41 Phrases For Leading A Business Meeting - Business English (FREE E-Phrasebook)

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    Learn 41 of the most common English phrases for leading a business meeting in this short video. You'll learn phrases for managing the discussion, delegating tasks, outlining the agenda and much more.
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    The phrases in this lesson:
    Welcoming / thanking the participants
    - First of all, I’d like to welcome everybody and thank you all for coming to today’s meeting.
    - I’d like to start by thanking all of you for agreeing to meet at such short notice.
    - Hello everybody and welcome.
    Introducing people
    - Before we get started, let me introduce …
    - I’d like you all to meet …
    - Let’s go round the table and introduce ourselves.
    Excusing people who are absent
    - Unfortunately George can’t join us today - he sends his apologies.
    - I’d like to apologise on behalf of Mr. Neary. He can’t be with us today due to …
    Dealing with the minutes
    - Let's go over the minutes of our last meeting, which was held on June 16th.
    - Simon, could you please take the minutes today?
    Outlining the agenda
    - The purpose / aim / objective of today’s meeting is …
    - The first item on the agenda is …
    - Then, we’ll move on to item 2, which is ...
    - After that, we'll look at …
    - And finally, we’ll discuss …
    Asking for opinions
    - Monika, what are your views on this?
    - Mohamed, how do you see it?
    - Natalia, can you give us your feedback?
    - Would anyone like to comment on this?
    - Does anyone have anything else to add?
    Asking for clarification / explanation?
    - What exactly do you mean by …?
    - Could you explain that in more detail?
    - Would you mind going over that again please?
    - I’m not sure everybody follows, would you mind explaining that again?
    Managing the discussion
    - I think we can move on to the next point.
    - If nobody has anything else to add, let’s move on to the next item.
    - I’m afraid we don’t have time to discuss that in today’s meeting. Let’s add it to next week’s agenda.
    - I’m sorry, but I have to stop you there - we need to stick to the agenda.
    - We’ll have to come back to that at the end of the meeting.
    - We’re running out of time, so let’s move on.
    Delegating Tasks
    - Wolfgang, can you keep everyone up to date with the latest developments?
    - Rachel, could you please follow up on …
    - Pat, please get in touch with …
    Summarising
    - Let me briefly summarise what we've discussed today.
    - Before we finish, let me summarise the main points.
    - We've decided to …
    - We've agreed that …
    Closing the meeting
    - Well, I think that covers everything.
    - That brings us to the end of this meeting.
    - Our next meeting will be on …
    - Thanks everyone.
    Music credits:
    Intro music: Far Away by MK2
    Background music: Honey and Milk by The 126ers

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