Navigating Strategic Communication
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A C1 module focusing on six advanced phrasal verbs used by professionals to consult stakeholders, share restricted information, and manage strategic communication.
This lesson equips C1-level professionals with advanced phrasal verbs for managing sensitive communications, gathering informal feedback, and consulting stakeholders.
Through realistic workplace scenarios set in European corporate contexts, learners develop precision in indirect communication, diplomacy, and executive alignment.
The student link contains a listening task and the transcript, and a new interactive task. They can be assigned before class for a flipped class, or as additional homework practice.
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Scenario Background: Two senior managers in a Brussels tech firm are coordinating a sensitive departmental restructuring ahead of an official announcement.
Stefan: Have you had a chance to look at the preliminary quarterly metrics?
Claire: Yes, the early indicators clearly point to strong growth in our Nordic operations, though operational friction remains elsewhere.
Stefan: Exactly. Before we publish the expansion roadmap, I wanna reach out to our legal department in Frankfurt to ensure full regulatory alignment.
Claire: Smart move. I’ll touch base with the operations team tomorrow morning just to confirm their capacity estimates.
Stefan: Good. Also, there is a draft strategy for the regional integration. Can I run it by you this afternoon before presenting to executive leadership?
Claire: Of course. Have we decided when to let the regional department heads in on the merger details?
Stefan: Not yet. I intend to sound out a few division leads off the record first to gauge their initial reactions before committing to a firm date.
