Explore every episode of the podcast Talaera Talks - Business English Communication
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| 109. Career Progression: Key Tips and Idioms for Success - With Michael from The Level Up English Podcast | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:49:48 | |
In this episode of Talaera Talks, Paola is joined by Michael from The Level Up English Podcast to dive into practical tips for career success and unpack some of the most useful English idioms in the workplace. Whether you're starting a new job, feeling overwhelmed, or looking for ways to think creatively about your professional growth, this episode has something for you. Michael and Paola share personal experiences, including the challenges of learning the ropes in new roles, strategies for staying motivated when you feel like throwing in the towel, and the value of thinking outside the box when approaching career development. You'll also discover why being a "fly on the wall" can be one of the best ways to accelerate learning in the workplace, and how sometimes going "back to the drawing board" is exactly what you need to move forward. Tune in for a lively conversation filled with real-world advice, memorable idioms, and practical examples that you can apply to your own career, whether you're navigating a new role, looking to grow, or simply trying to balance your work-life integration. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just beginning your career journey, this episode offers valuable insights to help you master your career progression. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 108. How to Master Business English Vocabulary - With George E. | 05 Aug 2024 | 00:19:22 | |
Meet one of Talaera's excellent Business English coaches and learn how you can improve your business English vocabulary for more effective conversations at work. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 99. Convice your teams with the Rule of Three | 20 Jun 2023 | 00:04:25 | |
Whether you're trying to convince your team to adopt new software, explaining a complex concept, or looking to make your business pitch more convincing, the rule of three will help you sound more persuasive. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 9. How Different Cultures Say NO - Talaera Talks | 15 Mar 2021 | 00:24:06 | |
Learn how different cultures say no and disagree, its importance, and how to navigate these differences. And if you stick until the end, you'll get answers to the following questions:
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| 8. Starting a Job or Project Idioms - Talaera Bits | 23 Feb 2021 | 00:05:44 | |
Learn 8 useful idioms to talk about first steps (starting a new job, joining a new team, or taking on a new project) in 5 minutes. Download it in pdf here. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 7. Dealing with Customers? Your Tone Matters! - Talaera Talks | 16 Feb 2021 | 00:24:08 | |
Learn how the tone of your voice affects customer success experience, and listen to the anecdotes and advice from Simon and Paola. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 6. Decision-Making Expressions - Talaera Bits | 09 Feb 2021 | 00:07:01 | |
Learn 10 useful phrases to talk about decision making at work in 6 minutes. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 5. Impactful Presentations - Talaera Talks | 02 Feb 2021 | 00:22:41 | |
Turn fear into opportunity with these tips for your presentations in English. From the preparation to the delivery. Learn phrases and useful tips for your professional presentations. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 4. Useful Business Phrases - Talaera Bits | 26 Jan 2021 | 00:05:56 | |
Learn some very useful expressions commonly used in business. Simon provides easy-to-understand examples and explanations for you to start using these phrases today! Visit Talaera: http://talaera.com/ ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 3. Small Talk - Talaera Talks | 19 Jan 2021 | 00:22:01 | |
What is small talk? Why is it important? What are good and bad topics for small talk? Simon and Paola answer all these questions (and more!) in this episode. Learn valuable tips to engage in small talk in professional situations and get some illustrative examples at the end. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 2. How to Remember New Words - Talaera Bits | 12 Jan 2021 | 00:05:54 | |
Get easy techniques to learn and remember new words Remembering new vocabulary can be tricky, but learning lists and lists of words is not the way to go. Listen to Paola's tips on how to understand and memorize new words and expressions in English. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 1. Effective Communication - Talaera Talks | 05 Jan 2021 | 00:23:41 | |
Learn how to get your point across effectively in fast-paced situations. Speaking in English in a meeting when you're not a native speaker can be intimidating. Find out ways to gain the confidence you need to express your ideas effectively.
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| 0. What is Talaera Talks? | 01 Jan 2021 | 00:07:41 | |
Your business English communication podcast for non-native professionals is here! ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 98. Craft Compelling Email Subject Lines | 30 May 2023 | 00:05:27 | |
Boost your email open rates with effective subject lines. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 97. Writing for Impact: Tips for Concise Writing | 23 May 2023 | 00:13:20 | |
What if I told you that you can communicate your business ideas more effectively with fewer words? In this episode, you will learn how to write concisely without losing any meaning. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 96. Decoding Legal Jargon: Commonly Used Legal English Terms Explained | 17 May 2023 | 00:10:00 | |
Confused by legal English terms in business? Listen to this episode as we decode commonly used legal English terms and provide real-world context that helps you understand and use these terms with confidence in your daily business interactions. Whether you're navigating a contract, reviewing a partnership agreement, or simply want to enhance your business English vocabulary, this episode is a quick guide to mastering legal English terms. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 95. Understanding the Business World in Denmark - With Kate Dahl | 09 May 2023 | 00:52:08 | |
🎙️ We recently had the pleasure to talk to Kate Dahl about how to better understand the professional world in Denmark. (Cool fact: our co-host Simon Kennell is half Danish 🙂🇩🇰). ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 94. Get Ahead in the Workplace with these 6 Work-Related Idioms | 02 May 2023 | 00:09:05 | |
While the United States and Canada celebrate Labor Day in September, many countries around the world celebrate International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, on May 1st. So what better way to kick off the month than with these 6 work-related idioms? ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 93. How to Ask "How are you?" During a Crisis - With Alex Bair | 25 Apr 2023 | 00:47:21 | |
Small talk can be a powerful tool for building connections, promoting resilience, and demonstrating empathy. But how can you do it effectively during difficult situations such as a crisis, a war, or a natural disaster? Is it still OK to ask ‘How are you’ when we know they are not OK? In this episode, we invite Alex Bair, who has a wealth of experience in crisis communication, having worked with refugees, volunteers, and businesses in Ukraine and elsewhere. Join us for this insightful conversation and get tips for navigating language barriers and engaging in small talk in crisis situations. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 92. How to Use Tone of Voice to Improve Your Leadership Skills | 20 Apr 2023 | 00:15:13 | |
What do Oprah Winfrey, Simon Sinek, and Jacinda Ardern have something in common? They are considered some of the most respected leaders of our time. They are inspiring, passionate, and empathetic, and they have each made a significant impact in their respective fields. But how do they convey those qualities? In this Talaera Talks episode, we explore the role of tone in effective leadership communication and share some tips that will help you develop an effective tone as a leader. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 91. What To Do When You Can't Find the Right Word? | 04 Apr 2023 | 00:10:07 | |
When English is not your first language, it is normal to get nervous and have the fear of not finding the right word. Getting stuck in the middle of a sentence is more normal than you might think –especially when you are in front of your manager or other native-English speakers. This episode will help you navigate this situation. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 90. How to Run More Successful Meetings with Felix Zeltner | 23 Mar 2023 | 00:44:59 | |
With different time zones, languages, cultures, and communication styles in play, it's easy for virtual meetings to lose their effectiveness or fail altogether. We talk to Felix Zeltner, award-winning journalist and author, about how to run effective meetings.
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| 107. How Copywriting Can Transform Your Career - With Gary Stringer | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:42:45 | |
Learn how copywriting can transform your career and discover lots of tips and strategies you can start using today to improve your copywriting skills. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 89. Hi, Hey, or Dear? Choose the Right Email Greeting | 21 Mar 2023 | 00:10:01 | |
✉️ Learn how to choose the right email greetings for every situation. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 88. Impactful Presentation Structure - Bottom-Up or Top-Down? | 14 Mar 2023 | 00:07:47 | |
When you want to convince an audience, do you prefer to explain the context first, then provide arguments, and then end with your conclusion or suggestion? Or do you prefer to get to the point faster and start with the proposal, and then add supporting arguments to justify it? In this episode, we’ll take a quick look at bottom-up and top-down approaches and will discuss which one you should use in your business presentations. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 87. Get Your Message Across - 4 Tips on Clear Speaking | 07 Mar 2023 | 00:11:30 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 86. Schedule Meetings with these Phrasal Verbs | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:07:30 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 85. Reduce Your Accent in English... Or Not! | 21 Feb 2023 | 00:09:56 | |
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! ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 84. Build Rapport, Close More Deals | 15 Feb 2023 | 00:10:02 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 83. Follow-Up Emails - How to Get A Response | 07 Feb 2023 | 00:10:32 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 82. How to Apologize Effectively | 01 Feb 2023 | 00:15:16 | |
Discover how different cultures apologize and learn an effective framework to say sorry effectively and sincerely. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 81. Overcome Cultural Barriers at Work: 3 Steps | 26 Jan 2023 | 00:09:50 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 80. Make Your Voice Heard! Speak Up with Confidence | 17 Jan 2023 | 00:09:35 | |
Speak up with confidence in meetings with these 3 simple steps. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 106. Navigate Cultural Differences in Business Communication - With Teacher Chanelle | 15 Jul 2024 | 00:14:11 | |
Learn about the importance of understanding cultural differences in business communication. Find out why cultural awareness is crucial in our increasingly interconnected world and understand how culture influences communication styles and the interpretation of messages. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 79. How to Ask for Help Professionally | 10 Jan 2023 | 00:11:58 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 78. How to Stick to New Habits | 02 Jan 2023 | 00:38:41 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 77. Other Ways to Say Thank You - Talaera Bits | 20 Dec 2022 | 00:08:01 | |
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? ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 76. Giving Effective Peer Feedback - Talaera Bits | 05 Dec 2022 | 00:10:56 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 75. Top Strategies to Become a Better Communicator - Talaera Talks | 29 Nov 2022 | 00:31:16 | |
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! ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 74. Affect or Effect? How to Pick the Right One - Talaera Bits | 22 Nov 2022 | 00:05:09 | |
Do you ever get confused with affect and effect? Don't worry! In this short episode, we’ll help you keep them straight. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 73. Cultural Differences in the Workplace - Talaera Bits | 15 Nov 2022 | 00:13:35 | |
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 tips that will help you work more effectively across cultures. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 72. Self-Directed Learning - Talaera Talks with Lavinia Mehedintu | 08 Nov 2022 | 00:44:28 | |
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? ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 71. Spooky Halloween Idioms - Talaera Bits | 31 Oct 2022 | 00:07:14 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 70. Agreeing And Disagreeing Effectively Across Cultures | 26 Oct 2022 | 00:39:29 | |
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. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 105. How Inclusive Communication Can Help Career Progression - With Ming Wu | 01 Jul 2024 | 00:47:25 | |
Learn how inclusive communication will help you progress in your career. ✨ Business English training for career success. | |||
| 69. Useful Transition Words for Emails - Talaera Bits | 18 Oct 2022 | 00:08:19 | |
Simon brings us some excellent transition words for your professional emails. Avoid choppy messages and make sure your emails flow with these tips.
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| 68. High-Context Culture, What Is It Like? - Talaera Talks | 11 Oct 2022 | 00:40:16 | |
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.
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| 67. Most Common Business Abbreviations - Talaera Bits | 04 Oct 2022 | 00:13:29 | |
Learn 15 of the most common abbreviations for business. Today's challenge - guess the abbreviation Paola is describing before she says the solution!
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| 66. Idioms to Describe our First In-Person Gathering - Talaera Talks Special | 27 Sep 2022 | 00:15:36 | |
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| 65. Effective Small Talk: Get Past "How Are You?" - Talaera Bits | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:08:01 | |
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.
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