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Oct 2024
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246. Real Business Meetings Unpacked: Na...

Anna Connelly, Anna Connelly.
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As a senior manager, it seems like your whole life is spent in meetings sometimes. You will have to facilitate and lead meetings with your teams around the world made up of native and non-native speakers. How can you try and make this go well from an English perspective? In this episode I analyse clips from a real business meeting and cherry pick natural phrases you can use in your next meeting. Knowing good vocabulary will give you a confidence boost and help calm your nerves. Enjoy! Anna

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