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Transform Your Spanish Accent To Sound Like A Native English Speaker
Principal Coach Jamie Chapman gives his insights working with Spanish speakers who wish to soften their Spanish accents whilst speaking in English. Read on for some useful tips if you are Spanish on improving...
Published: July 2, 2020
Should I Take An Accent Softening Course?
Should non-native English speakers drop, change or soften their accents? Your first instinct may be an indignant “of course not!” And in a way, we agree. But as with many things in life that...
Published: May 2, 2020
6 Ways To Create Virtual Connections
Remote working has been on the rise for some time with people asking for more flexible employment options - and with the current lockdown forcing most of us to become acquainted with virtual communication...
Published: April 14, 2020
The Best Home Office Environment For Virtual Communication
We’ve all been on conference calls that have been less than perfect - crackly lines, disappearing hosts, background interference and blurry screens, to name a few! During the current lockdown situation, it’s most likely...
Published: March 30, 2020
Women In Business: How To Play To Your Strengths To Get Heard
Many of our female clients struggle with various workplace challenges, from being told to ‘smile more’ or that they are ‘too passionate’. While men also have communication challenges at work, there are common themes...
Published: March 5, 2020
How To Be More Coherent When Speaking Using Vowels
The delivery of what you say can make all the difference in how your audience remembers you - for both the right and wrong reasons! Remember that lacklustre speech you endured that almost sent...
Published: March 5, 2020
Falling In Love: How Communication Is Key
Communication is essential to any human relationship, yet its effects are rarely felt more keenly – even sharply – than while walking the knife edge of a first date. Here the conversation can pendulum...
Published: February 14, 2020
6 Ways To Nail THAT Interview And Bag Your Dream Job
This month we’re focusing on investing in yourself. It’s a chance to step back from the grind, to remember what really matters and to take steps to achieve what is actually important to us....
Published: January 22, 2020
How To Create Connection Anywhere, With Anyone
How close are you to your co-workers? A key study by Relate revealed that only 75% of employees say they have good relationships at work. And new research suggests that one in ten have...
Published: January 13, 2020
Want To Grow Your Confidence? Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
There are few people who actively enjoy discomfort. The sheer fact that we are human gives us a preference for feeling in control. Discomfort probably doesn’t feature on the top 10 emotions we like...
Published: December 31, 2019