyond learning vocabulary. It is about learning the culture, as they reflect social norms, beliefs, attitudes, and emotions. They highly affect fluency, but they are quite difficult to teach and learn. One of the reasons why idioms are tricky is…
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Send us a text Effective communication goes beyond vocabulary and grammar. Oftentimes, the meaning of certain expressions will change based on the context, tone, and culture. Cross-cultural communication struggles are a source of frustration, hindered productivity, and poor team work. The first step is to increase your Cultural Intelligence (CQ) an…
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