Everyday negotiation
Negotiation, bargaining, haggling, horse-trading; proposals, offers, counteroffers, leverage, compromises, concessions, deadlock, ultimatums, bottom line, win-win, win-lose… and that’s just to agree what time my daughter…
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The hardest presentation
The hardest presentation I have ever had to give was at a wedding, as the best man. The tradition is for the best man to…
Projects pending
The beginning of the year is a good time to think about projects. Let me think of a few possibilities… For example, practical projects: redecorate…
One year ends, another begins…
The team at King’s Training would like to wish all of its students a very happy and successful new year. Learning is a process which…
Having a calm (and spooky) Christmas!
Having a peaceful Christmas – with shopping, travel arrangements, presents, school events, lunches and dinners, office parties, decorations, Christmas cards, cooking on a massive scale…
What’s your office like?
Is it big and modern and surrounded by landscaped garden in an out-of-town business park? Maybe it’s in a unit on an industrial estate with…
Selfishness or selflessness?
I read the other day that self-help books which promote the idea of individuality as the path to happiness are very popular right now. The…
Making memories
Welcome to a new year of language acquisition and skills development with King’s Training. We hope you have had a great summer and made some…
Enjoy Language
Language teachers tell their students “don’t forget to keep in contact with the language over the summer”. This is essential advice, but I would like…
The language of music
The idea that music brings people together, at least temporarily, as a kind of common language is well known. However, like any cultural force (football…