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Business English Reading Lessons
Real business stories, many based on best-selling business writers, turned into C1 lessons. Read the article, learn the key words in context, check your understanding and use the new language in a business text of your own.
- C1 level
- Six business topics
- Key words in context
- Instant answer checking
Leadership and Psychology
What great leaders do differently – and the thinking traps that catch everyone else.
C1 · Reading lesson
Unmanageable or Misunderstood?
The real reason managers are firing Gen Z – and what it reveals about the generational divide.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
Vilfredo Pareto and the 80/20 Principle
How to use this principle in leadership and business to achieve more with less.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
Business Decisions: The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Executives rarely fail because they never noticed a project was struggling – they fail because they kept investing.
Open lesson
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Exemplary Leadership from a Failed Mission
Leadership lessons from Ernest Shackleton’s famous failed mission to cross Antarctica on foot.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Mount Stupid and the knowledge trap: how highly do you rate your own knowledge?
Open lesson
Communication
How people speak, persuade and connect at work – and the language they do it in.
C1 · Reading lesson
English as a Lingua Franca
Will English lose its crown as the global language of business?
Open lesson
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The Status Game and How to Play It
How much are you driven by status? Based on the best-seller by Will Storr.
Open lesson
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The Power of Quiet by Susan Cain
Rethinking leadership and success in an extroverted world.
Open lesson
AI and Innovation
How new technology is changing jobs, brands and the way companies work.
C1 · Reading lesson
From Pyramid to Diamond
AI and the death of the entry-level job.
Open lesson
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The AI-Driven Race to Speak Whaleish
Cracking the code of animal communication.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
Meta’s Epic Metaverse Failure
Zuckerberg’s $80bn gamble, which crashed and burned – or did it?
Open lesson
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AI and the Authenticity Paradox
Should brands go AI-free in their ads? A look at a growing consumer backlash.
Open lesson
Brand and Strategy
How the world’s biggest brands win attention, loyalty and market share.
C1 · Reading lesson
The $1.8bn World Cup Brand Battle
How some very creative brands won the World Cup without even kicking a ball.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
How Coca-Cola Won the Holidays
How Coca-Cola went from a summer drink to a Christmas icon.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
Raising a Glass to England’s Wine Boom
Climate change, disruption and market strategy in an unlikely industry.
Open lesson
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Extreme Branding: The Red Bull Story
How Red Bull turned extreme risk into a competitive advantage.
Open lesson
Entrepreneurship
Founders, pitches and the stories behind businesses that soared – or collapsed.
C1 · Reading lesson
The Greatest Product Pitch of All Time?
How Levi Roots overcame 16 years of rejection to build a business empire.
Open lesson
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Theranos: A Silicon Valley Nightmare
How Elizabeth Holmes built a multi-billion-dollar company based on lies.
Open lesson
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William Shakespeare: Poet or Entrepreneur?
Did you know that William Shakespeare had a fierce entrepreneurial streak?
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
Boredom: The Hidden Engine of Creativity
How boredom can inspire us to make excellent decisions – and how we can embrace it.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
The Most Underrated Invention
Could one single invention have shaped economic history?
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
The Flying Geese Economic Model
How migrating birds gave rise to one of the most enduring economic theories ever.
Open lesson
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A House in Italy for €1: Is It Too Good to Be True?
A new scheme drawing people to underpopulated towns.
Open lesson
C1 · Reading lesson
Attitudes to Work around the World
From the four-day week to China’s 996: what would you want from your working life?
Open lesson
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