How to Speak like a Manager

Lecture by Rebecca from engVid

Overview of the Series

• Goal: Take general English and upgrade it to business English.
• Focus Areas: Verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc., specifically for business use.
• Today's Lesson Focus: 8 verbs to enhance your professional language.

Key Verbs and their Professional Equivalents

1. Identify

   • General: "I need to find out what’s wrong."
   • Professional: "I need to identify the problem."

2. Resolve

   • General: "I need to fix the problem."
   • Professional: "I need to resolve the issue."

3. Motivate

   • General: "I need to give people confidence."
   • Professional: "I need to motivate my employees."

4. Focus

   • General: "I need to give clients my attention."
   • Professional: "I need to focus on our clients."

5. Minimize

   • General: "I need to spend as little as possible."
   • Professional: "I need to minimize our expenses."

6. Maximize

   • General: "I need to make as much money as possible."
   • Professional: "I need to maximize our earnings."

7. Generate

   • General: "I need to get more work."
   • Professional: "I need to generate more business."

8. Implement

   • General: "I need to use the new ideas."
   • Professional: "I need to implement the strategies."

Applications of the Key Verbs

• Identify

  • Identify risks of starting a new business.
  • Identify the right person for the job.
  • Identify reasons why someone is not doing well or ways to save money.

• Resolve

  • Resolve a situation, crisis, disagreements, or tension.

• Motivate

  • Motivate staff, team, children, or spouse in different circumstances.

• Generate

  • Generate more sales, revenue, interest, or enthusiasm.

Collocations and Combinations

• Focus

  • Focus on priorities, goals, objectives, dreams, or improving something (e.g., health, grades).

• Minimize

  • Minimize costs, wasted time, noise, or expenses on specific things.

• Maximize

  • Maximize profit, efficiency, grades, or investments.

• Implement

  • Implement changes, policies, safety rules, or suggestions.

Study Tips and Additional Resources

• Practice using these verbs in sentences related to your life or work.
• Visit www.engvid.com to take a quiz on these words and download additional resources.
• Engage with the material by writing sentences in the comments section on engVid, Facebook, or YouTube.
• Subscribe to the YouTube channel to continue learning.

Conclusion

• These verbs can be used in hundreds of different ways.
• Aim to incorporate these in both professional and personal contexts to sound more advanced.
• Utilize additional resources for comprehensive learning.

Homework/Practice: Write sentences using the verbs in different contexts to become familiar and comfortable with them.