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BE Inglés - Escucha y Aprende

William Todd | BE Inglés

Business English and Leadership English for experienced professionals. Build confidence in meetings, presentations and difficult conversations with English coach Will. Practical grammar, pronunciation and communication skills to make your English work for you. Inglés profesional y de negocios para hablar con claridad, seguridad e impacto. Aprende a expresar ideas, participar en reuniones y liderar en inglés con ejemplos reales y consejos prácticos de BE Inglés. Episodes in English and bilingual English/Spanish.

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Yesterday · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Keep the Goal in View
A problem can take over a meeting before anyone notices. You explain what’s going wrong, but your colleagues are still waiting to hear where the project goes from here. Today’s Coaching Moments explores how to communicate more clearly in English when work gets stuck and your team needs a way forward. Subscriptions are now available. Subscribe to watch videos of your favourite audio series.
Tuesday · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Don't Stop at the Facts
A work update can be accurate and still leave your colleagues with questions. In this Coaching Moment, we look at how to help your listeners understand the result you’re sharing and where the conversation goes next. This episode is available in audio and video on Spotify. Subscriptions have also launched: subscribe to watch video versions of your favourite audio series.
Monday · 1 min
Coaching Moments - From Problem to Solution
Subscriptions just launched! Subscribe to watch video versions of your favourite Podcast Series. In this episode, a colleague suggests changing a weekly meeting. You see the benefit, but also something the plan may miss. How can you offer another perspective and keep the conversation moving? Listen for a practical workplace example.
Sunday · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Build on Their Point
Subscriptions just launched! Subscribe to watch video versions of your favourite audio series. In this episode, a colleague suggests changing a weekly meeting. You see the benefit, but also something the plan may miss. How can you offer another perspective and keep the conversation moving? Listen for a practical workplace example.
Friday · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Risk, Meet Response
Subscriptions are here! Subscribe to watch video versions of your favourite audio series. You notice a potential problem with a plan at work and speak up. But what happens after you’ve raised the concern? In this Coaching Moment, we look at how to help your colleagues move the conversation forward. Make your English work for you!
September 24 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Construct Your Point
Subscriptions just launched! Subscribe to watch video versions of your favourite podcast series. When a colleague asks “Why?”, you may know exactly what you mean but struggle to explain it in the moment. In this Coaching Moment, we look at how to make your thinking easier for someone else to follow, so your expertise comes through.
September 23 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Two Parts Are Easier to Follow
Subscriptions Just Launched - sign up to watch video versions of your favourite podcast episodes! Your director asks about an unhappy team and a client waiting for an order. You know what’s happening, but several details compete for your attention as you answer. In this Coaching Moment, we look at that familiar workplace pressure and how I help clients practise questions drawn from their own work. Make your English work for you!
September 21 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Give Each Side a Signpost
A balanced workplace answer can become surprisingly difficult to follow. You understand the benefits, the drawbacks and the decision—but does your listener? This Coaching Moment explores how to make competing considerations sound organized, confident and purposeful, especially when you need to reach a clear conclusion.
September 19 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Count It Before You Say It
When a workplace question brings several ideas to mind, a strong answer can quickly become difficult to follow. In this Coaching Moment, discover a simple way to make multi-part responses feel clearer and more confident—especially when you have to answer without much preparation.
September 18 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Too Much on Your Mind
You know your operation inside out. But an unexpected question in English leaves several details competing for attention. Add translation and self-correction, and even a familiar answer can feel difficult to deliver. In “Too Much on Your Mind,” Coaching Moments explores that pressure through a situation many hotel managers—and other busy professionals—will recognise.
September 17 · 58 sec
Coaching Moments - End With the Ask
You explain a workplace problem in English. Your colleague understands the situation. Yet the conversation ends with a puzzled look, and nothing moves forward. When you’ve worked hard to express yourself, that can be frustrating. Was it your English, or was something else missing? This episode of Coaching Moments explores a familiar communication snag and how I help experienced professionals practise conversations using situations from their own work, with feedback and room to try again. Make your English work for you!
September 16 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - The Pause Has a Job
Difficult questions can make even experienced professionals struggle to explain what they know, especially in English. You might recognise the feeling from listening to someone else search for their answer, then finding yourself doing exactly the same thing. This Coaching Moments episode looks at that familiar pressure from both sides of the conversation, with a practical idea to help you respond more clearly and confidently at work. Make your English work for you!
September 15 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Curiosity Builds the Bridge
Starting small talk is often easier than keeping it moving. Someone answers your opening question, and suddenly you are searching for a new topic, an interesting story or anything that will prevent the conversation from fading out. In this Coaching Moment, discover a simple way to move beyond that awkward pause and help the conversation develop more naturally. Take some of the pressure off yourself while showing the other person that you are genuinely interested in what they have to say.
September 14 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Say It Again, Better
Sometimes you hear your explanation becoming less clear while you’re still speaking. The details begin to pile up, your sentence keeps growing, and the main point starts to disappear. In this episode, learn how to recover calmly, refocus your message and continue with confidence.
September 13 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Put Your Update on Track
You know the details of a project—but when someone asks for a quick update, your ideas may not arrive in the clearest order. In this Coaching Moment, discover a simple way to organize your answer so your listener can follow you and you can respond with greater clarity and confidence.
September 11 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - What Are You Writing "For"?
How do you describe the time a task requires in natural English? In this Coaching Moment, a busy manager tells a curious clock how long it takes him to write two paragraphs. Their short exchange gives you a simple, memorable way to connect an amount of time with the task behind it—and explain the effort your work requires more naturally.
September 10 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Prefer Needs a Companion
One small missing companion can make a sentence about preferences sound incomplete. In this episode of Coaching Moments, discover what prefer needs when another verb follows—and meet the little characters who make the pattern easier to remember in professional English.
September 9 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - One Folder. One Verb.
When many facts and details come together as information, English makes one small but important grammatical choice. In this Coaching Moment, Will gives you a simple folder image to help you remember it.
September 8 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Clear Doesn't Need "More"
Should you say “more clear” or “clearer”? In this Coaching Moment, learn why short adjectives such as clear, fast, small, and strong normally add -er when making comparisons. A simple mnemonic will help you remember when clear can carry its own ending and when longer adjectives really do need more. Because at work, clearer messages are easier to understand, easier to act on, and harder to misinterpret.
September 7 · 1 min
Coaching Moments - Listen Always Brings "To"
“You should listen more the team.” The message is clear, but one little word is missing: “to.” In today’s Coaching Moment, learn when “listen” needs “to” and how to remember the connection with a tiny companion. We’ll practise examples about colleagues, feedback, and podcasts, then finish with a sentence for you to complete. A small grammar adjustment to help your English sound more natural at work and beyond. Make your English work for you!

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