Anne Morris, a leadership consultant and executive coach, has recently given a TED Talk about her five steps for solving any problem at work . Morris believes that with the right approach, any problem can be solved. Her first step is to define the problem. Many people go straight to trying to solve the problem without actually understanding what the problem is. Morris recommends that you take the time to thoroughly understand the issue and come up with a detailed, clear defi

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Successful people often hire coaches to help them reach the next level of success, whether it's in the business world, in the military, athletics, or in their personal lives. For instance, executives may hire an executive coach to help them increase their productivity, athletes may hire a strength coach to improve their performance, and entrepreneurs may hire a business coach to help them grow their business. What is business coaching? Business Coaching is an incredibly powe

As a linguist and a fan of hip hop , I’ve found this Ted Talk extremely intriguing and fun! I’m sure you’ll understand once you listen to this speaker show off how “articulate” she actually is. I love how Ms Lyiscott highlighted how we linguistically approach different contexts in distinct ways, and how this displays the various identities our language conceals. As an early-stage coordinate bilingual (well, trilingual actually), I’ve always wondered why it felt so different w

A 32-hour work week has the potential to tackle burnout and job fatigue , while also addressing pressing issues like depression, income and racial disparities, and the urgent need to mitigate the climate crisis. Economist Juliet Schor makes the case for shifting to a 4-day work week : Watch the video and come back to post your comments on this: What's your opinion or experience on a shorter working week? Happy Watching! Stay sharp, train with purpose, and let your performance

Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world. Watch the video to discover just how they do it, beating us adults at listening comprehension! What's your experience with babies learning a language? Wouldn't it b

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You speak far more languages than you realize, says Poet Ali. In a profound talk, he reveals how the idea of "language" goes far beyond a lexicon of words, communicating universal experiences like love, laughter and loneliness -- and serving as a portal to cultures, feelings and thoughts that unite us all. Watch the video, then come back to post your comments! Which is your favourite language? Which do you speak best? We'd love to hear your opinion on this! Happy Listenin

Can and Shoud we improve the way we lead and participate in meetings? A Microsoft survey found 68% of people don't have enough uninterrupted focus time during the workday. Today I am going to sit back, avoid being considered biased, and let others illustrate why it is crucial nowadays to have an English Coach training you to Effectively Participate in Online Meetings , and teaching you how to Chair a meeting in International Contexts . If there is one thing Covid has shown th

Modern Leaders are being challenged in unprecedented ways amid personal, professional and company growth objectives to reach, and new skills to acquire. Effective Communication in English is just one of them. Though, is Leadership Art or Science ? Today I'd love to propose two longer Good Reads in English on this topic, which I've found particularly interesting, also thanks to the interview format available: 1) How Leading From The ‘Inside Out’ Transforms Lives, Work Cultu

It's obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain things easier -- like traveling or watching movies without subtitles, or working in the modern world, as a matter of fact. But are there other advantages to having a bilingual (or multilingual) brain? Educator Mia Nacamulli details the three types of bilingual brains and shows how knowing more than one language keeps your brain healthy, complex and actively engaged. Watch this fascinating video to discover all

The secret to winning an argument isn't grand rhetoric or elegant style, says US Supreme Court litigator Neal Katyal -- it takes more than that. With stories of some of the most impactful cases he's argued before the Court, Katyal shows why the key to crafting a persuasive and successful argument lies in human connection, empathy and faith in the power of your ideas. "The question is not how to win every argument," he says. "It's how to get back up when you do lose." Watch th

Many of life's transformative conversations are also the most difficult ones -- those we tend to avoid, but which everyone must face in a lifetime. Personally speaking, my choice of preference whenever possible is to address issues immediately, peacefully, respectfully, and with an open mind. I also like to count to 10 or even to sleep over it before replying, if it's the case, as I know we're all human and thus triggerable. Nonetheless, as far as I am concerned I choose to

There's no single formula for a great talk , but there is a secret ingredient that all the best ones have in common. TED curator Chris Anderson shares this secret -- along with four ways to make it work for you. Do you have what it takes to share an idea worth spreading? Watch this interesting video to improve your own Public Speaking ! Happy Listening! Stay sharp, train with purpose, and let your performance speak for itself. Your Strategic English Coach, Tania If you chose

Is a universal translator possible in real life? We already have many programs that claim to be able to take a word, sentence, or entire book in one language and translate it into almost any other. The reality, however, is a bit more complicated. Ioannis Papachimonas shows how these machine translators work, and explains why they often get a bit mixed up . As an experienced translator who knows the complexities of the job, I always giggle a bit thinking about the strange tra

Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains show similar activity, or become "aligned," when we hear the same idea or story. This amazing neural mechanism allows us to transmit brain patterns, sharing memories and knowledge. "We can communicate because we have a common code that presents meaning," Hasson says. Watch this fascinating video ! Happy Listening! Stay sha

Joking aside, punctuation is a serious matter. It is the tool that allows us to organize our thoughts and make it easier to review and share our ideas. There are several punctuation marks in English grammar, and a lot of rules to remember, for instance that at least one of them has to appear in every sentence. But how do we choose the right one, and how do we know if you're using it correctly? The standard English punctuation is as follows: period, comma, apostrophe, quota

Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, and we're able to do so from an early age— almost as soon as we start to communicate in sentences. How is this possible? In the early 1950s, Noam Chomsky proposed a theory that the key to this versatility was grammar. Cameron Morin details Chomsky's theory of universal grammar. Watch this fascinating Ted Talk now! Happy Listening! Stay sharp, train with purpose

What we call language is something more specific than communication. Language is about sharing what's in our minds: stories, opinions, questions, the past or future, imagined times or places, ideas. It is fundamentally open-ended, and can be used to say an unlimited number of things. So what does language mean for humanity, and how did we come to have it? Michael Corballis investigates this incredibly fascinating topic in this video . Happy Listening! Stay sharp, train with p

A Coronation is a momentous Ceremonial Event which takes place early in a monarch’s reign. It is conducted in accordance with a number of Traditions and is centred around a Religious Ceremony. Westminster Abbey lists three Key Purposes Of Coronations: · Religious significance: the monarch makes promises to God during the coronation ceremony. · Public significance: the monarch makes promises to the people they serve during the ceremony (and p eople watching the