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Business Strategy Monday: Ready For Growth?
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Proactive: To do something before you need to I want you to be proactive. Don’t wait for me to tell you what to do. (2) To align: To get people to feel the same way We need to...
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Writing Great Emails: Useful Phrases #3
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Contact: Someone you know I have a contact at that firm. Let me see if she can help. (2) Independent clause: This is a grammar term. It basically means a sentence. “Wondering...
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Business Strategy Monday: Microsoft’s New Strategy
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Implication: Things that become true because of something else. The implications for an improving economy are probably more jobs and higher profits. (2) To make a case for...
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Supply Chain Wednesday: Harmonized Key Performance Indicators
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Indicator: Something that gives you information on something else The unemployment rate is a good indicator of demand for new cars (2) Volume: Amount, level As volume increases,...
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Writing Great Emails: Polite vs. Direct
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Assertive: Strongly presenting your opinion Be very assertive when you ask for a raise. Tell her exactly why she should give it to you. Don’t be afraid. (2) Rude: Impolite I...
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Free Form Friday: Executive Compensation
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Compensation: Usually money, but anything someone is given to do a job. If we want to attract the best employees, we need to increase compensation. (2) Big bucks: Bucks means...
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Business Strategy Monday: Amazon’s Strategy
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Pillar: Something that supports, an important and basic part The pillars of the economy are manufacturing, retail, and finance. (2) Liquid Asset: Cash and other assets that can...
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Supply Chain Wednesday: S&OP
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Backlog: Too much of something We have a backlog of steel frames. It’s a waste of space and money. What happened? (2) To control: To make sure something is at the right level...
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Writing Great Emails: Apologizing
Today’s Vocabulary (1) Apology, To apologize, Apologies: When you say that you’re sorry He apologized for being late, but I couldn’t accept his apology. This happens too often. I’m tired of his...
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Free Form Friday: The REAL Keys To Success
Today’s Vocabulary (1) To distort: To make something appear different than it is He distorted the benefits to make them seem better than they really are. (2) To work out: To have a good result...
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I’d like to share with you some incredible lesson plans. Level: intermediate to advanced Primary goal: build vocab Secondary goals: reading, listening, prosody (word stress, timing, intonation) Time:...
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