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British Council LearnEnglish Change Management Podcast

Description:

British Council LearnEnglish Change Management Podcast is a listening lesson built on a consultant describing the stages of a change process and the people on a change management team. The British Council publishes it in its Podcasts for professionals series at B2 upper intermediate level, with a preparation task, the full transcript, two graded tasks and a discussion question.

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Access: 100% Free Level: Intermediate (B1-B2) Format: Audio / Podcast / Quiz/Test Written for: Business English (ESL) English Variant: UK

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

The page carries the audio of a consultant explaining the basic stages of change and the roles on a change management team, with the full transcript beside it. A preparation task sets the key words first, two tasks then check what the listener understood, and a discussion question asks about change at the reader's own workplace. The level is given as B2 upper intermediate.

How to use this resource:

You do the preparation task first so the vocabulary is familiar, then listen before you open the transcript. The two tasks tell you at once what you caught and what you missed, and reading the transcript while the audio plays again fixes the phrases the consultant uses for each stage of change. The discussion question gives you something to write about change where you work.

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Last verified — Oct. 20, 2026