Alice Belz, M.A.
My posts from LinkedIn: short insights on speaking German at work with confidence.
You know the German. So why can't you speak it when it matters? Someone asks you something in a meeting. You understand every word. The one you need is nowhere to be found. So what really moves the needle after B1? One word you've only heard. Used on purpose. …
Your German needed four more seconds. The meeting moved on. So you nodded. And kept your best idea to yourself. Then comes the quiet thought you never say out loud: is this holding my career back? I know that nod. Smart thoughts, arriving late. Here's what cha…
Wie wirke ich eigentlich so kompetent, wie ich wirklich bin? Diese Frage bekomme ich ständig. Und ehrlich, ich mag sie. Sie zeigt mir, wie greifbar die Antwort ist, und wie effektiv das Training dahinter wirkt. Ich mache den Anruf. Technisch korrekt. Komplett …
Not arrogance. Being underestimated for the wrong reason. New research backs it up: when someone speaks with less ease, colleagues often like them MORE, they read the struggle as effort, as trying. But they rate that same person as LESS competent, at the exact…
I get interrupted too. In German, English and Spanish. Halfway through my point, someone jumps in: „Ja, aber eigentlich …“ My heart starts racing. A little voice says: Stay nice. Say nothing. But once you go quiet, you're quiet for the rest of the meeting. So …
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