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Top 5 Communication Skills You Need

What are the top 5 skills you should master to elevate your career to the next level? Learn the answer from this lesson based on a video by Alex Lyon.

How to Craft a Memorable Message, According to Science

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Stop using your voice

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1	Why we sleep	Health and fitness	CEF C1 \| health \| lifestyle \| sleep	C1
2	6 Elevator Speeches by Daniel Pink	Better communicator	CEF B1 \| Daniel Pink \| elevator pitch \| persuasion \| presenting	B1
3	Business Social English Test - part 1	Tests and Quizzes	business English \| CEF A2 \| everyday English \| social English \| test	A2
4	David Bowie	Wise Quotes	artists \| CEF B2 \| David Bowie \| development \| life	B2
5	Should You Learn British or American English?	Culture	American English \| British English \| CEF B1 \| dialects \| different accents \| how to learn	B1
6	How to talk about stress	Everyday English	CEF B1 \| idioms \| mmmEnglish \| practical English \| stressed	B1
7	Trends and Changes	Business English	trends, company performance, upward, downward, horizontal	B2
8	Can money buy happiness?	What do you think	CEF B1 \| controversion question \| discussion \| expressing opinions \| happiness \| money	B1
9	Deliberate Practice	How to learn	CEF B1 \| deliberate practice \| grit \| learning \| skills	B1
10	Napoleon Bonaparte	Wise quotes	CEF B1 \| decisions \| life \| Napoleon \| quotes \| values	B1
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Top 5 Communication Skills You Need

What are the top 5 skills you should master to elevate your career to the next level? Learn the answer from this lesson based on a video by Alex Lyon.

How to Craft a Memorable Message, According to Science

Learn to craft memorable messages using scientific methods. This lesson is based on an adaptation of an article from Harvard Business Review.

Stop using your voice

This lesson is about how to improve your voice. The speaker argues that people should think of their voice as an instrument, not a tool.

Barack Obama’s top 4 speaking techniques

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Leadership strategies and tactics by Jocko Willink

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I wish, if only, it’s time and would rather

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How to talk about friends and friendship

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What motivates you at work

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Presenting to experts

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How to Handle Four Common Types of Team Conflict

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Listen with heart

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Are you following your dream

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Meetings on the go

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The answer to the loneliness epidemic

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He lied to me – how to talk about being angry

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The Glucose Goddess Method

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Pan Tadeusz – a true life-long learner

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What You Need to Have a Strong Executive Presence

Learn what you need to increase your chances of becoming a leader in your organisation. Follow the advice from the HBR article: “The New Rules of Executive Presence,” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Silence your inner critic during an interview

Do you know who is your worst enemy during a job interview? Susan Peppercorn believes that it is your inner critic. Learn how to silence it in this lesson based on HBR Management Tip

Travelling collocations with Lucy

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Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want

Ever thought if you could apply business strategy principles to your own life? That’s exactly what this lesson is based on. It’s video by Michael Bungay Stanier from Harvard Business Review

5 tips for the new year

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Write an Effective Self-Assessment

How do you feel about yearly assessment meetings with your boss? It’s not easy to feel totally relaxed, is it? One thing that can help you here is writing an effective self-assessment yourself, before you meet your boss. This lesson will help you with just that. It is based on Harvard Business Review article.