Yeah, and to get the ball rolling, we need to focus on the low-hanging fruit first.
I'll touch base with the team tomorrow to make sure everything's ready.
Get the ball rolling.
Low-hanging fruit touch base.
These are common corporate phrases, or let's call them business english.
In this lesson we're going to learn 15 most common business english phrases to boost your careers.
Let's start with chapter one.
Chapter one communication and collaboration.
Sometimes during a project, you need to talk to someone maybe your boss or maybe the client or maybe your team just to update each other.
This is called to touch base.
It means to have a brief talk or a brief meeting to update each other.
I'll touch base with you on friday to see if the project is finished.
I'll touch base.
It means i'll contact you.
I'll call you or write you an email or maybe have a meeting just to get information, just to be updated.
Let's touch base Now.
Let's say you guys are doing something at work.
Someone else is not informed.
They don't know what's going on.
But you need to keep them informed.
You need to update them.
You need to let them know what's going on. you need to keep them in the loop.
To keep someone in the loop, what does it mean?
It means to keep them informed and updated.
Please CC me on the emails to make sure I am kept in the loop, to make sure I'm informed.
When you are working with your team members, it is very important that you guys agree and have a shared understanding about the main things.
You guys need to be on the same page.
To be on the same page means to agree with each other and have the same understanding of the issues.
Let's have a quick meeting to make sure we're all on the same page.
Let's have a quick meeting.
Let's touch base now.
Imagine you are discussing something at work but you don't have time to finish it and you want to say let's talk about this maybe another time.
If You can use this phrase, let's circle back.
Let's circle back.
It means to discuss a topic again, but later.
I do not have the data now.
So let's circle back to this tomorrow.
It means let's discuss it tomorrow.
You're sitting in a meeting and there is a private conversation coming up with one of your team members.
And you want to say, hey, let's not discuss it in the meeting.
You and I will talk about this outside.
Let's take it outside.
In this case, you can use this phrase.
Let's Take it offline.
To take it offline, What does it mean?
It means to discuss something privately outside the meeting.
Does it have to be an online meeting?
No, it has nothing to do with the Internet.
When you say let's take it offline, it means you and I will talk about this privately outside.
OK, so let's not discuss it in the meeting.
Let's take it offline.
All right.
We have learned five business English phrases for the first chapter, communication and collaboration.
Now, before we continue, I have a test.
You are going to listen to an audio file, a very, very short monologue, and answer this question.
Look at the question.
When will the speaker talk to the CEO?
Option a during the Monday morning brief.
Option B in the private meeting at 4 pm or option C later tonight.
Let's listen carefully.
I'm glad we could meet today to ensure we are all on the same page regarding the launch date.
I know Sarah is out today, so please CC her on the summary email to keep her in the loop.
Now regarding the specific budget conflict between marketing and IT, that's getting a bit complicated for this group, so let's take it offline and discuss it in a private meeting at 4pm.
I'll touch base with the CEO later tonight to give him a quick update and we can circle back to the shipping discussion on Monday, which was the correct answer.
Let's have a look at the script.
As you can see, in this script you can hear all the five business english phrases that we discussed right be on the same page, be in the loop, take it offline, touch base, circle back.
But what was the correct answer?
Look at this part in the script.
The speaker says i'll touch base with the ceo later tonight.
Later tonight.
Option c let's continue.
Chapter two strategy and problem solving.
When you are making decisions at work, you need to see what happens now, but you also need to see the long-term effects and that is the big picture.
The big picture means the overall plan or the overall idea or the overall effect of something.
Not the small details, but the overall, the big picture.
Don't worry about the small errors.
Look at the big picture.
Don't worry about the errors.
Those are small details.
Forget about them.
Look at the big picture.
A very common phrase at work, which I think you guys have heard about.
Think outside the box.
Outside the box?
To think outside the box means to try and find solutions that are unusual and creative.
To try to come up with a new way of solving a problem.
To think outside the box.
We need to think outside the box to beat our competitors.
We need to be creative.
Okay, one of the most common business English phrases is this one.
The low-hanging fruit.
What is Think about an apple tree full of apples.
What is the easiest way to pick an apple?
It's to go forward and pick the lowest hanging apple.
That's the low hanging fruit.
Yes, you can climb the tree and pick the top one, but it's going to be difficult.
The easiest way is to pick the one at the bottom.
Pick the low hanging fruit.
It's easy.
The low hanging fruit refers to the easiest win.
Let's fix the easy website bugs first.
They are low hanging fruit.
They're easy to do.
They're quick wins.
And sometimes something you do becomes a game changer.
It means it completely changes the game.
It completely changes the way the business operates.
This new AI software is a real game changer for our business.
It means it will change our business for the better.
It will change the business entirely.
It's a game changer.
Let's say you want to make a very big decision for your company or for your team.
To make this decision, you need to consider every possible aspect.
You need to make sure that your decision is informed.
You need to do careful research.
And this is called due diligence.
Due diligence is the careful research that you do before you make a big decision.
Let's say you want to sign a contract with a company and do business.
Before doing that, You need to understand what the company does.
You need to understand how they operate, if they're a good company or a bad company.
Who are the members?
Who are the leaders?
You need to do due diligence.
We did our due diligence before buying the new office building.
Okay, we have learned another five idioms, so it's time for a quick test again.
You're going to listen to an audio file, but first look at the question.
Who does the speaker want to contact for easy upgrades?
Option a the new design team.
Option b their most loyal current customers.
Or option c the competitors customers let's listen.
Our competitors are growing fast, so we need a strategy that is a real game changer.
I want the design team to start thinking outside the box while we wait for those big ideas.
Let's secure some low hanging fruit by reaching out to our most loyal customers for easy upgrades.
However, before we sign any new partnerships, we must perform our due diligence.
Remember, don't get lost in the minor details we need to keep our eyes on the big picture.
How was it?
Let's have a look at the script.
Again in the script, you could hear all the five new phrases that we have discussed, such as a game changer, think outside the box, low hanging fruit, due diligence, the big picture.
But what was the correct answer?
Look at this part in the script.
The speaker says, by reaching out to our most loyal customers for easy upgrades most loyal customers.
That is option b, chapter 3 productivity and efficiency at work.
You may hear someone say i don't have the bandwidth to do this or i'm out of bandwidth, sorry.
Bandwidth refers to time, energy or capacity to do something new.
If i have to do extra work, i need to know that i have the time or i have the energy, or i even want to do it.
Do i have the bandwidth or no?
I'm sorry, i don't have the bandwidth to take on a new client right now, a very easy but very common and useful one, to get the ball rolling.
What does it mean?
It means to roll the ball.
No, it means to start something.
I have sent the first email to get the ball rolling on the new contract, to start the new contract.
In a company there may be a lot of different processes right, some of these processes may be very difficult.
To make these processes easier, we need to streamline them.
Streamline to streamline means to make a process that is very difficult simpler and faster.
Let's say, the company has a very difficult hiring process.
If you want to hire a new team member, it'll take a lot of time and they will have to do a lot of different interviews.
So you would say let's make this easier, let's streamline it.
We need to streamline the hiring process to save time.
This is very nice.
To get your ducks in a row.
Get your ducks in a row to organize something.
Yes, it means to get organized and to get ready.
You have a very important presentation to the stakeholders or to the investors.
Before doing it, you need to get your ducks in a row.
You need to get ready, you need to be prepared, you need to be organized.
You need to get your ducks in a row.
Let's get our ducks in a row before we present to the investors.
One project is over done finished, success.
We're going to start the next project.
How?
In a very desperate and tired way.
No, we're going to start the new project with energy happiness, mindset.
Let's hit the ground running.
To hit the ground running means to start a new task, a new activity, a new project with energy and with optimism, with happiness.
Let's hit the ground running.
She joined the team on Monday and immediately hit the ground running.
She joined the team and she was like, I'm ready.
Let's go.
Okay, that was the last set of five idioms.
Let's go for a quick quiz, shall we?
Look at the question.
By what time should employees report if they are too busy?
Option A, by Monday morning.
Option B, by noon today.
Or option C, by next week.
Let's listen.
We need to get the ball rolling on the holiday campaign immediately.
I've already assigned the tasks, so I expect everyone to hit the ground running starting Monday morning.
We really need to streamline our approval process because right now it takes too many steps.
I know everyone is busy.
So if you feel you don't have the bandwidth to handle these new tasks, please let me know by noon.
We need to get our ducks in a row before the first advertisements go live next week.
How was it?
Look at this script again.
In this script you could see all the five phrases such as get the ball rolling, hit the ground running, streamline bandwidth, get your ducks in a row.
But what was the correct answer?
Look at this part in the script.
It says if you feel you don't have the bandwidth to handle these new tasks, please let me know by noon.
By noon, which option option b, by noon today.
And that's it, guys.
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