REFLECTIONS & ARTICLES 2021
My articles and newsletters contain my insights and reflections on business communication.
October 2021 - Article exploring how to be concise and nuanced in your reporting style.
September 2021 - Article exploring the importance of not underselling yourself when describing your skills and knowledge.
How to be confident and not arrogant in talking about your professional experience
September 2021 - Article outlining the dangers of being overly direct in your emailing style.
June 2021 - Newsletter with lots of language related to the world of manufacturing.
June 2021 - Newsletter with lots of language related to the world of tools.
May 2021- Newsletter exploring the language of project management.
The language of project management
May 2021 - Article exploring the peculiar relationship English people have with the word 'No'.
The English way of saying 'No'
May 2021 - Article highlighting some of the most common abbreviations used in business.
Using abbreviations in Business communication Part 2
May 2021 - Article highlighting the dangers in overusing abbreviations.
Using abbreviations in Business communication Part 1
May 2021 - Article exploring tips and techniques in persuading others.
The language of persuasion
May 2021 - Article exploring the importance of active listening.
What makes a good listener?
April 2021 - Article highlighting a range of useful expressions used in progress updates.
Useful expressions for progress updates
March 2021 - Newsletter providing my insights into working in Luxembourg.
March 2021 - Newsletter exploring the language and techniques that can help you warm up your email style.
Warming up your emails
March 2021 - Article outlining a range of idioms that we use in describing relationships at work.
Idioms describing working relationships
March 2021 - Article offering 10 techniques in warming up your email style.
10 techniques to warm up your email style
March 2021 - Article providing a range of language and techniques when delivering presentations.
Presentation skills Part 2
March 2021 - Article providing a range of language and techniques when delivering presentations.
Presentation skills Part 1
March 2021 - Article with some of my favourite animal idioms!
15 animal idioms
February 2021 - Newsletter exploring useful language and techniques in optimising your interview performance.
February 2021 - Article describing what reassurance looks like a year after Covid-19.
Communicating reassurance in email writing (a year after Covid-19)
February 2021 - Article exploring the language and techniques needed when giving sensitive feedback.
Giving sensitive feedback Part 2 updated
February 2021 - Article exploring the language and techniques needed when giving sensitive feedback.
January 2021 - Article highlighting some common idioms and expressions used in everyday English.
10 common expressions
January 2021 - Article highlighting how to use qualified language in managing expectations when delivering against deadlines.
Using qualified language in delivering against deadlines
January 2021 - Article with key language used in describing your plans, next steps and intentions.
The language of planning and positive intention