BECOME A FREE MEMBER Do you ever need to keep meetings on track? You have no problem doing it in your own language but when it comes to English you feel more insecure. In this episode I'll give you 3-step phrases to redirect conversations you can learn on autopilot to never have to worry about how to do it again. I hope it's useful. Anna Want the transcripts, newsletter and extra content? Become a free member and join our 10k community worldwide Say hello on LinkedIn @AnnaConnelly...
Mar 05, 2025•10 min•Ep 270•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER The next installment of our Real Business Conversation Series. The aim of these episodes is to build confidence with different accents you can come across in international business. In this episode a finance director from North West England is going to ask you small talk questions. The question is - can you keep up? We will go into each question in detail to help you feel more confident you know how to answer the next time you hear it. Good luck! Anna Want the full transcript and...
Feb 26, 2025•11 min•Ep 269•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER Do you feel concious of your pronunciation? Here are 3 pronunciation traps I see senior manager falling into a lot. I chose these 3 words as they are very common in business English. If you find this episode useful, we can do more in the future. Want the full transcript and bonus content in the newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the podcast Trans...
Feb 19, 2025•9 min•Ep 268•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER As a senior manager working in English, do you have to defend your decisions? Your colleagues may ask you to extend the deadline, ask for more resources or changes. In this episode I share with you business english vocabulary to help you push back confidently in English. Want the full transcript and bonus content in the newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tip...
Feb 12, 2025•9 min•Ep 267•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER Need to give feedback to a colleague? Save yourself time and stress with this 3-minute feedback template you can use for your next English conversation at work. Want the full transcript and bonus content in the newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the podcast Transcripts for new episodes Bonus clips Extra worksheets and resources Say hello on Linke...
Feb 05, 2025•10 min•Ep 266•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER Here are my 3 must-use business English phrases for 2025. I've handpicked these specifically for you and haven't talked about on the podcast before. Make progress and boost your confidence using new words rather than the same vocabulary all the time. Want the full transcript and bonus content in the newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the podcast ...
Jan 29, 2025•7 min•Ep 265•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER If you find it hard to follow your colleagues, this Real Business English conversation series is here to help. Hear actual conversations you are likely to hear at work. Build confidence with the vocabulary and learn new phrases. Spoken at a natural pace with no effort make it easier or slow down. Enjoy! Anna Want the full transcript and bonus content in the newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free me...
Jan 22, 2025•13 min•Ep 264•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A MEMBER Put your skills to the test with this interactive, practical episode. Do you struggle to ask questions confidently? Then waste time afterwards following up by email? At times it can be hard to put yourself out there even if you have an important question to ask. At Confident Business English, we believe practice makes confident. This is an interactive episode with practical exercises to get you asking some of the most common business questions and help you lead more confidently i...
Jan 15, 2025•11 min•Ep 263•Transcript available on Metacast NEXT WEEK 15th JAN 2025 FULL LENGTH EPISODES RESUME About Little Snippets: Confident Business English 5-minute and under episodes to keep your business English fresh over the festive period. Delivered in a more relaxed, storytelling format. Normal Confident Business English episodes schedule on 15th January 2025. Want full transcripts? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the...
Jan 08, 2025•4 min•Ep 262•Transcript available on Metacast NEXT WEEK 15th JAN 2025 FULL LENGTH EPISODES RESUME About Little Snippets: Confident Business English 5-minute and under episodes to keep your business English fresh over the festive period. Delivered in a more relaxed, storytelling format. Normal Confident Business English episodes schedule on 15th January 2025. Want full transcripts? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 10k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the...
Jan 08, 2025•3 min•Ep 261•Transcript available on Metacast Is the embarrassment of making mistakes stopping you speaking? For senior managers as yourself, this can be a big block to overcome. You don't want to look like an idiot in front of your team, peers or bosses so how do you move forward whilst accepting that not everything will be perfect? In this episode I share a system for viewing corrections I use with my clients. I hope it provides a different perspective you can take into 2025 to help reduce your anxiety and boost your confidence. About Lit...
Jan 01, 2025•4 min•Ep 260•Transcript available on Metacast Do you find it awkward to make conversation in English when you meet new people? You are certainly not alone. A lot of my clients find this simple, but often intimidating, interaction hard. In this Little Snippet I share 3 natural phrases I heard when I eavesdropped a conversation with native speakers at the airport. I hope you can use them the next time you meet new people at a networking or conference event in 2025. About Little Snippets: Confident Business English 5-minute and under episodes ...
Dec 25, 2024•3 min•Ep 258•Transcript available on Metacast Do you find it awkward to make conversation in English when you meet new people? You are certainly not alone. A lot of my clients find this simple, but often intimidating, interaction hard. In this Little Snippet I share one classic question you can use to shift the conversation to more personal topics. I was inspired to share this phrase with you after eavesdropping a conversation with native speakers at the airport! I hope you find it useful for future conversations in 2025. About Little Snipp...
Dec 25, 2024•2 min•Ep 259•Transcript available on Metacast Let's box of 2024 looking at some of your biggest points and my advice on how to improve them. We are going to touch on: Mindset Presentations How to motivate your employees? How to object without being rude? How to give a farewell speech? Tips for what to do when you start a new job How to speak more clearly Getting an effective routine in place Want the full transcript and newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 9k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free m...
Dec 18, 2024•14 min•Ep 257•Transcript available on Metacast Do you ever find yourself hesitating be in meetings because you aren't sure about the business vocabulary you are using? In this episode I asked you as senior managers to send me your burning vocabulary questions. This can help to get rid of your doubts and boost your confidence when speaking. Want the full transcript and newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 9k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the po...
Dec 11, 2024•12 min•Ep 256•Transcript available on Metacast Do you feel like you can't fully participate in the conversation with your native colleagues because you don't understand? The Real Business Conversations Series on Confident Business English aims to give you examples of real-life business interactions so you understand your colleagues better and feel part of the conversation, not on the edge. Want the full transcript and newsletter? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 9k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free memb...
Dec 04, 2024•13 min•Ep 255•Transcript available on Metacast Feeling confident asking questions is important for you. Moving to online working at times makes it more difficult to raise a question in the middle of meeting. I bet there are also other common interactions where you would like to ask a question but instead you don't say anything but it's easier to avoid in. In this interactive episode I hope to help boost, even if it's just a little, with common business questions. Confidence comes from practice and I'll be inviting you to practice along with ...
Nov 27, 2024•11 min•Ep 254•Transcript available on Metacast Looking for ways to stop repeating the same words? Tune into advanced business adjectives part 2. My selection to help you express yourself better. Explained with real-life context, examples and a practical exercise within the episode. Love the podcast? CLICK HERE to become a free member Join our community of 8k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member: Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the podcast Transcripts for new episodes Bonus clips Extra worksheets and resources Say ...
Nov 20, 2024•10 min•Ep 253•Transcript available on Metacast You want to sound better in the way you communicate in English, right? Here is one powerful word I would highly recommend adding into your vocabulary to show more conviction but also give caution. I noticed coaching clients that many didn't feel comfortable using this word. Therefore, in this episode I wanted to train on just this one word as in my opinion, it's one you can use a lot and worth learning. This is an interactive episode where you can practice with me. Love the podcast? CLICK HERE t...
Nov 13, 2024•11 min•Ep 252•Transcript available on Metacast BECOME A FREE MEMBER OF THE PODCAST Ever want to practice your listening skills with a real business conversation with a native speaker? Something that actually sounds like real life rather than a robot? Introducing the Real Business Conversation Series. A brand new format on Confident Business English for this season. Do you find it hard to understand your British colleagues? Perhaps you understand literally what they mean but what do they really mean? This pain point experienced by many of my ...
Nov 06, 2024•13 min•Ep 251•Transcript available on Metacast THE CONFIDENCE BOOSTER TOOLKIT IS NOW CLOSED. SIGN UP TO THE WAITLIST TO BE INFORMED FIRST WHEN IT IS NEXT AVAILABLE. Let me give you the final preview from the Confidence Booster Toolkit. This is from the Advanced Verb Swaps section. The objective here is to stop you using the same basic words all the time and build your confidence with more advanced versions. I train you up on one verb that is a must that in my opinion, senior managers don't use enough Love the podcast? CLICK HERE to become a ...
Oct 30, 2024•14 min•Ep 250•Transcript available on Metacast Do you ever feel like you lack short, quick responses that you would use in your own language? In today's episode I am going to train you on a module from my soon to be released Confidence Booster Toolkit. I will tell you how you can get your copy when I open it next week. 220+ lessons for senior managers to build their confidence to say natural and advanced business phrases on autopilot in 5 minutes a day. Learn these lightspeed responses on autopilot and you can reduce your stress and worry an...
Oct 23, 2024•13 min•Ep 249•Transcript available on Metacast Do you worry thinking about English meetings you have to chair? You want it to go well but you're overthinking everything - what phrases you need to use. What's the best way to welcome people? How to manage if people talk for too long? How to summarise at the end? Let me help take some of the stress off your plate. In today's episode I am going to train you on 17 phrases you can use in a special lesson preview from my soon to be re-opened Confidence Booster Toolkit. 220+ lessons for senior manag...
Oct 16, 2024•11 min•Ep 248•Transcript available on Metacast Looking to express yourself more clearly and accurately? Build your confidence with these 6 key business adjectives you can start using in your next meeting. The majority of the adjectives I will take you through are compound adjectives. These are very effective tools to give your vocabulary an upgrade and sound more advanced. As a senior manager, I imagine you could use these adjectives very often and it's definitely a worthwhile time investment to learn them. PRACTICAL BONUS THIS WEEK: Anki Fl...
Oct 09, 2024•14 min•Ep 247•Transcript available on Metacast 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! Love the p...
Oct 02, 2024•16 min•Ep 246•Transcript available on Metacast I know you lack confidence with how you speak. If you knew what you're saying sounded good, it would definitely give you a confidence boost. Let's kick off season 6 with 3 key business phrase swaps that you can make as a senior manager to sound more advanced. Using Neurolanguage® techniques, I walk you through this phrase from context, examples and then a practical interactive exercise where you can start putting the learning into practice. Enjoy this first episode back! I hope you like it. Love...
Sep 25, 2024•13 min•Ep 245•Transcript available on Metacast New season starts tomorrow 25th September. Just before we dive into that, let's me catch you up on what is coming in the new season of CBE. Every summer I take a break from the normal podcast schedule and send out a survey to listeners. All this feedback helps me make decisions about where to take the podcast going forward. Thank you so much if you took the time to leave your comments! As a learning takeaway, here's a run-down of advanced vocabulary you will hear: To bring someone up to speed - ...
Sep 24, 2024•9 min•Ep 244•Transcript available on Metacast Originally released in April 2024. Another classic episode from Confident Business English. Your colleague, let's call them John, said he was going to send you the information you needed on Monday. Now it's Thursday and you know that you have to chase this up by email otherwise you are going to miss your deadline. The thing is John is a peer, or a superior and you don't know him very well and you want to tread carefully. It's a little bit could be sensitive or contentious, you feel a little awkw...
Sep 22, 2024•13 min•Ep 243•Transcript available on Metacast This was originally released in June 2024. Another Confident Business English classic. Have you ever had that feeling where you want to ask a question but you hesitate? You aren't sure if it's right, you're overthinking and then by the time you building up the courage the moment is gone! Then you think, why didn't I just ask the question. First of all, I get it. When you ask a question you have to put yourself out there. It's dangerous territory. They might not understand you, they might ask you...
Sep 20, 2024•14 min•Ep 242•Transcript available on Metacast Originally released in December 2023. A Confident Business English Classic. What are the basics that you need to get right to communicate well in English? This list of 11 core skills is a result of my experience over the years teaching and coaching clients. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE PDF GUIDE Say hello on LinkedIn @AnnaConnelly
Sep 18, 2024•18 min•Ep 241•Transcript available on Metacast 
