Monday Feb 24, 2025

Business English You Didn't Learn In School (But Need To Know) Using Phrases With "Plan" - EP. 2

EPISODE SUMMARY

Business English. That’s the English they didn’t teach you in school, but you need to advance in your career. The podcast has tips on using the word "plan". It uses the example of my father planning to start his dream business - making furniture.

EXAMPLE CONTENT

Example 1: “Plan the work and then work the plan..” This means understanding the business plan, outlining all the steps of the plan and then talking steps to make the plan work.

FREE PDF OF THE LESSON WITH BONUS CONTENT

You can download the PDF of notes for the episode. The PDF's include detailed notes on the subject, a quiz and lyrics to the songs (I write songs using words and phrases from the podcast for some of the topics).

Want more Business English tips? Join the Business English Executive Coaching Club. Learn the English you need for business (but you didn’t learn in school). What you get as a free member:

> Access to the podcast topic with detailed notes on the subject, a quiz and lyrics to the songs (I write songs using words and phrases from the podcast for some of the topics)

> Career planning tips

> Bonus resources on professional English

> First to know about new lessons

> Special discounts and offers

BUSINESS ENGLISH PODCAST TIPS

HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS ENGLISH?

Employers want their staff to have higher "soft skills" in making presentations plus small talk for success with colleagues and clients.

What is your plan for 2025 and how I can help you make a career plan?

Say hello on LinkedIn: Business English Success Coaching

Get your free Presentations Skills course and Small Talk, Big Results business conversation course by sending an email to me at william@williampittsbusinessenglish.com.

PODCAST PURPOSE

Business English. That’s the English they didn’t teach you in school, but you need to advance in your career.

If you want to learn more to earn more, you must increase your ability to give powerful presentations, engage in small talk in a skillful way and plan out your career.

I call this the “Learn More To Earn More” podcast because it helps you understand and know and use the correct Business English you are required to use to advance your career.

I offer you my background having worked for two Fortune 500 companies, a United States Senator and I also got my MBA from Columbia Business School.

For you this means a senior coach and counselor that will help you get to the next step.

I am your coach every step of the way to help you get the career you deserve.

In my research of many companies and in research done by universities and governments, there is a high need for personal “soft skills”.

Every boss wants their employees to know more, but there is a large gap between what the senior executives need for the company to be successful and the skills their employees actually have.

I have inventoried and studied and written all of the key things that you need to know to be successful.

Follow along with this podcast and you will learn what you need to know. I offer my 40 years of experience as a writer, helping people prepare for presentations and speeches, helped them with small talk, helped them with American accent and knowing about American culture and with career planning.

In these episodes you will hear very specific suggestions on how to make your presentations more memorable and powerful, how to engage in small talk so you can get to know your colleagues and clients better.

I offer a number of free courses for you so you can understand my style and I also do one-to-one coaching for people who have questions like “What should I do next?” and “What are the tools I need in my toolkit to be successful?”

Let me help you get the success you deserve. I’m Coach William Pitts and I’m here to help you! If you want to earn more, you need to learn more. Learning what you need to know is the first step.

My emphasis is on knowing the 20,000 words and phrases that you will use, not the nearly 500,000 English words in the big dictionary.

JOIN THE FREE BUSINESS ENGLISH EXECUTIVE COACHING CLUB

https://william-pitts-business-english-coaching.kit.com/3a6a623b6f

PODCAST NOTES

Today’s specific theme is about plan the work and then work the plan.

We’re going to use my father as an example. My Dad dreamed of having his own company. He wanted to make furniture. He didn’t know anything about business. He worked in an assembly factory but loved designing furniture.

My Dad drew a sketch that showed the size of all the pieces that he needed for making a table. Once he understood to the many costs and steps involved in making and selling his furniture.

He had a plan. He was successful because his plan included, first, making a business plan. Second, understanding all the steps involved in executing the plan. And third, increasing his skills and reducing his costs and understanding the cost of each table.

Now we have some small talk vocabulary and phrases using “plan”.

Example 1: “Plan the work and then work the plan..” This means understanding the business plan, outlining all the steps of the plan and then talking steps to make the plan work.

For example, my Dad’s business plan required him to estimate all the costs for making a table. He listed the cost of the wood per table, the cost of the machinery and the price of the labor involved.

He started this furniture business in our family garage and later had a small factory that made tables, chairs and bookcases.

Example 2: “Failing to plan means planning to fail.”

This idea means that knowing the costs and demand for a product or service will make it more likely for the business to make a profit and be successful.

Example 3: Phrases that use plan.

Make a plan

“We need to make a plan before we proceed with the furniture project.”

Come up with a plan

“My Dad’s friend came up with an excellent plan to estimate the costs of making furniture so it could be sold at a profit.”

Draw up a plan

“The purpose of today’s meeting is to draw up a plan to build and sell furniture.”

Map out a plan

“I think we should map out a plan before investing in the machinery to make the furniture.”

Work out a plan

“We must work out a plan on how to make a profit making furniture.”

Now what this means for you (even if you don’t want to make furniture) I help you develop your plan for success.

Please let me know your goal and let me know how I can help you plan your future success story.

HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS ENGLISH?

Employers in 2025 want their staff to have higher "soft skills" in making presentations plus small talk for success with colleagues and clients. This podcast lesson teaches the useful specific business English phrases for meetings.

What is your plan for 2025 and how I can help you make a career plan?

Say hello on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willliampittsbusinessenglish/