Phrases
ARRANGE A MEETING synonym
(f.... ...... .... meeting)
fix up a meeting
time that workers are unable to work
Delay the date and time of a meeting to a later point
postpone
You make someone feel more relaxed when you meet them for the first time (e.g. having a small talk)
break the ice
The negotiation ended in deadlock
What does it mean?
Cannot reach an agreement because neither sides are ready to compromise
It's not worth the .............
Bonus point: Meaning
hassle
How can you make an email to your co-workers or employees, about significant changes in the company, more personal and less direct? (give at least 3 examples)
Use active sentences instead of passive
More WE less YOU
Explain benefits and need
Nominate a change champion
Provide tools and resources
Keep communicating
Complete the phrases
Let's go ........... and start the meeting
Just for the time .........
I will ......... to it now (make sure the task is done)
ahead
being
see
An idiom that means: hire someone (not a phrasal verb)
What tactic are you using when you are trying to make the other feel guilty or bad?
emotional blackmail
a zero sum game
Where one side wins the other loses
What does a person do, who is in control of a meeting online? (verb)
chair the meeting
Your boss is constantly keeping an eye on you, checking out every move of yours
They ..........
breath down your neck
Complete the questions with the missing prepositions
What sort or figure were you thinking .......?
What terms would you be happy ........?
What sort of discount were you hoping ......?
What delivery time are we talking ........
of
with
for
about
Complete:
Would you be ............ to meet us half way?
5% is not exactly what we have in ........
So in (p)............... you are happy with the proposal
I don't think I can ............ as far as that
willing
mind
principal
stretch
Salami technique
Make one small demand at first and get agreement before making the next
Phrasal verbs
Join the online meeting
Give us all the information we need
Interrupt someone to give your opinion
Call in
Fill us in
Come in / Jump in
Stop doing something that is already failing in order to stop wasting money and time on it
cut your losses
Name 4 negotiating tactics
The shock opener // The strictly off-limit ploy // Take it or leave it // I'll have to check it with my boss // The good cop, bad cop // The once in a lifetime offer // The salami technique // The last minute demand
Complete the phrases
All ..........'s broken loose
Everything ............ to a halt
Who on ........... is calling now?
All orders are ............ up
hell
grinds
eaarth
backed
Explain the phrasal verbs
1. perk someone up
2. snap someone up
3. go off someone
4. sniff around
1. Make someone feel more energetic or cheerful
2. Hire someone
3. Stop liking someone
4. Try to find our information
What is the opposite of
impartial
open-minded
attentive
passive (not active)
biased
narrow-minded / intolerant
distracted
domineering
A source of unpredictable and complicated problems
a can of worms
Match
a single sum game
a head win situation
a win off deal
a zero on conflict
a one issue negotiation
a single issue negotiation
a head of conflict
a win win situation
a zero sum game
a on off deal