Benjamin’s English · engVid | Making Business Decisions in English: Key Phrases @engvidBenjamin | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Sound more professional in meetings by using these phrases for discussing business options and decisions. We will explore phrases like “Let’s look at the bigger picture” to encourage long-term thinking, and “We need to develop a clear strategy” for more formal situations. Address practical concerns by asking, for example, “Realistically, do we have the budget for this?” The lesson has many more phrases like this for you to learn and use. In addition, I’ll teach you powerful adverb-adjective combinations like “potentially disastrous” and “relatively stable,” which can add depth and precision to your business conversations. This lesson equips you with practical language tools that will help you sound more professional and confident when discussing options in any business setting. engvid.com/making-business-decisions-in-english-key-phrases
Sign up for private business English coaching on my website: HoneYourEnglish.com
More of my lessons about business English:
Improve Your Business English Vocabulary: 40 Professional English Words youtu.be/uwOIoTvx5TY
Project Management & Budget Vocabulary youtu.be/sXLIo7rOLJI
In this lesson:
0:00 Business English: Phrases for Discussing Options
1:12 Well, looking at this from a long-term perspective...
2:21 I think we should probably look at the bigger picture here.
2:34 We need to develop a clear strategy.
3:10 Well, we do have a number of options.
3:37 How would it work if...
4:07 I think our options are quite clear here actually
5:24 There's no point... if we can't...
5:47 Realistically, do we have the budget for this?
6:07 potentially disastrous
7:04 seriously worrying
7:14 irretrievably damaging
8:12 relatively stable
8:51 surprisingly quick
9:00 increasingly diverse
9:32 I think we're in a really strong position here.
9:47 Okay, so the general consensus seems to be...
10:01 Is there anything else we need to think about?
10:09 Thanks, everyone!
TRANSCRIPT:
Hey, you found us. Here we are. In today's lesson, we're going to be looking at discussing
options. So, this is something we do all of the time. Last night, I was having a conversation
with a friend about which aeroplane to catch. Should I catch the one on Sunday night or
the one on Tuesday night? And for a situation like this, there are certain phrases we can
use to think about the advantages, the disadvantages. Now, in a work situation, especially if you
are using English and it's not your native language, it's useful to think about the phrases
that you might have to use in a meeting or a phone call, so you're preparing yourself
ahead of time. And today's lesson will give you some phrases that you can take away right
down, and then when you have your next meeting where you're discussing what your company
should do, an important decision, then you can use some of these phrases.
So, to start with, it's nice to have the big picture, yeah? What is the overall situation
here? And you can actually ask your colleagues or your friends to think about the big picture.
Well, looking at this from a long-term perspective, yeah? So, not thinking about next week, the
week after, what's going to be a little bit inconvenient. We're thinking about, okay,
two months down the line, which action will have created the most good? For example, with
this choice about which airplane. So, I'm in Canada now, and I have to go back to the
UK, and we were deciding should I go back earlier or later? Now, going back earlier
would have been easier for my family, but I've decided to make some more videos for
you guys, so I'm staying on a little bit longer, okay? So, here we are. Thank you, wife.
Okay, next phrase. I think we should probably look at the bigger picture here, okay? It's the
same thing. We're asking people to think about the long-term, yeah? We need to develop a clear
strategy. So, this is a formal phrase, and you wouldn't use it with friends, say, on a road trip
to, I don't know, Ibiza, even though to go to Ibiza, you're going to need to get on a ferry
or a plane. Yep, strategy. This is the language of business. So, once you've decided what is the
correct decision for the long-term, then how are you going to get from A to B? Now, if we want to
indulge in this decision between A and B, we can have a great big discussion.
Well, we do have a number of options, yeah? Options, different choices. What are they?
We can either do this or we can do this, or we could do option C, and then we're starting to
think, well, what would happen if you decided A or B or C? How would it work if? It's thinking
about what exactly would happen. So, if I were to leave early, then I haven't made all these videos
that I was hoping to make. If I did this one, if I did this one, and I'm thinking about all
the different people involved in this decision, who it's going to affect.
If this starts getting a little bit confusing, then we can try and simplify matters. […]
Sound more professional in meetings by using these phrases for discussing business options and decisions. We will explore phrases like “Let’s look at the bigger picture” to encourage long-term thinking, and “We need to develop a clear strategy” for more formal situations. Address practical concerns by asking, for example, “Realistically, do we have the budget for this?” The lesson has many more phrases like this for you to learn and use. In addition, I’ll teach you powerful adverb-adjective combinations like “potentially disastrous” and “relatively stable,” which can add depth and precision to your business conversations. This lesson equips you with practical language tools that will help you sound more professional and confident when discussing options in any business setting. engvid.com/making-business-decisions-in-english-key-phrases
Sign up for private business English coaching on my website: HoneYourEnglish.com
More of my lessons about business English:
Improve Your Business English Vocabulary: 40 Professional English Words youtu.be/uwOIoTvx5TY
Project Management & Budget Vocabulary youtu.be/sXLIo7rOLJI
In this lesson:
0:00 Business English: Phrases for Discussing Options
1:12 Well, looking at this from a long-term perspective...
2:21 I think we should probably look at the bigger picture here.
2:34 We need to develop a clear strategy.
3:10 Well, we do have a number of options.
3:37 How would it work if...
4:07 I think our options are quite clear here actually
5:24 There's no point... if we can't...
5:47 Realistically, do we have the budget for this?
6:07 potentially disastrous
7:04 seriously worrying
7:14 irretrievably damaging
8:12 relatively stable
8:51 surprisingly quick
9:00 increasingly diverse
9:32 I think we're in a really strong position here.
9:47 Okay, so the general consensus seems to be...
10:01 Is there anything else we need to think about?
10:09 Thanks, everyone!
TRANSCRIPT:
Hey, you found us. Here we are. In today's lesson, we're going to be looking at discussing
options. So, this is something we do all of the time. Last night, I was having a conversation
with a friend about which aeroplane to catch. Should I catch the one on Sunday night or
the one on Tuesday night? And for a situation like this, there are certain phrases we can
use to think about the advantages, the disadvantages. Now, in a work situation, especially if you
are using English and it's not your native language, it's useful to think about the phrases
that you might have to use in a meeting or a phone call, so you're preparing yourself
ahead of time. And today's lesson will give you some phrases that you can take away right
down, and then when you have your next meeting where you're discussing what your company
should do, an important decision, then you can use some of these phrases.
So, to start with, it's nice to have the big picture, yeah? What is the overall situation
here? And you can actually ask your colleagues or your friends to think about the big picture.
Well, looking at this from a long-term perspective, yeah? So, not thinking about next week, the
week after, what's going to be a little bit inconvenient. We're thinking about, okay,
two months down the line, which action will have created the most good? For example, with
this choice about which airplane. So, I'm in Canada now, and I have to go back to the
UK, and we were deciding should I go back earlier or later? Now, going back earlier
would have been easier for my family, but I've decided to make some more videos for
you guys, so I'm staying on a little bit longer, okay? So, here we are. Thank you, wife.
Okay, next phrase. I think we should probably look at the bigger picture here, okay? It's the
same thing. We're asking people to think about the long-term, yeah? We need to develop a clear
strategy. So, this is a formal phrase, and you wouldn't use it with friends, say, on a road trip
to, I don't know, Ibiza, even though to go to Ibiza, you're going to need to get on a ferry
or a plane. Yep, strategy. This is the language of business. So, once you've decided what is the
correct decision for the long-term, then how are you going to get from A to B? Now, if we want to
indulge in this decision between A and B, we can have a great big discussion.
Well, we do have a number of options, yeah? Options, different choices. What are they?
We can either do this or we can do this, or we could do option C, and then we're starting to
think, well, what would happen if you decided A or B or C? How would it work if? It's thinking
about what exactly would happen. So, if I were to leave early, then I haven't made all these videos
that I was hoping to make. If I did this one, if I did this one, and I'm thinking about all
the different people involved in this decision, who it's going to affect.
If this starts getting a little bit confusing, then we can try and simplify matters. […]
