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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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27:31

Steve Jobs return to Apple - Business English...

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2025/11/12

Send us a text Steve Jobs' return to Apple can teach us about leadership and communication, but also vocabulary, grammar, and how to improve your English speaking abilities. If you speak English at work and want to sound more native and natural when talking to colleagues, customers, or clients, then I hope that the vocabulary, grammar, and communication tips in today's episode will be useful for you. 🔗 Book a one-to-one coaching or tutoring session with me at breakoutbusinessenglish.com...

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24:49

WORSE or BETTER, How to talk about CHANGE at work -...

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2025/11/05

Send us a text Change is one of the only things that is certain at work. Therefore, being able to talk about things getting worse or getting better is certainly something that can be useful in professional contexts. However, for international professionals, sounding natural and native when talking about change at work can be difficult. In today's podcast I'll give you some great vocabulary to discuss these ideas and to communicate your thoughts. I'll give you the grammar to use them in a natu...

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21:33

How to ask for LESS or MORE DETAIL - Business English...

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2025/10/29

Send us a text Telling your colleagues, clients, and customers, in English that you need more detail, or maybe less detail can be difficult. Especially if you're a non-native English speaker and you use English at work as a second language. In this podcast I give you some great vocabulary that you can use to ask someone elaborate on something, or maybe to be a little more concise. So, if you want to sound more native and natural when speaking English at work, then I hope today's podcast is us...

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23:09

STORYTELLING Skills for professionals - Business...

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2025/10/22

Send us a text Storytelling is an important speaking skill in any language, but if you're speaking English and you want to sound more native and natural then improving your storytelling skills is a great goal. Today we discuss how to talk about thoughts, emotions and dialogue when telling stories at work. We learn some natural and native sounding vocabulary, both formal and informal, that you can use to improve the way that you communicate at work, and we'll hear some great examples of how na...

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28:03

How to tell great stories at work - Business English...

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2025/10/15

Send us a text Storytelling is a key professional skill and if you speak English as a second language at work then this might be something that you can work on. Today we're discussing the grammar, vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms, and skills that you can use to boost your storytelling in Business English and sound more native and natural when speaking to colleagues, clients, and customers. From job interviews and networking events, to presentations and building professional relationships, th...

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23:04

OVERTIME - Business English vocabulary lesson about...

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2025/09/17

Send Chris a message Deciding whether to work overtime is often a challenging decision to make, and speaking in English about it can make it harder! Today let's talk about overtime, the vocabulary that we can use to discuss it, how we get paid for overtime, and the phrases and grammar structures that we use at work, in English when discussing overtime. If you're a non-native English speaker and you want to sound more native and natural when you're speaking English with your colleagues, manage...

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25:44

Leave me alone! management styles and paying for...

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2025/09/10

Send Chris a message In part 2 of our series on management styles we're looking at transactional management and laissez faire management. We talk about the details of each style, the situations that you might find it useful to use each style, and some vocabulary, phrases, and words that you can use to communicate in these styles. So if you're a manager who speaks English at work and is a non-native English speaker, or maybe you speak English as a second language and you just want to understan...

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26:19

MANAGEMENT STYLES Business English vocabulary lesson...

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2025/09/03

Send Chris a message Today we're talking about management styles and the business English vocabulary, phrases and grammar that we can use when speaking about them, in English, at work. In part one of our series on leadership styles we're talking about democratic leadership and autocratic leadership. We discuss what these two styles are, when each is appropriate, and the vocabulary that we can use to communicate with our staff, colleagues, and teams, in these ways. So, if you're looking for vo...

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25:42

VACATIONS and HOLIDAYS - Business English vocabulary...

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2025/08/27

Send Chris a message Taking vacations and holidays is a great break from professional life. However, talking about these to your colleagues and agreeing these with your managers in English can be challenging. Especially if you speak English at work as a second language. Today we'll discuss the vocabulary, grammar, and phrases that we need to arrange our holidays. We'll look at the differences between American and British English when speaking about these things, and we'll talk about emails an...

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26:51

BUILDING TRUST at work - Business English lesson with...

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2025/08/20

Send Chris a message If you want to build trust with your colleagues, especially if you're a manager, and you speak English at work as a second language then this episode is for you. We talk about how you can sound more native and natural when speaking or writing English and how you can improve the trust between you and your team when doing this. We discuss the vocabulary, phrases, and idioms that we can use to build trust, we talk about vulnerability, and about making it easier for your dire...

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27:47

How to talk about PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS - Business...

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2025/08/13

Send Chris a message Succeeding in your career and at work means many things. Today we're going to look at some natural and native ways to speak about getting a promotion and accepting more responsibility. We're going to hear some vocabulary, phrases, idioms and phrasal verbs that we can use to talk to our colleagues, managers, clients and customers about these things, and analyse the grammar that can make some of these words really confusing to use. So, if you need English at work, but you d...

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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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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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