{"id":390,"date":"2009-08-02T01:06:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T09:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2023-01-11T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:54:14","slug":"bep-139-int-sailing-idioms-company-performance-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/02\/bep-139-int-sailing-idioms-company-performance-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 139 &#8211; Sailing Idioms:  Company Performance (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-390-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP139INT-Sailing_Idioms2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP139INT-Sailing_Idioms2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP139INT-Sailing_Idioms2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>This is second of a two-part Business English Pod series on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2009\/07\/26\/bep-138-int-sailing-idioms-company-performance-part-1\/\"> business idioms related to the sea, ships, and sailing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll often hear sailing idioms used in business discussions. A company is compared to a ship and employees are the ship&#8217;s crew.<\/p>\n<p>In the last episode, two colleagues named Lakisha and Warren were talking about the decline of Trussock&#8217;s, an engineering firm. They felt that Trussock&#8217;s problems were caused by the new CEO&#8217;s poor management. It seemed he had no concrete business plan and employees were confused and very unhappy. 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