# How to talk about PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS - Business English vocabulary lesson

An episode of [Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1616739393), 13 Aug 2025, 28 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2022761/episodes/17661775-how-to-talk-about-professional-success-business-english-vocabulary-lesson.mp3

Send us Fan Mail Succeeding in your career and at work means many things. Today we're going to look at some natural and native ways to speak about getting a promotion and accepting more responsibility. We're going to hear some vocabulary, phrases, idioms and phrasal verbs that we can use to talk to our colleagues, managers, clients and customers about these things, and analyse the grammar that can make some of these words really confusing to use. So, if you need English at work, but you don't speak it natively then I hope you enjoy this podcast. 🔗 Book a one-to-one session with Chris at breakoutbusinessenglish.com 🎁 Use code PODCAST30 for 30% off your first coaching session Do you want me to analyse your English on YouTube? Contact me here: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/contact Do you want to see what I do? Click here: https://youtu.be/1jpP2nCQDi0?si=DCKHKxe9dqhidx0o Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, or Cambridge English tests and exams then you might find some of the vocabulary in this episode really useful. This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast. Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and request future topics! 📅 New episodes released every Wednesday 📺 Watch vocabulary breakdowns and coaching analysis on the Breakout Business English YouTube channel Today's examples: My predecessor set the bar pretty high but I think I’m up to the challenge. I’m over the moon with this promotion, it’s definitely been a long time coming. It feels like all the hard work I’ve put in over the past few years has finally been vindicated. I’ve taken on a laundry list of new duties and a roster of staff as long as my arm! It’s definitely going to be a challenge. Now that I’ve stepped into this new role I really need to step up and demonstrate that I can handle all of these new deliverables I now oversee this whole department and it’s up to me to make sure that nothing gets overlooked. #businessenglish #englishtips #englishlesson #englishclass Support the show Book a coaching session with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com

## Transcript

Welcome back to the Breakout Business English podcast, where I help you to communicate better. Work in English. Hi everyone, my name is Chris and I have personally worked with over 1000 international professionals just like you to improve the way that they communicate at work in English. Thank you so much for listening. And today's topic is professional success.So I feel like I've been talking about some really Loom and sad stuff recently. I think I've been getting everyone down, bringing everyone down. Is it maybe three podcasts in a row now that I've discussed failure? Possibly. I think that's something we need to change.So I think we need to go in another direction. In fact, let's go in the complete opposite direction today and discuss success and succeeding at work. The people I work with and coach come from all over the world and from many different countries. One thing that I can say about all of them is that they all want to succeed professionally. Success means different things to different people. And having an idea of what success means to you is a really useful and important thing when thinking about how you want your career to develop. With that in mind, let's take a look at some vocabulary and some ideas for professional success. Let's start today with a well-established measure of success And that is... Promotion. Although climbing the career ladder isn't for everyone, I think I'm right in saying that the bigger the organization you work in, the more likely you are to want to move up to a more senior role, simply because there are usually a lot more opportunities to move up in larger organizations. With that said, Let's listen now. To some natural and native ways that people might talk about getting promoted at work. My predecessor set the bar pretty high. But I think I'm up to the challenge. My predecessor set the bar pretty high But I think I'm up to the challenge. I'm over the moon with this promotion. It's definitely been a long time coming. I'm

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