BUSINESS MENTOR

In some cultures a good meeting is one that lasts several hours with no decisions or recommendations. This is common in African culture.

Modern management encourages decision making by consensus, so we have many meetings and presentations giving a chance for your star to shine.

Many companies have slashed their social media budget because the results are difficult to analyse. This has led to the revival of old ideas.

Mistakes in the grammar or spelling will cause customers to question your ability to deliver a complex product or service.

A negociação é uma barganha posicional, cada lado tenta argumentar por sua posição até que o acordo seja feito ou uma das partes vá embora.

Dealing with cultural differences. It’s essential to understand that some things may cause offence to people from different cultures.

A study revealed that 68% of people responsible for hiring staff spent less than two minutes reading each résumé they receive.

Sometimes we are in a situation where we can grab an opportunity to give a sales pitch.These are invariably very small windows so what to do?

Create your story, write a story about you. Not a dull outline of your history since school days. One that tells the world something different about you.

The great leaders are among the most inspirational visionaries in the 20th century. Their leadership has shaped history.

If brainstorming in your business or organization has become a little ho-hum, this will breathe new life into your meetings.

If you’ve been thinking that business English is not as difficult as you first feared, now is a good time for us to bring the bad news.

Always see things from the other person’s point of view, especially if you want them to understand what you have to offer.

How many people are involved with a product development. Allegedly business communication between them are always effective, is that true?

Great conversations, remember them? You ask, I answer. I ask, you answer. Backwards and forwards in perfect rhythm, like a game of tennis.

How Technology Affects Communication? Know some interesting insights about how technology may impact the way we communicate in business.

Improve your presentation style tossing your PowerPoint slide decks with headings followed by a dozen bullet points into the bin. Read more.

There are several key industries in which “jobs of the future” opportunities will increase dramatically over the next three years. Know which ones.

We all suffer from stress at work. When it’s our stress we know how it affects us, but how does it affect the people around us?

Buzzwords began life with a useful purpose and some are still important identifiers in certain businesses, professions and industries.

Buzzwords began life with a useful purpose and some are still important identifiers in certain businesses, professions and industries.

English speakers’ humour varies from the basic children’s “knock-knock” jokes to the more subtle and sometimes intricate layers of humour

The gatekeepers are the people who, if you’re in the business of selling something, stand between you and the person who issues the order.

Some words and phrases have become popular in business circles. These jargons are now so over-used, they have turned into irritating clichés.