Programs

Executive English provides business English training to international managers of all levels who compete in today’s global market and need the global currency – English.

Through client-centered, interactive training, participants learn to communicate effectively in English. Executive English designs each program with the firm’s specific needs – position, company, industry and available time – in mind. Core Program Units include:

English Language & Discussions
Successful Presentations
Successful Negotiations
Navigating Across Cultures
Effective Business Writing

This is not school – it’s business. Executive English takes their clients' careers to the next level.

English Language & Discussions

We begin with the language basics – using verb tenses correctly, expanding vocabulary, strengthening grammar – and bring these lessons to life by using materials from the workplace. In discussions of actual business situations and role plays, clients strengthen their English, and practice key but tricky situations found in meetings and on the phone. Participants learn to:

• propose a plan
• ask direct questions and give indirect answers
• give and reject advice
• express strong opinions
• move from request to suggest to demand
• buy time
• disagree with a subordinate, a colleague, a boss

Clients move their English forward and their careers up.

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Successful Presentations

Success in today’s corporate world means knowing how to give clear, confident and convincing presentations.  Clients practice presentations and follow their progress on video to make sure body language, English language, and visual language have the strongest impact.  Speak the English of presentations and learn to:

• target the message for impact
• use visuals to advantage
• handle Q&A sessions confidently
• finish strongly

Executive English helps clients sell their products and ideas with power and Powerpoint, in English.

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Successful Negotiations

Moving up to a new job or working on a corporate merger, negotiations run all through business, and Executive English takes you through all phases of negotiating. Discussions here include international negotiating styles, the importance of relationship building, bargaining styles and outcome expectations. In this Unit, clients learn to speak the English of negotiating:

• plan strategies
• identify positions and interests – and know the difference
• develop a Plan B: options and alternatives
• learn what to say, when to be silent – and when to walk away

In lively simulations and role plays, clients learn to confidently develop winning solutions for all, in English.

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Navigating Across Cultures

In discussions, negotiations, even a drink at the pub, cultural differences must be on your business radar screen. National culture plays a key role in how managers communicate, make decisions, and lead. Looking at your own culture in international business is equally important. In this Unit, we cross borders and cultures to discuss all of these issues:

• business socializing
• language traps: same word, different meaning
• using humor
• different countries, different power structures: tips and taboos

Ignoring corporate and national cultures can sabotage international projects; knowing them increases success.

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Effective Business Writing

In our digital world, business – from making initial contacts to closing the deal – is handled online. In this Unit, we cover the essentials of English business and technical writing for emails, letters and reports that are clear, concise and correct. You learn to:

• write for the reader
• use simple language and the right tone
• master the mechanics of punctuation and grammar
• use bullets

Write less and people will read more.

For information on training formats and locations for the Core Program Units above, click Formats & Locations.

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