Building speaking confidence is the most important thing for most of my clients. I understand completely. In my experience, learning to...

Making the effort to create an office where everyone feels heard, valued, and included will pay off in the long run.

I have worked with many clients who speak English at an advanced level. Yet, despite their English fluency, they often feel insecure...

Choose your favorite hobby or interest and learn the vocabulary that goes along with it. Being able to easily explain something that is

Improving your English skills is an incredible way to improve your ability to be an effective leader in your organization. Here are my...

It started in Germany. My ESL coaching journey started with another love of mine: the German language. You see, I’ve lived in Germany...

They are the words that end in -ING. They look like progressive verbs, but they are not. They act like a noun in the sentence and are...

Curiosity is one of my favorite words in English (along with transcend and lovely but that is another story). And, interestingly enough,...

Yes, it can steal our joy, but it can also tell us very valuable information. If you find yourself comparing your English skills to those

On a scale of 1 to 10, how good of a listener are you? I'm not talking about your comprehension of the English language while listening...

This is a guest post by Nataly Havrysh, the woman behind www.make-a-stand.com and a freelance writer, editor, and writing tutor. She...

A vocabulary notebook is a written record of new words or phrases that YOU want to learn and remember. It includes all the information you n

There are many expressions in the business English world to express positive and negative situations or outcomes. To complicate things,...

Many of my clients and readers are active leaders in their industry or have their own businesses. With that in mind, there is a lot of...

I used to teach English at a school, and in one of the writing books that we used, it described how in different cultures, people present...

How do you feel about giving presentations? If you are like most people, you dread it. And if you don’t like giving speeches in your native