meetings

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.

Sorry, could you clarify that?

Do you ever have problems understanding what was really said in a meeting? Would you know how to ask for clarification? Complete this statement: "I’m sorry — I didn't _____ that."

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.

The Chinese-German team

On the surface, this highly successful joint venture in the electronics industry is going well. But tensions develop in the team, and an external consultant is brought in to analyse the situation.

Spannung

externe(r) Berater(in)

Have you ever come away from a meeting feeling that you've probably missed some of the main points or haven't really understood what's been decided? Maybe you should check your understanding more often.

Business Spotlight 4/2011

BUSINESS SKILLS:
Managing positive and negative talk at work

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION:
Selecting and keeping staff increasingly requires good intercultural skills

Business Spotlight 4/2011

Did you spend your morning gossiping about the new guy in your office? You probably think that it’s normal to gossip about other people, but can it be destructive? In Business Spotlight 4/2011, we provide tips on how to manage office talk.

Business Spotlight plus 4/2011

BUSINESS SKILLS
Meeting arrangements: seats, chairs and tables

VOCABULARY
Talking about wine, food and restaurants

EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
Elizabeth Taylor: eight weddings and one funeral

Winner of the competition in Business Spotlight Plus 3/2011

I. Daboosh, in Frankfurt. Congratulations!

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