Owad Business English Trainer
Participating in a tradeshow can be one of the most exciting and rewarding marketing efforts your company makes each year. It can also be one of the least rewarding, for many reasons.
How you look, what you say, what you present, how you present it and how you behave and represent your company [...]

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The two most frequently used variants of English in the business world are British and American English. Like variants in any other language, slight differences in culture and usage have resulted in minor differences in expressions, words used in specific situations and even in spelling. While the differences in words used in [...]

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It’s a classic teenager’s prank. A car pulls up to the curb. “How do I get to Main Street?” asks the driver, who seems to be in a hurry. “Drive straight ahead, and when you get to the third light turn green” answers the teen, and the driver pulls away without the [...]

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Most people believe that the secret to making money in stocks is “buy low, sell high”. That’s only part of it. The real secret lies in taking a long-term, non-emotional approach to investment characterised by diversification. Here are a few tips for building a profitable portfolio and minimising your risk of loss:
Der [...]

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Owad Business English Trainer
English may sound very different from French and German, but in actuality, the three languages share many words. This isn’t only the result of the word borrowing common to modern languages. French, German and Latin played direct, pivotal roles in English’s early evolutionary stages. As a result, a large part of English [...]

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The “business lunch” – long a mainstay of business people seeking to accelerate the sales process and strengthen business relationships – isn’t what it used to be. The “three-martini” lunch has been out for decades, and the extended-length “power lunch” of the 80s and 90s has become rare.
The rules have changed: Just [...]

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Being successful requires more than being good at getting your to-do list done on time and under budget. As we all know, working in business is highly political – and one can never have too many friends. You can’t be true friends with everyone, however.
So just how does one establish business friendships [...]

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Business people in the US are considered to be experts at capitalism and world business. Movies like Wall Street only add to this image.
In fact, few business people are ruthless and even fewer will intentionally try to exploit anyone. While capitalism may itself be sometimes ruthless, unforgiving and exploitative, the people behind [...]

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Many believed that globalisation would make business travel easier, and that the spread of American culture would eradicate cultural differences. But the opposite has become the reality, and attention to cultural differences while on business travel has become even more important.
Nationalism is especially surging in the UK. Just because its people speak [...]

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Owad Business English Trainer
Meetings in the workplace have become so frequent that most people have completely lost sight of the importance of body language at the conference table. Increased familiarity with colleagues – especially those you see and meet with every day – can additionally contribute to relaxed behaviour that makes it easier to wear [...]

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