Business English for Entrepreneurs: Your ULTIMATE Business English Lesson

When you run a business, you need great communication skills–in English. And there are certain situations you need to be ready for–like negotiations with clients or keeping your team motivated.

Today you’ll learn key communication strategies you need for 4 essential business situations.

So get comfortable, grab a cup of coffee and your best headphones so you can watch each of these lessons.

At the end of this lesson, in the comments section, I’ll have a quick quiz for you so you can see if your English is ready for business.

Are you ready to change the way you feel speaking English when you do business?

Take the quiz at the end of this lesson!

Did you know that I’ve created a quick and easy quiz to go with this lesson so that you can practice everything you see here today? I want you to make this part of the English you actually use in real life! To try out today’s quiz, just scroll down to the last section and you’ll find the instructions there…and the answers too!

What you’ll learn in this article:

1. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Be ready to negotiate.
2. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Learn to lead great meetings in English.
3. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Become a pro at business lunches.
4. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Motivate your team with praise.
5. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Test your knowledge with the quiz.

1. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Be ready to negotiate!

This is a big one for a lot of my clients: negotiations in English.

After all, you can’t grow your business if you’re not good at negotiating.

Or if you’re actually afraid to reach out to new clients because you think you can’t do it in English. Why not make yourself a promise today? No more missing business because you can’t negotiate in English–or think you can’t negotiate!

Let’s boost your negotiating skills right now.  Join me for this Business English communication lesson on negotiating. You’ll listen to a dialogue that shows you how native speakers negotiate.

And you’ll learn a few key expressions to help you be your best when you negotiate in English.

2. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Learn to lead great meetings in English.

If you’re a business owner or entrepreneur, you will probably have to lead a meeting at some point. Your team may grow. And you want to be able to keep them motivated and get things done when you’re in meetings!

So how can you make sure your meetings are productive and effective–in English?

Let’s work on your meeting skills together with this Business English Lesson for entrepreneurs. 

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3. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Become a pro at business lunches.

Business lunches are important for growing your business.

But this is a situation where you’ll mix business communication with small talk.

So business lunches can feel confusing.

How much time should you spend on small talk? And when do you start talking about business?

Let me help you with that with your lesson on business lunches in English for entrepreneurs.

4. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Motivate your team with praise.

As a business owner, having a motivated team can be the difference between failure and success!

And, there can be really big differences between what you might be used to in your own business culture and in an English-speaking business culture. Or an international culture. Believe me—I’ve seen this watching how people do business in the US…and France.

So how do you motivate your English-speaking or international team? And what should you say?

Let me help you with expressions for keeping your team motivated in English and smart cultural practices just for you.

5. Business English Communication for Entrepreneurs: Test your knowledge with the quiz.

Did you make it through all those great lessons? Congratulations! You’re on your way to doing great things with your English and your business.  Your next step to remembering all this great new information is to test yourself and see what you remember. So here’s your quiz.

See if you can match what the entrepreneur said with the correct Business English situation.

What the entrepreneur said:
#1) I want you to know how much I appreciate this. Thanks for putting in the extra hours it took to get this done.

#2) So, if I understand you correctly, you’d like your entire sales team to be trained with the new software before the end of the month. Is that right?

#3) Thank you for meeting with me today, it was a real pleasure. I’ll be in touch by email with the details we discussed.

#4) Good morning everyone, our goal today is to discuss our new client and our next deadline. First, I have a presentation for you about our new client’s needs. Then we’ll discuss which tasks will be assigned to each of your departments–and you’ll be able to let me know if you’ll need help meeting the new deadlines.

The Business English situation:
A) clarifying a client’s needs for better negotiations.
B) offering to stay in touch after a business lunch with a new contact.
C) congratulating someone on your team for doing extra work
D) leading a highly-organized and effective meeting–in English!

Improve your English in the comments

The best way to become more confident using Business English is to practice!
Here’s your Confidence Challenge for this week:

1. What is one new expression you learned today that you could use to help you with your business?
2. Use it in a sentence in the comments.

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Are You an Entrepreneur Who Needs English for Your Business?

You know where you need to go with your business–and that your English can help you get there.

And if you want your English to work for you–you need to work on your English a little bit every day.
You need an English Habit that fits your busy schedule.
And that can take you to the advanced level of English you need.
You need the best possible strategies right now–because your time is precious.

So how do you do that?
You’ll find everything you need in the English Habits Starter Kit I created just for entrepreneurs and business owners.