One of the biggest challenges we face when speaking in front of other people is to speak clearly. How can you make sure that you got your message across? In this episode, you will get four quick tips that will help you speak clearly in meetings and presentations. Read all the tips in this blog post: 8 Useful Ways to Make Your Point With Precision & Clarity - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Phrasal verbs can be confusing for non-native English speakers. Move up, call off, run over... What do they all mean? Listen to this short story and learn the most important phrasal verbs to schedule a meeting. Did we miss any? Tell us on this LinkedIn post. - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

What do Arnold Schwarzenegger and accent reduction have in common? Spoiler: your goal should not be to get rid of your accent but to be clear. Listen to Arnold's story and get some great tips to reduce your accent in English... or not! Get all the tips on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/reduce-accent-english - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Building rapport is about developing mutual trust, friendship, and understanding with someone. This communication skill can be incredibly beneficial to your career – it helps you to establish long-lasting relationships, close more deals, and improve your performance at work. In this episode, we explore 7 quick tips that will help you build rapport with customers and coworkers. Access the summary and tell us your thoughts on this LinkedIn post. - Business English Training - Free...

If you regularly communicate via email, you'll probably need to follow up often to get what you need. In this episode, we show you an effective way to follow up and actually get a response. Read all the tips on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/follow-up-email - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Discover how different cultures apologize and learn an effective framework to say sorry effectively and sincerely. Get the summary on this LinkedIn post. - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Are you aware of the cultural differences within your team? This episode will help you keep communication open and effective with your global remote team. Read the full post: How To Overcome The Top 4 Communication Barriers In The Workplace - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Speak up with confidence in meetings with these 3 simple steps. Get the episode summary on this Talaera LinkedIn post. - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Asking for help at work can be very scary. And yet, the vast majority of people who do great work (and get awarded for it) ask for advice and help from others. In this episode, Simon walks us through the different steps one should take to ask for help professionally. Get the summary on this LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7019224405096509440 - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Many of us set New Year’s resolutions yearly, but only 9% successfully keep those resolutions. In this episode, we discuss goal-setting and research-backed strategies to stick to new habits. Check out the episode notes here: https://blog.talaera.com/stick-to-new-habits - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Saying "thank you" more often at work can have a very powerful impact. But are there other ways of expressing appreciation? How do we say 'thank you' in a professional way? Read all the notes and additional ways to say "thank you" on our blog: https://blog.talaera.com/other-ways-to-say-thank-you - Business English Training - Free communication webinars - [email protected]

Peer feedback, or the art of evaluating your colleague's performance, has vast potential for change and improvement, but only if done correctly. In this short episode, you will learn effective tips and examples to give effective peer feedback. Expand your knowledge with these 14 Effective Tips to Give And Receive Peer Feedback: https://blog.talaera.com/peer-feedback ✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication webinar at...

Effective communication is important in almost every aspect of life. To get that job, to enjoy more stimulating interpersonal relationships, or to close that deal. Communication makes the world go round! In this episode, our hosts pick their top three strategies that make you a better communicator. Grab all the other tips in this post: 14 Simple Rules that will Make you a Better Communicator. ✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication...

Do you ever get confused with affect and effect? Don't worry! In this short episode, we’ll help you keep them straight. ✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication webinar at https://bit.ly/3BSySZB. ✉️ Get in touch with Talaera at [email protected].

If you work in a multicultural workplace, there may be situations where you think you understand something in one way and later realize that a colleague from a different culture understood it in a completely different way. In some cases, you may only find this out when a project isn't completed on time. Or it is completed in a totally different way than you had originally thought.  In this post, Simon shows us some examples of cultural differences in the workplace and shares some actionable...

Is self-directed learning for everybody? What can organizations do to nurture learning autonomy? What can you do to implement successful self-study programs in your organizations? In this episode, we have a very special guest - L&D expert Lavinia Mehedintu. She's the mastermind behind Offbeat and she shared invaluable insights into self-directed learning with us. 🤩 Read the full post: https://blog.talaera.com/self-directed-learning ✨ Explore our Business English Training at...

In this terrifying Talaera Bit, we look at a few spooky idioms that you can use today for Halloween or any other day of the year. ✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication webinar at https://bit.ly/3BSySZB. ✉️ Get in touch with Talaera at [email protected].

Agreeing and disagreeing are a fundamental part of collaboration. Learning how to do it effectively without offending anyone gets more difficult when you interact across cultures. In this episode, you will get a wide range of tools –phrases, frameworks, strategies, and tips– to agree and disagree effectively across cultures. Get more phrases and tips: https://blog.talaera.com/agreeing-disagreeing ✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication...

Simon brings us some excellent transition words for your professional emails. Avoid choppy messages and make sure your emails flow with these tips. Get additional transition words here: https://blog.talaera.com/transition-words-emails Get in touch: [email protected] English Training / https://bit.ly/3vQpgylFree Webinars / https://bit.ly/3BSySZB✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication webinar at https://bit.ly/3BSySZB. ✉️ Get...

Not understanding the differences between high- and low-context cultures can lead to serious misunderstandings at work. Learn the different communication styles and get some (super!) easy-to-apply tips to make sure collaboration across cultures is smooth as silk. Check out the notes and transcript on the blog: https://blog.talaera.com/high-context-culture Share your feedback: [email protected] English Training / https://bit.ly/3vQpgylFree Webinars / https://bit.ly/3BSySZB✨...

Learn 15 of the most common abbreviations for business. Today's challenge - guess the abbreviation Paola is describing before she says the solution! Visit the list with +100 business acronyms: https://blog.talaera.com/business-acronyms Share your feedback: [email protected] English Training / https://bit.ly/3vQpgylFree Webinars / https://bit.ly/3BSySZB✨ Explore our Business English Training at https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl. 📚 Join a free communication webinar at...

▶️ ✨ VIDEO AVAILABLE! We met in person for the very first time! Simon and Paola recorded this special episode with video. Check it out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5VPyiATnwjs The Talaera team is fully remote. Many of us had never met in person... until this September. We got together in Park City, Utah, to get to know each other better, bond, and discuss strategy.  In this episode, you will learn the 6 idioms that best described this team retreat. We hope you enjoy it! 💙 Share your...

Small talk is a fundamental part of human relationships. It's how we test the waters and check if we can trust the other person. It's how we develop relationships in most parts of the world. But how do you get past the typical first question, "How are you?" In this quick episode, Simon shares three quick but very effective tips to engage in small talk effectively. Got any feedback or suggestions? Email us at [email protected]. Visit our business English programs here: Business English...

What is cultural intelligence (CQ) and how can it help you work more effectively across cultures? Learn how to develop your cultural intelligence and why it is important to do it. Read more here: https://blog.talaera.com/cultural-intelligence Visit our business English programs here: Business English Training (https://bit.ly/3vQpgyl).Join a free webinar: Free Webinars (https://bit.ly/3BSySZB)

Idioms are a fascinating and colorful part of the English language. Learning idioms goes beyond learning vocabulary. It is about learning the culture, as they reflect social norms, beliefs, attitudes, and emotions. They highly affect fluency, but they are quite difficult to teach and learn. One of the reasons why idioms are tricky is because there are so many! So where should you start? With the most common ones! According to a corpus-based study, where they analyzed the frequency of...