Confident Business English

About CBE

Ultimately effective communication creates effective collaboration, and effective collaboration produces the results you and others want.In my 30-year career as a senior manager I have been involved in multiple collaborations including those with multinational IT companies, transformational partnerships, and Governments. From this I understand where effective communication can make a world of difference. I have also seen where a lack of effective communication can lead to frustration and disappointmentI understand the extra layer of challenge you face communicating when English is not your first language. So, I founded Confident Business English (CBE) to help you with English but more importantly help you become an effective communicator in English.I bring real-world experience along with my teaching qualification to my work in universities and with private clients from Asia and beyond. I will not try and teach from a textbook; I am not here to drill grammar or alter your accent. My goal is to ensure you don't just speak English but lead the conversation and drive the results you need.

Working with You

You are skilled and able, and you are aiming to build your reputation both in your own language and in English.You could be a Leader, an International Salesperson, A Project Manager or any profession where you need English to be a persuasive and confident communicator.But when the conversation shifts to English, a disconnect can arise. You may find yourself hesitating, searching for the "perfect" phrase and while you are worried about your English that key moment goes.You worry that a slip in grammar might lead to a slip in professional standing. It feels like you are working twice as hard just to deliver half of your value. That hesitancy can reduce the confidence of you and the listener.The good news is this: Your audience isn't looking for a linguist or a different person. They are looking for the professional they know you to be.I will work with you, not as a teacher in a classroom, I don’t have a fixed curriculum, because you aren't a student.Your communication needs to be effective at delivering your intent and to do that the message has to be right and has to be delivered by you in a way that is authentic.Together, we will create the words to keep your message authentic and find your natural and effective communication style. The result is “Presence”. You will no longer be trying to sound like someone else - you will be you - delivering your message effectively in English.

Contact Us

If you have a question or would like further information please email me and we can arrange a chat over WeChat or Whatsapp.

I have been practicing English with John for about four months, and we talk once a week. John is very patient and easy to talk to. He always encourages me to speak and express my ideas, even when I cannot find the right words. When we first started, I needed to prepare a lot before every session, and even talking for 30 minutes was not easy for me.Now I can free talk with John for almost two hours. Our topics have also changed a lot, from simple daily topics and workplace English to management, psychology, career development, and even life itself. He has also helped me prepare presentations and think through some difficult situations and problems at work.John is not only an English coach. He is also an experienced management coach, so I have received a lot of useful advice from him about my work, management, and career development. For me, he is a wise person, a life mentor, and also a very interesting soul. Talking with him always opens my mind and helps me see things from different perspectives. More importantly, our conversations often help me understand myself better and reflect on both my work and my life.After four months, what I have gained is much more than improvement in English. I feel that John and I have also become friends, and I really look forward to our conversation every week. I feel very lucky to have met him and to have him with me on this journey.刘兴亚 (Tracy)John has been working with me on an ongoing basis for a while. What started as a request for help with English has developed into something much more productive. What John helped me to understand is that English perfection or even proficiency is not the goal. The goal is effective communication and that is more than an accent or the right grammar.
Its about understanding the differences in culture about knowing what messages and communication lead to strong, lasting and productive relationships and above all understanding that I already had the right interpersonal skills to achieve this I just needed to let them emerge and my English (which is still not “perfect”) is perfectly good at allowing me to build those relationships约翰已经和我合作了一段时间。最初，我只是想请他帮忙提高英语水平，但后来却发展成了一项更有意义的合作。约翰让我明白，英语的完美，甚至熟练，都不是最终目标。最终目标是有效的沟通，而这远不止于正确的口音或语法。它关乎理解文化差异，关乎了解哪些信息和沟通方式能够建立牢固、持久且富有成效的人际关系，最重要的是，它让我意识到，我本身就具备实现这些目标所需的人际交往能力，我只需要让它们自然流露。我的英语（虽然还称不上“完美”）已经足以帮助我建立这些关系。晓贞 (Jenifer）What made John so helpful as an English communication coach was that he tried to understand me as a person and match his coaching to that. John didn’t just see me as someone to teach his predetermined syllabus to but someone to have a mutual learning relationship with.
I would fully recommend John if you were interested in growth as a communicator in English, but what we discussed can equally help when I am communicating in Korean.Kimmy Public Relations & Communications