Witamy ponownie w Umiejętności 360 na dzisiejszą lekcję o używaniu metafor, aby wzmocnić swoją mowę.
Czy kiedykolwiek słyszałeś o Alfredzie Sloanie? Był szefem General Motors podczas Wielkiego Kryzysu. He once gave a speech where he talked about GM at the time as a “great ship in a fierce storm.” From that description, masz poczucie zagrożenia, wielkiej łodzi miotanej przez nieprzewidywalne fale oceanu. I możesz sobie wyobrazić, że wszyscy na tym statku muszą ciężko pracować, aby przejść przez burzę, którą, jak wszystkie burze, kiedyś się skończy.
Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on having a confidential discussion during a business trip.
If you’ve got colleagues or clients in other parts of the world, you probably rely a lot on email and the phone. But meeting in person continues to be important for building relationships and trust, and for discussing important issues. That’s one reason, oczywiście, why the overseas business trip remains important.
And there’s one type of discussion that can be especially difficult: discussing a confidential matter. Perhaps you need to deliver bad news, or share sensitive information or tell someone about an important change. Meeting face-to-face in these types of situations is often the best way to break the news.
So what’s the best way to go about this? Dobrze, to begin, it’s important to set a positive tone to put the other person at ease. Następny, you might want to ask him or her how things are going. To może pomóc przełamać lody, and the other person might actually mention the topic you want to discuss. Once you’ve started this way, you can introduce the sensitive information you want to deliver. And because the information is sensitive, you need to ask for discretion. Wreszcie, depending on the nature of the discussion, you might also have to provide reassurances. W sumie, after we hear important information, we might wonder how it will impact us.
W dzisiejszym oknie dialogowym, we’ll hear Cam, who works for an American clothing company. He’s visiting the head of the company’s Chinese office, David. The company manufactures some of its clothing in China, and has been considering how to expand their retail activities in Asia. Cam needs to have a confidential discussion with David to share some important news.
Pytania do słuchania
1. How does Cam ask for David’s perspective on the current situation? 2. Cam needs to tell David about a decision regarding retail in China. What point does Cam mention to introduce this decision? 3. How does Cam reassure David near the end of the conversation?
Witamy ponownie w Umiejętności 360for today’s lesson on how you can sound more credible or believable.
In the last lesson, we looked at what you should say tosound credible. W tej lekcji, we’re going to take a look at what not to say. Innymi słowy, there are some things that can damage your credibility. These are habits or expressions that will make people trust you less, not more.
Witamy ponownie w Umiejętności 360for today’s lesson on how to sound credible, or believable.
It’s election year in the USA, and you’ve probably been hearing some pretty big talk from the candidates. One of the most glaring problems with so much of these candidates’ statements is that of credibility.
Sounding credible means that people can trust you, and trust what you say. And not just because you tell them to. Sounding credible also means people will respect you and believe you have the competence to get the job done. Więc, how do you make people believe that? What exactly should you say to sound credible?
Witaj ponownie w umiejętnościach 360 na dzisiejszą lekcję na temat świetnych wskazówek, jak poprawić swój angielski biznesowy umiejętności.
Prawdopodobnie słyszałeś, że jedną z cech wielkiego lidera biznesu jest umiejętność komunikacji. Więc, co to znaczy być dobrym komunikatorem? Co właściwie robi dobry komunikator? Dobrze, jest kilka rzeczy, które robi każdy dobry komunikator. W naszym Ostatnia lekcja Omówiłem kilka z tych specjalnych technik, i dzisiaj chcę dodać do tej listy.
