5/2008

Persuasive or not?

A good negotiator should be able to create rapport, or shouldn't he? We look at the some of the rules of negotiating and test your knowledge of common idiomatic expressions.

The team: Jeff Bennett, Elaine Stevens, Rodrigo Perez, Sandra Pope, Malcolm Maine

It’s time now for The Maine Event, our regular dialogue from an event management company in London. It’s Monday morning, and it seems that Jeff and Sandra are already disagreeing about who gets to use company property.

Coffee time

Up close and personal.

Set the right tone

If you want to be a successful negotiator, you should know how to set the right tone. In our short test, you have to choose which sentences would set the best tone in four different situations during a difficult negotiation.

Getting personal

"We all know someone who makes her office her very own personal space. (I say "her" here, because it's often a woman.) She can't work unless she is surrounded by items from home."

Should every company have a dress code?

Should employees be allowed to wear whatever they want at work. Or is it better for companies to have a dress code? Read these two opinions on the subject.

A variety of correspondence

We've created a quiz on language elements that are typically found in certain types of correspondence rather than others. Can you identify the most common ones? Find out by doing our exercise.

Confusing words (2)

Watch out for these words when you need to write something. They're easily confused! Our short test will help you to remember how to use the words correctly.

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