business skills

Business Spotlight plus 2/2012

BUSINESS SKILLS
How to say no with confidence and style

VOCABULARY
London 2012: landmarks and language

CULTURE CORNER
Confusing verb pairs: “raise” or “rise”?

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Face-to-face meetings

Can you find the right tone in face-to-face meetings? Choose the correct middle section to create common phrases for informal meetings in the situations described below.

Business Skills: Presentations

When giving presentations, good preparation is the key. And good non-verbal communication is important for getting your message across. So let’s practise this today.

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Brainstorming in meetings: No negative thoughts

Brainstorming sessions should be positive. Rearrange the red letters to create nouns to complete these statements, which you could use to respond to negative comments.

Brainstorming in meetings: Great minds

Choose the correct word from the box to form expressions with “mind”, all of which you could use to generate ideas in a brainstorming session.

Business Skills: Meeting point

During meetings, it is important to ask the right question at the right time. Here’s communication skills expert, Ken Taylor, with advice, and an exercise.

Business Skills: Good communication

You know, talking and listening are two things that most of us do every day. But some people do far too much of one and not enough of the other! So let’s learn more about what to do if we want to communicate effectively.

Business Skills: Matrix organizations

Does everything seem to be getting more complex? It might feel like it is if you're part of a “matrix organization". Communications skills expert, Ken Taylor has some useful advice on how to work well in a matrix organization.

Business Skills: Conference hotels

One important way to learn about business trends and to meet people in your field is to attend international conferences. Let’s look at some words for talking about the facilities in a conference hotel.

Business Skills: Selling your ideas

Many employees have good ideas that they believe can help the company. But how can you “sell” ideas to your colleagues and managers? Let’s look at a way you can do this effectively.

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