Master the communication that matters
The Business Skills Program focuses on the four core areas where most professionals need to perform consistently and confidently: presentations, meetings, negotiations, and email writing. These aren’t random topics, they’re the communication scenarios that can make or break your effectiveness at work.
You don’t have to tackle all four. If email is your main challenge, we can focus entirely on that. If you need to get better at both meetings and presentations, we’ll concentrate there. The program adapts to whatever combination of skills matters most for your role and your immediate needs.
Skill 1: Presentations
Making a presentation in English isn’t just about translating your thoughts from your native language. It’s about structuring your message so it lands, creating visuals that support rather than distract, and delivering with a tone and pace that keeps people engaged.
We’ll work on all of it. You’ll learn the essential vocabulary and phrases that professional presenters use: not fancy jargon, but the clear, confident language that makes your points persuasive. We’ll look at how to open strong, transition smoothly between ideas, handle questions, and close in a way that people remember.
But we’ll also go beyond words. How do you use your voice? Are you rushing because you’re nervous? Is your tone conveying the confidence you want to project? We’ll practice until your delivery feels natural, not rehearsed. By the end, you’ll know how to structure a compelling presentation, create visuals that clarify rather than clutter, and speak with confidence even when the stakes are high.
Skill 2: Meetings
Meetings in English can feel like navigating a minefield, especially when you’re trying to contribute meaningfully while also managing the language. You need to know when to speak up, how to disagree without creating tension, how to push back politely when someone’s heading in the wrong direction.
We’ll build your active toolkit of expressions for every meeting scenario and work on how to arrange a meeting professionally, facilitate a discussion when you’re leading, and participate effectively.
We’ll explore the nuances: agreeing without sounding passive, disagreeing without sounding aggressive, saying no in a way that preserves relationships, being persuasive without being pushy. We’ll look at how to manage conflict when it arises and how to keep discussions productive when they start going off track. These skills matter because meetings are where decisions happen, where you demonstrate your value, where relationships are built or damaged. When you finish this part of the program, you’ll walk into meetings knowing you can handle whatever comes up.
Skill 3: Negotiations
Negotiating in a second language adds complexity that can leave you at a disadvantage if you’re not prepared. You need more than just vocabulary: you need strategy, confidence, and the ability to think on your feet.
We’ll develop all of this. You’ll learn how to prioritize your objectives before you even start negotiating, how to frame proposals that sound reasonable, how to respond to counterproposals without backing yourself into a corner. We’ll work on persuasion techniques, finding compromise when positions seem incompatible, and resolving differences in ways that leave both parties satisfied. The goal isn’t just getting what you want, it’s creating outcomes where everyone feels they’ve gained something.
By the time we’re done, you’ll have a wide range of expressions ready to use and the confidence to deploy them under pressure. Negotiations won’t feel like something you dread. They’ll feel like something you can handle.
Skill 4: Email Writing
Email seems simple but… The tone has to match your relationship with the recipient. The message has to be clear without being blunt. You need to sound professional but not stiff, friendly but not informal.
We’ll work on structure first: how do you organize your thoughts so your reader understands what you want? Then we’ll look at tone: how do you convey warmth, urgency, firmness, or apology depending on what the situation requires?
You’ll practice different types of emails: reports that communicate data clearly, invitations that get people to show up, proposals that persuade, difficult messages that deliver bad news without destroying relationships. We’ll look at how to introduce yourself to new contacts, how to follow up without being annoying, how to close loops professionally.
Writing emails will stop feeling like a chore that takes forever. You’ll know what to say, how to say it, and how to hit send without doubting yourself.
How We Will Practice
We won’t just talk about these skills, we’ll practice them in scenarios that mirror your actual work.
Roleplay and simulation will be at the heart of everything we do. We’ll take your real situations – upcoming presentations, recurring meeting challenges, negotiations you’re facing, emails you need to write – and we’ll practice them. Not with generic examples from a textbook, but with your content, your context, your specific challenges.
You’ll present to me as if I’m your team or your client. We’ll simulate difficult meetings where I’ll be the colleague who always disagrees or the boss who asks tough questions. We’ll negotiate as if we’re on opposite sides of a real deal. We’ll draft emails together for actual situations you’re dealing with.
This accomplishes two things. First, you’ll get to try out new language and techniques in a safe environment where mistakes don’t matter. You can experiment, stumble, restart, and refine until it feels right. Second, when you finally face the real situation, it won’t be your first time. You’ll have already done this. You’ll know how it goes and the pressure will drop significantly.
Who This Program Is For
This program works best for professionals who need English for specific, recurring situations at work. Maybe you’re leading a team and need to run meetings effectively. Maybe you’re in sales or partnerships and negotiations are part of your regular responsibilities. Maybe you’re presenting to stakeholders or clients and can’t afford to sound uncertain.
You probably already have at least intermediate English. You can communicate, but you know you’re not as effective as you could be. You want to close that gap between surviving and excelling.
You’re willing to practice actively, not just absorb information. You’re ready to do roleplay even though it might feel uncomfortable at first. You understand that real skill comes from doing, not just knowing.
Program Duration
8-24 hours per Skill
Session Frequency
2 sessions per week, a standard session is 60 minutes long
If you’re ready to transform how you show up in the professional situations that matter most, let’s get started.