Episode 10: Episode 80: Managing Up at Work | Business English ESL Podcast

About this episode

This episode explores the essential skill of managing up at work and provides practical expressions for effective communication with senior leadership in English.

In this episode of Expressions at Work, we explore an essential professional skill: managing up. How do you influence your boss without formal authority? How do you communicate strategically with senior leadership in English? In this Advanced Business English ESL episode, you’ll learn practical workplace expressions that help you sound confident, clear, and professional when speaking to managers or executives. You’ll learn phrases such as: manage up align with priorities anticipate concerns frame updates strategically manage bandwidth read the room This episode is perfect for: ✔ Advanced ESL learners ✔ International professionals ✔ Managers working in global teams ✔ Anyone who wants to improve executive communication in English If you want to speak more strategically at work — this episode is for you.

People in this episode

Host: Johnny

Topics covered

• managing up
• influencing bosses
• executive communication
• workplace expressions
• advanced ESL
• professional skills

Keywords

• managing up
• influence
• communication
• executives
• advanced ESL
• workplace expressions
• professional skills

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