The topic for today is "holidays".   Task 1. Look at the chart and read the text below to get the general idea:   Holidays, either statutory or public, are viewed by all surveyed employees as most appreciated moments of the year. It is simply because they mean paid days of work. ...

  The topic for today is "onboarding".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   Onboarding, also known as organizational socialization, refers to the processes of adaptation and assimilation of new employees into the organization. Various procedures and techniques ...

  The topic for today is "inflation".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   A dollar, once a strong and stable currency, is no longer as powerful as it used to be in the past. Nowadays, a one dollar banknote is worth less than it was a few decades ago. It means ...

  The topic for today is "consumerism".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   The mentality best expressed in a well-known saying ‘’keeping up with the Joneses’’ is thought to be the beginning of the American consumer culture. Originally, consumerism was a policy ...

  The topic for today is "competitive intelligence".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   Competitive intelligence is defined as the action of understanding and learning about what is happening in the world outside your business. The acquired knowledge will help ...

  The topic for today is "storytelling for brands".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   Companies have been using stories to create brand awareness for many decades. Among the most renowned American entrepreneurs of storytelling for brands was Coca Cola and ...

  The topic for today is "dot-com bubbles".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   The invention of the Internet led to one of the biggest economic booms in the second half of the 1990s. A sudden rise of computer-based companies created a new kind of economy, known ...

  The topic for today is "strategic management".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   Strategic management is said to be one of the most crucial aspects of every organization, because only with a well-defined strategy, business owners are able to focus on ...

  The topic for today is "respect at the workplace".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   When asked the following question "what kind of treatment would you most appreciate at work?" a good deal of employees will undoubtedly say ‘"dignity and respect". Among all ...

  The topic for today is "inshoring".   Task 1. Read the text below to get the general idea:   It seems that contemporary America is making now a U-turn or at least one step back in its economy. For many years American business advisors have advocated offshoring as the best ...