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The article focuses on the need for mastering the spoken British English in the international business. It reflects that speaking and understanding one variety of English will not help the business persons to acquire all of the English-language accents,which is essential when they interact with global business partners. The article provides a non-technical introduction to spoken British English. It reflects that an introduction to British English accent is important because it is used by many international businesspersons. The national languages such as Canadian English and Australian English are influenced significantly by British English accents. Due to such diversity among the users of English language there is a need for related instructional guidance for business educators. More over, the entire global business community depends overwhelmingly on the English language, which demands to pay attention to the topic of English-language variation in the international business, management and the promotion of the books on marketing and cross-cultural and international business communication.

In this article Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy discusses ways to build a stronger and better company. He suggests to survey team members repeatedly, survey clients by calling them, focus groups and walkthroughs after project completion, helping employees earn a living wage, promoting a habit of learning and growing the performance of each division.

Presents tips that will allow Canadian entrepreneurs to maintain their business during the economic decline in 2002. Importance of reconnecting with customers and referral sources; Investment in infrastructure; Significance of communication among employees.

The article discusses the leadership styles through a wide number of effective and useful tools for leaders. It suggests daily training of leaders designed to help them get better in their tasks as communication is difficult due to the fact that everyone communicates in the same way, tendencies or styles. It also suggests taking more about how other people communicate to have a better chance of getting the message received which lies the leadership success.

The article focuses on various factors needed in order to achieve successful business. It states that attitude is one factor which is associated with one's innate survival against downward economy wherein how a businessman view his enterprise can predict if he or she would gain success or fail. Moreover, establishing communication with customers is an asset because it creates confidence and trust. It adds that it takes a businessman's passion to introduce the features and benefits of a product.

The article offers guidelines for entrepreneurs in forming a board of advisers. It discourages the approach of choosing friendly and familiar advisers, stressing that what entrepreneurs need is one who will offer the required perspective and constructive criticism while challenging them to succeed. It suggests clear communication with advisers once the board is formed, maximizing the use of their analysis and advice, and maintaining good advisory relationships. In times of success, giving the board a small percentage of equity in the company is advised.

This article discusses the communication style of businesspeople. Most businesspeople copy and paste and crank out hollow and vapid communications that become the butt of jokes as soon as they leave the e-mail server. Even worse, they get ignored. They're full of jargon, they say very little and, most important, these messages are out of touch, arrogant and condescending. The Obscurity Trap catches idiots desperate to sound smart or prove their purpose, and lures them with message-killers like jargon, long-windedness, acronyms and evasiveness.

Offers some New Year's resolutions for businesspeople. Need to get organized; Businesspeople's need to resolve to improve efficiency; Taking control of voice-mail and electronic mails; Establishment of an annual calendar; Evaluation of contracts; Review of the organization's budget.

Discusses the role of Web sites as businesspeople's tool for connection and communication. Streamlining of communication with employees; Practical applications; Ability to connect with customers and employees; Feeling of urgency that has been created by the medium.

The author discusses the effect of decreasing attention spans on business culture and the economy as of August 2014. Topics include the effect of brevity on business professionals, the effect of smartphones and emails on attention spans, and advice for leaders to effectively communicate in this environment.

In this article the author discusses entrepreneurs hiring people smarter than them. It states that hiring people who are stronger than entrepreneurs is good as they have more data, experience and wisdom (DEW), which can help the company to improve. It mentions that entrepreneurs should maintain a culture where there is open communication. It highlights that before hiring, entrepreneurs should consider what skills are they looking for in employees.

The article discusses why business communication professionals should try and gain the IABC Gold Quill Award. The IABC believes that by being awarded the Gold Quill Award it shows that a business communication professional's work is key to a companies bottom line. In order to win the Gold Quill one has to devise a project that genuinely furthers the goals of their employer. If measurement shows that the business communication professional executed the project satisfactorily, then they are ready to draft their entry, following the rules exactly. The entries are then looked over by judges and a winner is then determined