
How To Have More Productive Conversations At Work
In today's fast-paced business world, it's easy to get tangled up in miscommunication. A meeting that takes longer than planned, ...

Writing for Impact: Tips for Concise Writing
Every professional knows what it's like to struggle through a long, wordy document. Sometimes, it feels like entering a labyrinth ...

We’ve started so we’ll finish — Best Business English
The creation of a book is never finished until it goes to the printer. Authors always need to make tweaks ...

Revolutionizing Business English Learning, One Word at a Time
In the world of international business, effective communication can mean the success –or failure– of professionals and organizations. A strong ...

Checklist: Effective Virtual Meetings with Multicultural Teams
Virtual meetings have become an essential part of our professional lives. While they serve as a convenient way to connect ...

How to Use Tone of Voice to Improve Your Leadership Skills
What do Oprah Winfrey, Simon Sinek, and Jacinda Ardern have in common? They are considered some of the most respected ...

A writer’s reading list. — Best Business English
How many books do you read in a year? In his classic book On Writing Stephen King wrote: “I take a book ...

Your Top 10 Questions About English Language Learning Unlocked
The ability to communicate effectively in English has become an absolute must in today's global workplace ...

How to Run Effective Virtual Meetings with Multicultural Teams
Virtual meetings have become an essential part of our professional lives. While they serve as a convenient way to connect ...

Hi, Hey, or Dear? Choose the Right Email Greeting
We've talked about the most helpful email phrases you need to know; now let's focus on the very beginning –your ...

8 Ways to Make Your Point With Precision & Clarity
How do you get to the point in a clear way? Being a good communicator is a part of being ...

How To Effectively Reduce Your Accent in English!
Learning English is hard. You study the rules, and then you have to learn the exceptions to those rules. And ...

7 Quick Tips to Build Rapport in the Workplace
If there is a skill that will help you develop mutual trust, friendship, and understanding, that is building rapport. This ...

Write your books in 2023. — Best Business English
As I have said, the 10-day Book Proposal Challenge I took last year with Alison Jones at Practical Inspiration Publishing ...

The writing year ahead. — Best Business English
What does the year 2023 hold? For me it is books, books, books. My main aim is to publish the ...

Why writing matters. — Best Business English
It is important to remember this great quote by Annie Lamott in her ground-breaking book on writing,Bird by bird:“Because of ...

Woke and unwoke words. — Best Business English
Earlier this month a cri de coeur against “Orwellian Newspeak” in local government came from Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle.He opened his ...

What makes your heart sing? — Best Business English
This was the soul-searching question posed this week at a Fabulous networking event by group leader Jacqui McGinn to 12 ...

The Art of Apologizing Effectively Across Cultures
We all make mistakes. Nobody is perfect, and we all need to apologize at some point in our lives. Apologizing ...

Writing Strategy — Best Business English
Book writing challengeIn preparation for the Book Proposal Challenge, which starts on Monday, publisher and host Alison Jones has provided ...

Calling all you authors — Best Business English
The last 10 days have proved to be a watershed in my long life as a writer. For two reasons.First, ...

“I’ve started so I’ll finish” — Best Business English
A big difference for me between writing fiction and non-fiction is that the start and the finish of a book ...

If Truth Be Told — Best Business English
“That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought outrightBut a lie which is part a ...

Grammar is a contact sport. — Best Business English
Howlers or Fowlers?Polemicist Rod Liddle flexed his muscles on 15 May in his Sunday Times column against the grammar hooligans ...

Add pace and structure to your writing — Best Business English
Paula Hawkins was the most interesting and famous author on The Times crime writing course which I attended for six ...