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How winning offers and proposals are written

In this post we will explain exactly what ‘reader-oriented’ means and how to achieve it.
13. August 2020/by Scott Levey

The Secret L&D Manager: Encouraging a learning culture when budgets are tight

A Secret L&D Manager talks about the journey and the challenges of building and encouraging a learning culture in a large organization.
5. August 2020/by Guest Author

How to Meet Customer Expectations with the RATER Model

In this post we will provide tips on how to put RATER into practice, based on real experience we’ve had working with clients.
29. June 2020/by Stephen Jenner

The Secret L&D Manager: Building a learning culture in a global organization

This week’s Secret L&D manager talks about the journey and the challenges of building a learning culture in a large organization.
13. May 2020/by Guest Author

Seven Exercises for Overcoming Loneliness and Isolation when Working from Home

In the 2020 State of Remote Work survey, respondents identified loneliness as their top struggle with working from home. Even among experienced home-workers, loneliness and isolation are challenges.
20. April 2020/by Scott Levey

Leading a team that is working from home

When workers are suddenly sent home to work they will face plenty of challenges, especially if they’ve never done it before. Team leaders will face an additional challenge: how to lead a team when team members are working from home.
13. April 2020/by Scott Levey

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Which topics are most suited for the live virtual training format

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This week’s Secret L&D manager is German and has been working for one of the management consulting firms for 13 years. She is part of a virtual L&D team responsible for internal training solutions across multiple time zones.
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Teams & Virtual teams

5 simple assertiveness strategies (for teddy bears and tortoises)

We all know the feeling. You come out of a meeting, negotiation…
27. April 2016/by Tony Norman

Powerful Communication – The Power of the Purpose Pyramid

The purpose pyramid is one of the simplest and yet effective…
9. March 2016/by James Culver

Email phrases for praising (virtual team) performance

Research shows that when we work in virtual teams managers tend…
20. May 2015/by George Barse

8 great books for busy managers you may have missed in 2015

It seems as though 2016 has only just started, but it’s February…
3. February 2016/by Scott Levey

Virtual training v. face-to-face training: How does it compare?

James Culver is a partner at Target Training Gmbh and has 25 years of experience in delivering customized training solutions. His career has encompassed being a HR Training Manager, a Major in the US Army National Guard and a lecturer at the International School of Management.
10. September 2018/by ian taylor

The FACTS and benefits to consider before you organize a meeting

Most of us have been there at least once in our professional…
4. May 2016/by Jonny West

Business English

Giving office tours in English

You’ve got visitors coming over to your factory and you need to show them around. Maybe you’ve done that a thousand times, but never in English. Maybe you’ve never done it at all. When you’re planning the tour, think about what makes a tour really good.
15. March 2017/by Guest Author

Surviving and understanding English corporate buzzwords and business lingo

Recently I was working with a software development manager from a major German multinational. He’d just got off a 2 hour webex meeting and was frustrated. “I thought my English was pretty good – but what exactly does We’ve worked through it soup to nuts mean?!”.
11. May 2017/by ian taylor

Understanding contracts and decoding legalese

It doesn’t matter what language or how well you know it,…
25. May 2016/by George Barse

Key tips and English phrases for your next “lessons learned” meeting

Life is about continuously learning. We sometimes learn from our mistakes, and we can also learn from our successes. This was first brought to my attention early on in my career. After the successful completion of a tough project ...
18. May 2017/by George Barse

10 common American sport idioms

Sports are an important part of many cultures, and that is especially true in the United States. Every year, billions of dollars are spent on tickets and merchandise and millions of fans attend events all over country.
29. March 2017/by Guest Author

10 more sporting idioms you will hear in business meetings

Last year, we put together a list of 10 common American sport idioms that were well-received by our clients and readers. Since the blog post was so popular, we wanted to share even more more commonly used sport …
23. April 2018/by Guest Author

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