Business English Pod Skills 360 – Managing Up 2: How to Manage Up
Business English Pod Skills 360 – Managing Up 2: How to Manage Up presents the second audio lesson of the Business Skills 360 pair on managing up, from Business English Pod. The host sets out the attitude the skill asks for, from letting go of resentment to openness to collaboration and a spirit of learning, and then how to understand a manager through their experience, background and core values.
Limits of the Free Tier Plan: The audio, the MP3 download and the written extract of the talk are free and open with no account. The member lesson module, the quiz and vocabulary, the PDF transcript, the extra practice MP3s and the eBooks come with Premium membership, which starts at ninety dollars for six months and runs to one-year and two-year plans.
How It Helps Your Business English
The page holds the lesson audio in a player, a link to download the podcast MP3, and a written extract of the talk on the attitude managing up needs, strategies for better collaboration with a boss, and the questions to ask yourself about a manager's experience, background and values. Member links to the lesson module, the quiz and vocabulary and the PDF transcript follow.
You listen in the player or download the MP3, with the written extract on the page to read along. Work through it in short pieces, noting how the host frames strategies and attitudes in plain professional English, then repeat the sentences aloud. Answer the reflection questions about your own manager in English, and listen once more without the text to check how much you follow.
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