The Business Spotlight Podcast

Let’s do some vocabulary work now with false friends. These are pairs of words that sound similar in German and English. But their meanings are very different, so they can cause misunderstandings.

This time, we’ll do an exercise from the Business Skills section of the magazine on how to make better decisions. Let’s welcome communication skills expert, Ken Taylor.

In this week's podcast, we work on grammar skills. We focus on how to form adjectives.

This time, we offer you a special test of your business English skills — the language of meetings.

This week, we look at "Wise Words" in the news and "the rule of three".

For advice and information on working with people from other cultures, let's welcome intercultural communication expert Robert Gibson.

In this week's podcast, we'll do an exercise from the Business Skills section of the magazine. Let's welcome communication skills expert, Ken Taylor.

This time, you can work on your grammar skills. Can you change active sentences to passive ones? Let’s go through the different work stages that a plastic bottle has to go through before it is turned into a new product.

On this week's podcast, you’ll hear an excerpt from the Short Story in our magazine.

We present words and expressions from Skill Up!, the vocabulary guide that accompanies each magazine.

Organizational politics – or office politics – are a part of every workplace. We have to deal with people who play politics and we have to deal with any negative consequences of this behaviour. Let’s practice language and strategies for managing organizational politics effectively in this week's podcast.

Let’s do some vocabulary work now with false friends. These are pairs of words that sound similar in German and English. But their meanings are very different, so they can cause misunderstandings.

This time, we present words and expressions from Skill Up!, the vocabulary guide that accompanies each magazine.

When talking about financial matters it is important to understand and use the correct terms. In this exercise, we'll give you a definition and a choice of two terms.

In this week's podcast, we'll do an exercise from the Business Skills section of the magazine. Let's welcome communication skills expert, Ken Taylor.