Insights
Articles on languages, culture and the day-to-day of working internationally.
What happens to your FUNDAE training credit if you don’t use it before 31 December?
For companies with 50 or more employees, unused credit doesn’t roll over. And there are steps to take before training can start.
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Language training people actually use
The problem with the typical language perk isn't your people: it's the design. Here's how to build training your team wants to come back to.
read →Subsidised training without drowning in paperwork
Your company has already paid for that training credit. The only thing standing between you and it is paperwork, and we can take care of that.
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You can't understand a language without its culture
You can speak impeccable English and still lose the meeting by misreading the room. Language is the vehicle; the value is knowing how to operate.
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Negotiating when the language isn't yours
They add nuance, you simplify. It's not a lack of level: it's a lack of negotiation language, a finite repertoire you can train.
read →Relocating for work: arrive speaking
The relocation, the housing, the package… everything is budgeted except the variable that most shapes success: landing already speaking.
read →Leading teams that don't share a language
What reads as clarity in your language can land as ambiguity in the shared one. Leading in another language is trainable, with your own team's situations.
read →The English no academy teaches
Nobody in the meeting talks like the exam audio. The English that decides your day-to-day is trained with your real material, not a book.
read →Kicking off a project with a foreign partner
"Urgent", "approved" and "almost ready" don't mean the same thing everywhere. The best moment to fix that is before kickoff.
read →AI to practise languages without losing the human touch
AI won't replace your trainer, and your trainer can't be available at 11pm on a Tuesday. The trick is combining them well.
read →How to measure the return on language training
"People seem happy" doesn't defend a budget. This is the data that does, and how to get it without chasing anyone.
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