DATA-BASED OPINION
Form a quick opinion based on figures and data
WHAT IS THIS COURSE ABOUT?
Modern workplaces run on numbers. However, most professionals freeze for a moment when a chart suddenly appears in a meeting. Not because they don’t understand the data and the trend, but because they don’t have time to think through how to say it in English and professionally. But the question is out there immediately: “So what do you think?”
Forming a quick professional opinion when data is in the picture is a skill. Especially when you see the chart fort the first time! This is what you will learn in this course.
WHEN DO YOU NEED THIS COURSE?
- If charts often pop up in your meetings and everyone turns to you for a quick reaction.
- If others respond fast, and you don’t want to stay behind.
- If you feel you should say something smart, but the sentences don’t form quickly enough.
- If you often need to explain unexpected KPI changes, high spends or bad trends.
- If you want to be able to talk about data in a more sophisticated way.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
- How to react to a data trend quickly.
- How to express a clear, professional opinion about data and data trends,
- How to communicate about costs and trends in natural corporate English.
- How to form quick, clear, and professionally grounded opinions about charts, trends, and numbers, even when you only have a few seconds to react.
A true-to-life workplace scenario
This course drops you into a realistic situation in an imaginary company, where you can follow the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) to a management meeting and get answers to a bad cost trend – and learn!
SITUATION
“The Chief Financial Officer of Cocoa Co., a company producing high-quality cocoa treats, discovers a cost item that has skyrocketed over the past six months and asks the C-level managers in the management meeting to justify the high spend.“
Listen to the managers trying to figure out why the cost has increased so dramatically, a delicate situation, just like in a real international workplace.
A SPECIAL COURSE TO STUDY ALONE
In this course you can learn various ways to quickly discuss data
in a professional way that meets the requirements of modern workplaces,
from an easy-to-process and corporate-friendly digital learning material,
absolutely alone.
3 FACTORS TO GUARANTEE SUCCESS
STUDY IN A SYSTEM
In this course you will learn to ask others to form an opinion based on data. Then you will learn to share an opinion from a perspective, and finally an exhaustive response to the data changes .
STUDY IN DETAILS
Learn step by step so you understand how to explain bad data trends. You will also learn a lot of essential corporate vocabulary so you can effectively justify data changes the next day on the job.
STUDY IN CONTEXT
The course follows one comprehensive situation so you see all the ways you can use to justify bad trends from best guesses to exhaustive and confident responses, just like in real-life corporate situations.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COURSE?
FEATURES
- 3 lessons + 1 project work;
- ready-to-use lines in a system;
- a comprehensive, true-to-life workplace situation;
- meaningful exercises;
- effective, lean communication;
- vaulable corporate vocabulary;
- authentic audio for correct pronunciation;
- different accents for real-life experience, with Indian accent in focus;
- immediate feedback with solutions;
- study alone, in your own time and space;
- access for 20 weeks: no rush.
WHY STUDY WITH ENGLISH ON THE JOB?
Each English on the Job course is designed using
- 10 years of experience teaching professional English to employees at multinational companies;
- 10+ years of experience working in English;
- a qualified teacher of English as a foreign language;
- a qualified economist in foreign trade;
- a qualified HR expert;
- a devoted supporter of employees learning English for work.
Get the experience…
Learn how to react to data instantly and justify bad trends or high spends.