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Negotiating deadlines, budgets or resources in English isn't always easy, especially when you need to push back without sounding rude or confrontational. In this episode, I'll share a practical four-step framework to help you express your concerns, propose alternatives and negotiate a way forward, with three realistic workplace examples and useful phrases you can start using straightaway. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

Got an important meeting, presentation or difficult conversation coming up in English? Feeling nervous or questioning whether you're ready?As a senior manager, communicating confidently in English isn't just about having the right vocabulary or technical language. There's also the mental side of it. Managing nerves, dealing with pressure and having the courage to push yourself forward. In this first episode of my Coach in Your Pocket series, I'm sharing my practical coaching tips and research-backed insights to help you manage anxiety, stop overthinking and prepare with more confidence. I hope it's useful. Anna Sources referenced in the episode: Book: How Confidence Works, The New Science of Self Belief by Ian RobertsonPodcast: Communicating by Ros Atkins, Episode 8 Sarada Peri, Obama's former speechwriter Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

Difficult situations at work can be hard enough without worrying about your English too. In this episode, I’ll share natural phrases to help you build confidence using the right language at the right time. I hope it helps you feel more confident with it. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

Do you find yourself hesitating over he/she, him/her, his/her when talking at work? In this episode, I’ll show you a simple shortcut, with practical business examples to help you use it more naturally and confidently at work. Very important for you as a senior manager as this is a structure which pops up a lot in business. Talking about future situations, when you talk about a person in general and when you want to talk about confidential matters. Hope this helps you feel more confident with it! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

When somebody asks for your view at work, it can be difficult to organise everything you know into a strong response in English. In this episode, I’ll give you three simple questions to structure your answer: What’s the point? What do you recommend? How strongly do you mean it? We’ll practice them through a realistic leadership scenario, with useful business vocabulary along the way. I hope it helps you feel more confident. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

You already speak English at work but what should you focus on to become a stronger communicator and feel more confident? In this season opener, I’m sharing three of the most recurrent communication points across ALL of my hundreds of English coaching sessions, with practical ways to start working on each one straight away. I hope you this helps you take the next step forward and feel more confident with your business English. Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

NEW SEASON STARTS 16th SEPTEMBER 2026 One difficult meeting can knock your confidence, but it doesn’t have to define what happens next. In the final Confidence Session, we look at how to rebuild momentum, create more opportunities to grow your self-belief, and learn to trust yourself to handle whatever happens in English. Enjoy! Anna  Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

What are you carrying around with you when you speak English at work? In this Confidence Session, I explore Ian Robertson's idea of “mental backpacks”. These are the labels, past experiences and beliefs that can quietly affect how you perform. We’ll also look at why the right level of challenge can give you a boost, why things stop feeling rewarding once they become comfortable, and how beliefs about being a non-native speaker could be influencing you more than you realise. Book referenced in episode: Ian Robertson, How Confidence Works. The New Science of Self-Belief (not paid ad) Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

What would more confidence actually allow you to do? In this epsiode on The Confidence Session series, I invite you to look beyond confidence itself and explore what it can lead to in your career and life. This is especially useful if you are lacking motivation or have had a difficult experience with English recently. We’ll also look  how the words you use before a high-pressure situation could influence how you perform. Book source: How Confidence Works, The New Science of Self Belief, Ian Robertson. Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

What actually makes you take action when you feel confident? In this Confidence Session, I continue breaking down how confidence works by looking at two important beliefs: “I can do it” and “it can happen.” We’ll explore what happens when one of those is missing, why feeling nervous doesn’t necessarily mean you lack confidence, and what this could look like in your meetings, presentations and career.  Enjoy! Book Source: Ian Roberston, How Confidence Works. The New Science of Self Belief (Not an ad, resource I use on a daily basis!) Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

What actually is confidence, and why can you feel confident in one situation but completely doubt yourself in another? In this Confidence Session, we look at the science behind confidence, what your brain is predicting and why building it isn't always as simple as practicing more. Enjoy! Anna Book referenced and quoted: Ian Robertson, How Confidence Works   Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

The Confidence Sessions is a special series running throughout August and early September, before the new season of Confident Business English begins on 16 September 2026! What’s the difference between trusting your team and having confidence in them? And what can you say when a personal issue affects work, but you don’t want to share your whole life story? In this Confidence Session, I’ve cherry-picked two practical clips to help you communicate more clearly, naturally and confidently at work. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

Today's episode is a collection of practical Business English takeaways from my recent coaching sessions. We'll cover professional etiquette, natural recommendations, pronunciation and answer two listener questions to help you feel more confident at work. Enjoy! Anna PODCAST SCHEDULE JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER It's also the final episode before the new season begins on September 16th, but don't worry there'll still be a new episode every Wednesday throughout August.      Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

Have you ever been in a meeting with native speakers and suddenly thought, "I have no idea what they're talking about?" In this episode, I'm breaking down some of the business expressions that native speakers use all the time and explaining them in plain English. You'll learn what they actually mean, where many of them come from, and simple tricks to help you remember them. By the end of the episode, you'll be able to follow business meetings more easily and feel more confident when these expressions come up. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.

Do you avoid using "get" because you're never quite sure if it's the right choice? In this episode, you'll discover one simple pattern behind some of the most common business "get" phrases so you can stop overthinking them and start using them with confidence at work. Enjoy! Anna Come and Say HelloLinkedIn Questions, thoughts or just want to say hello? Come and find me on LinkedIn. The Friday NewsletterJoin Just One Thing One useful thing to help you communicate more confidently at work. Every Friday. Episode TranscriptsRead the Episode Transcripts Go back over the language, examples and ideas from each episode. Little ExtrasAnna’s Little Confidence Boost Playlist My favourite songs for when I need a little confidence boost. No guarantees, but you might like them too. Anna, What Books Should I Read? My tried-and-tested Confident Business English reading list. Work With MeInterested in Working Together? I only work with a small number of 1:1 clients at a time so I can keep the coaching highly personalised. Places are limited and often fully booked, but you can join the interest list to be the first to hear when a space opens up. Fancy Buying Me a Coffee?Buy Me a Coffee If Confident Business English is helping you communicate more confidently at work, you can buy me a coffee and support the time, work and caffeine that go into keeping the podcast going.