{"id":12456,"date":"2019-02-09T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T00:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2023-01-07T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:32:00","slug":"bep-336-business-english-for-discussing-change-management-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/09\/bep-336-business-english-for-discussing-change-management-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 336 &#8211; English for Discussing Change Management (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12456-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP336-Change-Management2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP336-Change-Management2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP336-Change-Management2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 336 Lesson Module - English for Discussing Change Management 1\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP336POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 336 - Business English Collocations for Discussing Change Management (2)\" width=\"900\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2-400x172.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-336-LESSON-English-Collocations-Change-Management-2-800x343.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English collocations<\/a> used to discuss change management.<\/p>\n<p>In the 21st century the pace of change is very fast. And businesses have to fight to keep up, to adapt to changes in both the world and the economy. In meeting rooms around the world, people are debating issues of change. How do we attract and retain millennials? How do we make good use of emerging media? How do we become more efficient? How can we outsource? The list of questions goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s lesson, we&#8217;ll listen to a meeting in a company that has experienced a lot of growth. But with success comes growing pains. They&#8217;re talking about restructuring their company, and trying to figure out exactly how to go about it. <\/p>\n<p>During their discussion, you&#8217;ll hear many English expressions that we call &#8220;collocations.&#8221; A collocation is a natural combination of words. For example, you&#8217;ll hear people talking about making a &#8220;smooth transition.&#8221; We don&#8217;t say &#8220;soft&#8221; transition or &#8220;clean&#8221; transition. Native English speakers always say &#8220;smooth transition&#8221; because that&#8217;s what they grew up hearing, so now it&#8217;s a natural collocation.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you didn&#8217;t grow up with English, you can learn these natural expressions. By studying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">business English collocations<\/a>, you&#8217;ll improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent. As you listen to the dialog, try to pick out some of these collocations and we&#8217;ll discuss them later in the debrief.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll hear Lauren, Finn, and Jake. They&#8217;re trying to determine how to take the company they founded to the next level. In particular, they&#8217;re talking about how to involve company employees in their discussions about change.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tAccording to Finn, what do they need to show employees rather than just telling them?<br \/>\n2.\tBesides talking to employees, what does Lauren think they will need to assess?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat does Jake say they will do during the \u201cdiscussion phase\u201d of the process?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP336SN-Change2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP336QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a 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