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Oct 2023
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Skills 360 – Managing Up 2: How to Manag...

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.94-Managing-Up-2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on English management skills and how to manage up. Many of us silently yearn for an easy relationship with our boss, one in which he can understand us intuitively. But managers are human. They can’t read minds any ... Show More
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