|Wordlist| English across countries and industries. In today’s globalized economy, language skills can play a crucial role. Miscommunication in the aviation industry can prove fatal. No doubt about it. It is reported that more than 1,000 deaths in plane crashes have been caused by communication failures. But lack of communication might have disastrous consequences in[…]
|Wordlist| If the first image that appeared before your eyes when reading this title was a group of musicians playing rock music and making you shout out loud, it means… that you’re old enough to remember the band Rage Against the Machine – an American rock band from Los Angeles formed in 1991; that your[…]
Wordlist Wordlist: existing jobs – jobs which you can see at the present time – obecne zawody to be at risk – to be in a situation where something bad can happen to you – być zagrożonym to resist a change – to be against changes – opierać się zmianom to review – to look[…]
Wordlist The 96-metre tall PRIME Corporate Center building located at 78 Grzybowska street in Warsaw has already received valid use permit. This means that the investment developed by Golub GetHouse has been completed within just two years since the beginning of construction. PRIME Corporate Center anchor tenant is Raiffeisen Polbank. PRIME Corporate Center building is[…]
Wordlist Most seasoned managers know how to handle formal negotiations at work—with clients over contracts, with bosses over budgets, with employers over compensation. But what about all the opportunities for informal negotiations that arise? Do you know how to recognize and seize chances to move into a better role, change an untenable situation, or ensure[…]
Wordlist “Not all psychopaths are in prison – some are in the board room,” Robert Hare famously said during his aptly titled lecture, The Predators Among Us. Psychopathy is one of three “dark triad” traits, the other two being narcissism and Machiavellianism. It should be noted that, unlike clinical personality traits, these traits are normally distributed[…]
Wordlist Colour determines buyer’s choices. It can be such a powerful marketing tool that it accounts for 85% of the reason why someone decides to purchase a product. This is why, marketers should understand the psychology of colour in order to use it effectively. Colours are associated with meanings. These associations are studied broadly in[…]
Wordlist Scientists put a group of five monkeys in cage. At the top of a ladder, they hung a banana. As soon as a monkey climbed the ladder, he was showered with cold water; the group soon gave up trying to reach the banana. Next, the scientists disconnected the cold water and replaced one of[…]
Wordlist When George Soros was a child, he thought he was God. Today he is a legend: the Man who Broke the pound, the ultimate gambler who set $10 billion on Black Wednesday and won. Soros has also made his name as the billionaire benefactor of the eastern bloc. At 5.30 p.m. (10.30 p.m. in[…]
Wordlist If there is indeed a fool born every minute, for every fool there seems to be a conman ready to make him a little wiser. Two of the most extraordinary conmen of all time were Count Victor Lustig, an Austrian who worked in the French Ministry of Works, and Daniel Collins, a small-time American[…]