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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.98-Cognitive-Bias-2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast as we continue learning about cognitive bias. In this lesson, we’ll look at how to deal with the biases that impact our decision-making. Trusting your gut and making quick decisions might work in some cases. But if you think your decision-making ability is based on perfect r...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.97-Cognitive-Bias-1.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on cognitive bias. These are factors that affect our ability to make good decisions and reasonable judgments. Cognitive biases are factors that can negatively impact our decision-making and judgments. We make numerous decisions daily, ranging from si...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP035c-Clarifying-2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on clarifying in English meetings . Previously we looked at how to clarify what was said when you didn’t hear properly. Today we’re going to look at how to clarify what someone means in order to avoid misunderstandings. Life would be simple if everyone said what they meant clea...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP-407-Financial-English-5-Comparing.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson, the fifth in our series on financial English . In this lesson, we’ll focus on selling a client on a new investment opportunity. Some people would say that selling is all about convincing someone that they want or need what you’ve got. But that’s just half of i...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP-406-Financial-English-4-Pitching.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson, the fourth in our series on financial English . In this lesson, we’ll focus on pitching a new opportunity to a client. In certain ways, selling financial services is just like selling any other kind of product. You connect with people and you match your solutio...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEN56-Deglobalization.mp3 In this Business English News lesson on the trend toward deglobalization, we look at business English vocabulary related to economics and global trade. The past few years have been a very interesting time for the world economy. A pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of global supply chains. Geopolitical tensions around the worl...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP034c-Clarifying-1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to clarify what was said during a conversation. Communication is rarely easy. There’s so much that can go wrong in a conversation, especially on the phone. We might not hear someone well, we might hear them incorrectly, and we might not understand words or expressions in...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.96-ESG-2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on the impact and implications of DEI – or diversity, equity, and inclusion – on the workplace. As part of the “social” aspect of ESG , DEI has exploded in importance in recent years. Over 50% of employees in the US believe this increasing attention...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.95-ESG-1.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on “ESG,” or the environmental, social, and governance commitments companies make. Along with DEI, which we’ll talk about next time, ESG is one of those acronyms that seems to be everywhere these days. Some companies have made huge strides in ESG, and many of t...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP405-Animal-Idioms-2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod the second part of our series on English idioms related to animals. English can be a difficult language to learn. One reason, which you’ve likely discovered, is that there are so many different ways to say something. It’s not just a variety of individual words, but also the variety of idioms. I...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP404-Animal-Idioms-1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English idioms related to animals. Like all our lessons, this one is focused on language that you can use at work and in business. When you work like a dog, you can’t waste your time learning expressions you’ll never use. And when it comes to idioms, you should focus on th...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEN55-2024-Outlook.mp3 In this Business English News lesson on the economic outlook for 2024, we look at business English vocabulary related to the global economy and finance. At the start of every year, economists love to make predictions. But in such a volatile world, predictions are tough to make accurately. For 2023, many economists forecasted rising in...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP033c-Presentations-Finishing.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to finish an English presentation with a summary and a call to action. An effective presentation in english is one that you remember. And an effective presenter is one who knows how to get information to stick and how to make a lasting impression on the audien...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP403-Recruiting-2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for the second in our two-part series on recruiting . Today we’re going to focus on developing the job description. In the current business climate, the competition for talent is fierce. People looking for work have an array of choices. And because company loyalty isn’t what it once was, people ar...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEP402-Recruiting-1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson, the first in a two-part series on recruiting. In this lesson, we’ll focus on identifying your recruiting needs. The world of human resources has changed dramatically over the past few years. There is more movement in the workforce than ever before, with many people retiring, st...