Business

If you have to give a presentation in English, you will likely spend a lot of time preparing your slides. However, there is a danger of relying too heavily on slides.

If you’re faced with a unique and complicated issue at work, you may need to think outside the box to find a solution.

If you give someone the freedom to behave in an unsatisfactory way and you do not criticize them, then you cut them some slack.  This does not mean that you are encouraging their behavior. Rather, it just means that you have decided not to judge their actions as harshly as usual.

Use Occam's razor to keep things simple when designing a business plan.

If you lose interest or focus in the task that you’re supposed to be doing and start doing another task, then you got sidetracked. This means that you shifted your attention away from your primary goal and started doing an activity that was, likely, less important. When you get sidetracked, you delay the progress of your main goal.

If you start a new project with the intention to work hard immediately, then you hit the ground running. We use this expression when we are prepared to start a project right from the beginning, with a high level of energy, enthusiasm, and efficiency. 

If you do more than is expected of you, then you go above and beyond. Companies are fortunate to have employees who go above and beyond because it typically means that they do more than their job description.

If two or more people have the same opinion, perspective, or understanding of a situation, they are on the same page.



This expression can be used in both personal and professional contexts. For example:

If you need to remember information that could be important or useful at a later time, you can keep it in mind.

If you keep someone in mind, it means that they remain in your thoughts. This could be for personal or professional reasons. 

Have you ever worked on a project that completely changed the way your business operates? If that project was the outstanding achievement that your company needed to grow, it was a game-changer.

When you go to the theater to see a show, you see the actors and the scenery, but you don't see all the people backstage who run the lights and sound, handle the props, or built the set (scenery). All of those people work behind the scenes, behind the scenery you can see on stage.

Being on the beach may sound relaxing, but it isn't always relaxing when used in a business context by a consultant. 

There is something a lot of people do when they are nervous while speaking. It's the statement that sounds like a question: when your intonation rises at the end of a sentence that is not a question. When we make a statement, it is supposed to stay straight. 

Does the name Sara Blakely ring a bell (= sound familiar) with you?  What?  No? 

Yeah, it didn't for me either.