Experts! Speak English! - How to talk your way into an international career without the bullxxit

Experts! Speak English! - How to talk your way into an international career without the bullxxit

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Experts! Speak English! - How to talk your way into an international career without the bullxxit episodes

  • 191 (HR MiniSeries) Intentional Communication in HR
    Guest Edith Esong Enowbi LinkedIn
    Host   Corinne Wilhelm 🚀Corporate Communication Consultant  LinkedIn

    Coco's Communication Challenge
    1. Ask yourself "How honest and open is our communication in HR?"
    Give your organisation a percentage — 70% of the time, 30%???
    2. Ask your colleagues the same question and give your organisation an average as a metric
    3. Keep hold of that for later.

    Coming Up on the "Experts Speak English!" Podcast
    192 Employer Branding & Job Advertisements
    193 Job Attraction & Screening with Anna Leon194 Modern Workplace Clarity and Communication - Sharon Kennedy 
    195 How to hire Neurodiverse talent and keep them,  James Davies & Pawel Potakowski
    196 Candidate Experience & Feedback197 Onboarding - Who, What, How?
    198 Cross-Cultural Hiring Comms & Resilience Brett O Conner199 Offboarding & Alumni Relations
    200 (Coco's secret)
    17 min
  • Coco's 5 Communication Gifts For The December Dash #189
    Corinne Wilhelm
    LinkedIn
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    🎁 Episode Title: Coco’s 5 Gifts of Communication for a Calmer December

    Feeling that end-of-year rush? This special, gift-wrapped episode is designed to bring a little calm, clarity, and connection into your December conversations. 

    Inspired by Coco’s 12 Days of Christmas private podcast for a corporate client, this episode unwraps **five “gifts of communication”** — small, practical shifts that can make year-end meetings, messages, and moments more human.

    ✨ The Gifts You’ll Receive: 
    1. The Gift of Laughter – Bring lightness and humanity into your workday without forcing humour. 
    2. The Gift of Inclusion – Make space for everyone’s experience this season with mindful, neutral language. 
    3. The Gift of Clarity – Give your colleagues the relief of simple, polite, precise communication. 
    4. The Gift of Flexibility – Reduce stress by swapping some live meetings for thoughtful asynchronous updates. 
    5. The Gift of Silence – Use pauses to create presence and psychological safety in your conversations.  

    Each “gift” comes with Coco’s Communication Challenge — a gentle, actionable step to try right away.

    🎧 Listen in for ideas you can use instantly to make your end-of-year communication feel intentional, inclusive, and genuinely kind.  

    If your organisation would love its own *private podcast series* — with short, daily episodes to boost clarity, inclusion and communication confidence — reach out to Coco at EnglishSpeakingExperts.com to start wrapping up your own idea.  

    💬 Takeaway: The best leadership gift you can give your team is calm, compassionate communication.  

    🎄 Listen, experiment and observe — one conversation at a time.
    15 min
  • Nurturing Neurodiversity with AI (Websummit2025 Interview) #187
    📽️ Interview Video for the full Monte version (18 minutes)

    #Websummit 2025 in Lisbon was a blast! We battled through the rain to get to the media villiage where I interviewed the amazing Polish co-founder Anna Connor Lakomy, she explains how Brain Architects are measuring then supporting neurodiversity using AI.
    Their tool takes care of the neuroscience and psychology so that you can support your brilliant neurodiverse team members in a way that boosts productivity and innovation in a way that makes them feel accepted and supported. This way you can avoid burnout and let them shine and perform in a way that feels natural and rewarding. 
    That's inclusion, right there!
    #websummit #startup #lisbon #tech #alphastartup #neurodiversity #dandi #diversityandinclusion #inclusion #b2b #adhd #autism #tourettes #dyslexia #audhd #jobcoach 
    Anna Connor-Lakomyhttps://brainarchitects.cohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-connor-lakomy/
    Corinne Wilhelmhttps://englishspeakingexperts.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnewilhelm/*REFERENCES AND FURTHER INFORMATION*
    Other References:

    Kim Lawrie's Websummit talk https://websummit.com/sessions/lis25/9c1c120b-843c-43cf-a873-0488bd2391f7?utm_medium=app_share&utm_campaign=external_share
    Goldstein https://samgoldstein.com/resources/articles/general/a-history-of-executive-functioning-as-a-theoretical-and-clinical-construct.aspx
    More Than 5 Senses https://www.weforum.org/stories/2017/01/humans-have-more-than-5-senses/

    Coco’s Communication Challenge today is to think about your own organisation,
    whether you are the CEO, the CTO, working in HR or an expert.

    Take a look at your work schedule and space, what is it that you need more of, less of or is there something completely different that would put you at the top of your game.

    If you manage a team, speak to each person individually to find out from them what it is that they need, now you can call that accommodations or the removal of barriers like in servant leadership - it doesn’t really matter, what matters is the open and honest discussion.

    By talking without judgement to your team, no matter what your role is,
      you could be freeing up some much needed headspace for more brilliance, innovation and career satisfaction
    In the process you’ll be giving your corporate culture some TLC - that’s tender loving care.

      If this feels like a stretch for you but you genuinely want to support the neurodiverse experts in your team - even if they are not diagnosed, then just reach out to either Anna or I (links above)

    #Websummit 2 for 1 Offer.
    Websummit is a great opportunity for tech professionals to learn, connect and chill. Currently they have a two for one offer for 2026, if you haven't already been to Websummit, then I can hands on heart recommend it. Even now, days after the event has finished there is much networking and collaboration happening, very unusual for a huge event like this.
     
    21 min
  • Tackling The Talent Exodus - Interview with Göran Hielscher
    KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT As boomers go into retirement in droves, we need to be more intentional about capturing their knowledge before they leave. I speak to Göran Hielscher about how we can establish a culture in which that can happen more seemlessly. A longer episode but thoroughly enjoyable with plenty of learnings. I was so absorbed in the conversation that this is the first podcast episode ever without Coco's Communication Challenge, so follow me on Linkedin for that.

    Experts! Speak English! is a podcast that has been designed specifically for non native speakers who are already confident in or using English at work but want to make a better impression on people and suspect that they need to be more intentional about how they communicate at work.

    This is episode 187 - all of the topics are about corporate communication and leadership. If you have an idea for an episode, I would love to hear it just email me at
    [email protected]
    or we can connect via LinkedIn
      / corinnewilhelm  
    1 hr 2 min
  • 7 Cs of Communication - Clarity in Engineering. #186
    EXPERTS SPEAK ENGLISH Clarity is the first of the 7 Cs of Communication and is crucial for engineering teams to avoid misunderstandings, wasted time, and missed deadlines.
    This solo episode with Corinne Wilhelm explores how to make your message simple, direct, and accessible-using clear language, logical structure, and the right communication channels.
    You’ll hear practical tips for stripping away ambiguity and real-world examples from engineering projects.
    Mastering clarity boosts trust, team morale, and your reputation-setting the stage for the rest of the 7 Cs series.
    26 min
  • 184 Pauses & Silence in Business Communication For More Impact
    This podcast episode will help you to understand and really appreciate the strategic use of pauses and silence to enhance your business communication. I’ll also demonstrate how NOT indulging your audience with pauses can sabotage your business communication. Coco's Communication Challenge gives you an opportunity to use pauses and silence immediately in your daily life. 

    Let’s find out how strategically not saying anything at a all - briefly - can boost your confidence -
    and with that - your career.
    20 min
  • Career Planning - Catapult your Career into Success in 2025
    EXPERTS SPEAK ENGLISH PODCAST - Career Planning between Christmas and New Year or your first day back at work. This episode shares some planning strategies and techniques to be more intentional with your career rather than drifting with no SMART goals to guide you, no action plan to follow and no real focus. Take control of your career and start being more intentional about your goals, your communication and your career.
    25 min

About Experts! Speak English! - How to talk your way into an international career without the bullxxit

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This upbeat, relateable podcast host, Corinne Wilhelm, shows international team players and leaders how to show up as the expert, especially if English is not their first language.