Starting a Business
A person who starts a business is called....
entrepreneur
This shows information using lines or bars
chart/graph
This word means informal news about people
gossip
This is a meeting to evaluate an employee’s work
appraisal
another word for career break
sabbatical
This document explains your goals, strategy, and finances.
business plan
If numbers go up, we say they do this
increase
This skill means telling engaging stories
storytelling
This phrase means “talk about a difficult problem.”
raise an issue
This form can follow verbs like “enjoy” or “avoid.”
-ing form
This is money you invest to start a business.
capital
If numbers go down quickly, we say they do this
fall sharply
If you tell events in order, you describe this
sequence
This conditional talks about unreal past situations
third conditional
a paid number of days each year that an employee can take off work
annual leave
When you try to keep professional relationships, you do this
maintain contacts
This tense is used to report what someone said
reported speech
This term describes the ability to understand and adapt to different cultural contexts
cultural awareness / cultural intelligence
This means judging how well someone works
evaluate performance
This is the first thing most people want to do when they start a career break.
sleep all day/ travelling
It describes a business strategy focused on a very specific target market rather than mass appeal.
niche strategy
This word means “stay the same.”
remain stable
In this country, refusing food from a host can be considered rude.
Kazakhstan (or many Asian countries)
This term refers to evaluating employee results based on measurable outcomes.
performance metrics / KPI-based evaluation
8-10 years