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

Talking about CULTURE at work - Business English vocabulary lesson (Ep.63)

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

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Send us Fan Mail Workplace culture is important, but sometimes what a company says it does and what it actually does are two different things. Today we talk about the vocabulary that native English speakers use to talk about this problem at work. So when your company's goals don't match how they use their resources, or their values don't match how they treat their staff, today you'll learn the vocabulary you can use to discuss this in a natural and native sounding way. If you speak English at...

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