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Corporate Business English Classes And Evaluating Diversity

Corporate business English classes can help your company get on track to meet and exceed  goals for 2022. Trends are showing that lots of companies are looking for ways to be more diverse and inclusive; and in a corporate working environment being diverse often comes with goals and metrics. The biggest key to remaining inclusive is having a growth mindset from the top down. It's not all about being positive in every situation but more about believing in innate potential- especially during challenging times. Having a growth mindset means having a willingness to have uncomfortable conversations to achieve goals. In any company, language is often at the intersection of diversity and inclusion; especially for those in larger, multinational industries. Having a corporate plan for diversity and inclusion and seeing it through means you truly care about giving employees a voice; while ignoring language barriers can present additional and unnecessary hurdles for your business. To gauge how diverse your workforce is, evaluating recruitment and retention policies and trends can help get you started.
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Corporate English Classes & Business Etiquette Rules Around the World

Language training for international business etiquette
Corporate English classes can provide essential training that may have gone unnoticed. When businesses expand their companies to new countries in foreign markets, one can logically conclude that language training is required. After all, how can you be successful in a new country when your employees don't speak the language? Every foreign or domestic business, has identified the need for exceptional customer service and go to great lengths to ensure their customers have an excellent experience with representatives. But without offering corporate language training for employees, would business owners be made aware of proper phone and business etiquette around the world when expanding business into new countries? While it is possible, you may be wondering: Is There Really Such a Difference of Phone and Business Etiquette in Different Countries?
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4 Corporate English Jargon Phrases to Retire Immediately 

English language, Employees confused at corporate English idioms
Corporate English jargon. Let's stop beating around the bush for a second: it is polarizing at best and utterly perplexing at worst. At some point, every adult will hear an idiom or phrase that doesn't make any sense. And then are forced to spend way too much time thinking about what it means, who bothered come up with the dreadful saying in the first place and then reaching through space and time to tell that mythical person off for creating the idiom that continues to torment poor unfortunate souls for the rest of time. If you have been there, I feel your pain. If you haven't, you are either lying to yourself or lying to the world so feel free to pick whatever tickles your fancy. Confusing at best, offensive at worst here are the top 4 worst and most confusing idioms to have been heard in corporate America:
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Language Training for the Hospitality Industry & Covid-19

English training for hospitality workers
Language training for the hospitality industry can really set businesses apart from their competition. Prior to Covid it was a common for hotels, cruise liners and restaurants at tourist attractions to employ a designated guest representative or manager who speaks English; referring all English-speaking guest inquiries to them. As these businesses in the hospitality industry are experiencing the highest employee turnover during The Great Resignation, is it truly worth it to rely on one person for all your English speaking customer needs?
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