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Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.

Chris - Breakout Business English

Breakout Business English is all about improving your confidence, vocabulary, grammar and fluency in Business English. If you"re not a native English speaker and you use English as a 2nd language to communicate at work then this podcast is definitely for you! You’ll find tips, strategies, and tools to grow your professional communication skills, as well as vocabulary episodes aimed at giving you new, advanced, professional vocabulary around workplace themes. We explore how you can express yourself

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23:37

How to fail and still succeed - Business English...

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2025/08/06

Send Chris a message This is our second episode discussing Harvard Professor of Leadership and management and her book on intelligent failure. So if you speak English at work, but aren't a native English speaker, then this episode will help you to think about failure, how to communicate with your colleagues on this topic and give you all of the natural and native sounding vocabulary that you need to do this. 🔗 Book a one-to-one session with Chris at breakoutbusinessenglish.com 🎁 Use code

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23:37

How to FAIL the RIGHT way - Business English lesson...

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2025/07/31

Send Chris a message Today we're talking about how to fail at work the right way. We listen to some native and natural sounding words, vocabulary, and phrases to talk about failure, and the four elements that make a failure intelligent. So, if you speak English at work as a second language and you'd like to fail in a more intelligent way, then this episode is for you. 🔗 Book a one-to-one session with Chris at breakoutbusinessenglish.com 🎁 Use code PODCAST30 for 30% off your first coachi...

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24:04

How Great Teams Work – Structure, Clarity & Meaning...

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2025/07/23

Send Chris a message In this podcast we continue our deep dive on how great teams work and Google's project Aristotle. If you're a non-native English-speaking professional who wants to sound more native and natural when speaking English at work, this podcast uses real-world vocabulary, Business English phrases, and grammar insights that you can immediately use in the workplace. Today we explore how to talk about "Structure and clarity" and "meaning" when building an effective team. 🔗 Bo...

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24:36

How great TEAMS WORK, Google's Project Aristotle -...

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2025/07/16

Send Chris a message What makes a team truly effective? In this episode of the Breakout Business English podcast, Chris breaks down Google’s Project Aristotle, a research study that reveals the top characteristics of high-performing teams — starting with psychological safety and dependability. If you're a non-native English-speaking professional, this podcast is packed with real-world vocabulary, practical phrases, and grammar insights that you can immediately use in the workplace. Learn how ...

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25:34

FAILING AT WORK and how to deal with it - Business...

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2025/07/07

Send Chris a message Are you a professional who uses English as a second language at work? Do you want to feel more confident, fluent, and natural in business conversations? Join Business English Coach Chris in this episode of the Breakout Business English podcast as we explore how to talk about failure, responsibility, and consequences in a professional setting – all in clear, natural English. You'll learn essential workplace vocabulary and phrases like “inevitable,” “in the grand scheme of ...

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25:20

Vocabulary and tips for DELEGATION - Business English...

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2025/07/01

Send Chris a message Delegating in English can be challenging for new managers, especially if speaking English is your second language. Today's podcast is full of Business English and professional vocabulary, grammar, and tips, to help you to sound more natural and native when speaking to your colleagues in English at work and delegating tasks to them. Whether you're delegating tasks to your staff and your team, or you're accepting tasks delegated to you from your managers, hopefully you'll f...

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23:52

BUSINESS TRIPS - Vocabulary and English lesson for...

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2025/06/23

Send Chris a message Business trips and traveling for business are an essential part of professional life, but speaking in English and talking about these can be challenging you don't speak English natively. Today's class is full of vocabulary and phrases that you can use to talk about travel for work, including formal and informal words and grammar structures that you can use to sound more native and natural when communicating in English at work. Whether you're speaking to customers, clients...

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29:43

2 key LEADERSHIP ideas from Amazon's CEO - Business...

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2025/06/16

Send Chris a message If you're a leader or need to talk about leadership at work in English, Amazon's leadership principles are a great place to start. If you use English at work, but you're not a native speaker then the vocabulary, phrases, and grammar is today's podcast will help you to talk about leadership and grow professionally. Today we're discussing the leadership themes of innovation and learning. We'll look at some formal, professional vocabulary, and some informal natural and nativ...

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24:05

Should you KEEP GOING or GIVE UP? Perseverance -...

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2025/06/10

Send Chris a message Deciding when to quit and when to keep going, when to give up and when to persevere, is a hard topic to discuss, especially if you speak English as a second language. In today's podcast we're talking about how to support and encourage your colleagues when doing difficult tasks, how to talk about quitting strategically, and some natural and native sounding vocabulary, both formal and informal, to do this. We'll also briefly discuss one of the ideas in the book The Dip by S...

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25:12

How to APOLOGISE and SAY SORRY at work - Business...

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2025/06/02

Send Chris a message Apologising at work and saying you're sorry in English can be difficult, especially if you speak English as a second language. If you want to sound more native and natural when speaking English at work then this podcast can help. Today's episode is about apologising to your colleagues and offering apologies. You'll hear some natural and native vocabulary, for both formal and informal situations, as well as some great grammar structures to help you communicate better in En...

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23:31

INVITATIONS at work, how to say YES and NO - Business...

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2025/05/26

Send Chris a message Learn how to confidently accept or politely decline invitations in professional English when speaking or writing. This episode provides essential business English vocabulary and natural phrases for networking and building work relationships. Master the art of professional communication with practical tips and real-world examples. Accepting invitations in English is important for networking and professional development. But speaking English as a second language or co...

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26:02

How to RESCHEDULE and talk about TIME - Business...

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2025/05/19

Send Chris a message Rescheduling events and talking about time in English can be hard when speaking English, especially if you're not a native English speaker. In this podcast we talk about how to schedule and reschedule events, appointments, and meetings, how to sound more polite when doing this in spoken English at work, and pronunciation. We talk about how to ask people about times and their availability. We look at phrasal verbs, idioms, formal, and informal language, and you'll hear som...

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26:38

How to MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM - Business English...

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2025/05/12

Send Chris a message In this Business English vocabulary lesson we talk about some natural and native sounding phrases, idioms, and words that we can use to motivate our teams and reward their performance. So if your a leader or a manager and you want to sound more native when you speak English and talk to your colleagues then hopefully today's podcast will help. We hear a quote from a past leader and take a brief look at some research on what staff really want from their managers and compani...

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28:01

LEADERSHIP TIPS from Amazon - Business English lesson

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2025/05/05

Send Chris a message In this episode Business English coach Chris explores Amazon’s leadership tips to help international professionals improve their speaking and communication skills in English. Whether you’re a manager, team leader, or aspiring professional, you’ll learn how to talk about leadership, ownership, and customer obsession, and confidence and in a natural and native sounding way. We break down key business vocabulary and phrasal verbs like touch on, in the loop, and hold up to sc...

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28:58

Vocabulary for PROBLEM SOLVING - Business English lesson

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2025/04/28

Send Chris a message Problem solving is a skill that we all need at work. Speaking about problem solving in English can be particularly hard if English is not your native language. In this podcast we discuss problem solving at work, natural and native sounding vocabulary that we can use to discuss problem solving with our colleagues, and some tips that we can use to help us solve problems more effectively. If you want to speak English in a more natural and native sounding way, at work, then t...

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24:46

How to talk about CHANGING JOBS and sound...

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2025/04/21

Send Chris a message Talking about changing jobs can be challenging, especially in job interviews. We all want to sound professional when speaking English at work but there are so many ways to make mistakes when discussing this topic! Let's talk about quitting jobs, getting fired, and being unemployed, and why you should never use this vocabulary in job interviews. We'll also talk about some professional sounding, natural and native ways to communicate about these times in your career. So if ...

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28:10

How to TALK ABOUT AI at work, with your colleagues -...

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2025/04/14

Send Chris a message Artificial intelligence is appearing in every English speaking workplace these days and talking about AI with your colleagues and managers is something that is important. Today let's discuss some professional English vocabulary that we can use to sound natural and native when talking about AI at work, including some phrasal verbs and idioms that we can use to discuss our ideas. We talk about how to give your opinions on AI tools like Chat GPT, Microsoft CoPilot, Google Ge...

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26:24

How to BE UNDERSTOOD in presentations - Business...

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2025/04/07

Send Chris a message If you need to give presentations at work, in English, and it's not your first language then speaking and communicating with your English speaking colleagues can be difficult. Today we're talking about how to make sure that you're understood, some vocabulary that we can use to check that our colleagues have listened carefully to what we've said, and some tips to ensure that you have communicated your ideas and key points successfully in the most natural and native soundin...

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26:57

How to LEAD MEETINGS in English - Business English...

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2025/03/31

Send us a text Let's discuss some Business English vocabulary and grammar that we can use to lead meetings. Running a meeting or being in charge of an event often means that you have new responsibilities and today's podcast we’re discussing the professional vocabulary and phrases that you can use to talk to your colleagues and managers about what is happening during your meeting. We’ll talk about starting meetings, avoiding delays, staying on track, and also give you some natural and native s...

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23:53

Dealing with CONFLICT at work - Business English lesson

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2025/03/20

Send us a text Let's discuss some professional English vocabulary that we can use to resolve conflicts at work. We're talking about how to deal with difficult colleagues and how to solve arguments and disagreements with your team mates and coworkers. We'll hear some idea for what to do in these situations and some natural and native sounding vocabulary so that you know exactly what to say when people start to get angry in the workplace. This is also one of the most common job interview questi...

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