Making Business Decisions in English: Key Phrases

Sound more professional in meetings by using these phrases for discussing business options and decisions. We will explore phrases like “Let’s look at the bigger picture” to encourage long-term thinking, and “We need to develop a clear strategy” for more formal situations. Address practical concerns by asking, for example, “Realistically, do we have the budget for this?” The lesson has many more phrases like this for you to learn and use. In addition, I’ll teach you powerful adverb-adjective combinations like “potentially disastrous” and “relatively stable,” which can add depth and precision to your business conversations. This lesson equips you with practical language tools that will help you sound more professional and confident when discussing options in any business setting. https://www.engvid.com/making-busines... Sign up for private business English coaching on my website: https://HoneYourEnglish.com More of my lessons about business English: Essential English for Teamwork & Sharing Ideas    • Essential English for Teamwork & Sharing I...   Improve Your Business English Vocabulary: 40 Professional English Words    • Improve Your Business English Vocabulary: ...   In this lesson: 0:00 Business English: Phrases for Discussing Options 1:12 Well, looking at this from a long-term perspective... 2:21 I think we should probably look at the bigger picture here. 2:34 We need to develop a clear strategy. 3:10 Well, we do have a number of options. 3:37 How would it work if... 4:07 I think our options are quite clear here actually 5:24 There's no point... if we can't... 5:47 Realistically, do we have the budget for this? 6:07 potentially disastrous 7:04 seriously worrying 7:14 irretrievably damaging 8:12 relatively stable 8:51 surprisingly quick 9:00 increasingly diverse 9:32 I think we're in a really strong position here. 9:47 Okay, so the general consensus seems to be... 10:01 Is there anything else we need to think about? 10:09 Thanks, everyone! TRANSCRIPT: Hey, you found us. Here we are. In today's lesson, we're going to be looking at discussing options. So, this is something we do all of the time. Last night, I was having a conversation with a friend about which aeroplane to catch. Should I catch the one on Sunday night or the one on Tuesday night? And for a situation like this, there are certain phrases we can use to think about the advantages, the disadvantages. Now, in a work situation, especially if you are using English and it's not your native language, it's useful to think about the phrases that you might have to use in a meeting or a phone call, so you're preparing yourself ahead of time. And today's lesson will give you some phrases that you can take away right down, and then when you have your next meeting where you're discussing what your company should do, an important decision, then you can use some of these phrases. So, to start with, it's nice to have the big picture, yeah? What is the overall situation here? And you can actually ask your colleagues or your friends to think about the big picture. Well, looking at this from a long-term perspective, yeah? So, not thinking about next week, the week after, what's going to be a little bit inconvenient. We're thinking about, okay, two months down the line, which action will have created the most good? For example, with this choice about which airplane. So, I'm in Canada now, and I have to go back to the UK, and we were deciding should I go back earlier or later? Now, going back earlier would have been easier for my family, but I've decided to make some more videos for you guys, so I'm staying on a little bit longer, okay? So, here we are. Thank you, wife. Okay, next phrase. I think we should probably look at the bigger picture here, okay? It's the same thing. We're asking people to think about the long-term, yeah? We need to develop a clear strategy. So, this is a formal phrase, and you wouldn't use it with friends, say, on a road trip to, I don't know, Ibiza, even though to go to Ibiza, you're going to need to get on a ferry or a plane. Yep, strategy. This is the language of business. So, once you've decided what is the correct decision for the long-term, then how are you going to get from A to B? Now, if we want to indulge in this decision between A and B, we can have a great big discussion. Well, we do have a number of options, yeah? Options, different choices. What are they? We can either do this or we can do this, or we could do option C, and then we're starting to think, well, what would happen if you decided A or B or C? How would it work if? It's thinking about what exactly would happen. So, if I were to leave early, then I haven't made all these videos that I was hoping to make. If I did this one, if I did this one, and I'm thinking about all the different people involved in this decision, who it's going to affect. If this starts getting a little bit confusing, then we can try and simplify matters. […]