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Unit 1
Theme
Executive presence & personal branding
Presence you can hear
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
1A
The first ninety secondsOpen lesson →
inversion for emphasis
1B
What sets you apartOpen lesson →
cleft sentences
CS1
🎯Case Study 1Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 1
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Unit 2
Theme
Strategy & competitive advantage
Where you play, how you win
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
2A
Where we play, how we winOpen lesson →
advanced discourse markers
2B
Turning verbs into strategyOpen lesson →
nominalisation
CS2
🎯Case Study 2Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 2
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Unit 3
Theme
Leadership & change management
Leading through the turn
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
3A
Looking back on the pivotOpen lesson →
modal perfects (should/might/could have)
3B
It would seem that…Open lesson →
hedging & tentative language
CS3
🎯Case Study 3Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 3
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Unit 4
Theme
High-stakes negotiation
What the deal really costs
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
4A
If we had signed then…Open lesson →
mixed conditionals
4B
Provided that both sides moveOpen lesson →
advanced conditionals (unless / provided that / were it not for)
CS4
🎯Case Study 4Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 4
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Unit 5
Theme
Financial storytelling & investor relations
The story behind the numbers
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
5A
It is expected to growOpen lesson →
passive reporting structures
5B
What matters is the runwayOpen lesson →
emphatic structures (what / all / the thing…)
CS5
🎯Case Study 5Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 5
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Unit 6
Theme
Global markets & geopolitics
Markets don't stand still
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
6A
However tempting the marketOpen lesson →
concessive clauses
6B
Weighing the trade-offsOpen lesson →
participle clauses
CS6
🎯Case Study 6Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 6
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Unit 7
Theme
Innovation, R&D & disruption
Ship the future
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
7A
By 2030 we will have shippedOpen lesson →
future perfect & future continuous
7B
Any given quarterOpen lesson →
advanced quantifiers & determiners
CS7
🎯Case Study 7Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 7
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Unit 8
Theme
Ethics, governance & ESG
The rules behind the results
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
8A
The board said the report…Open lesson →
reported speech (advanced backshift)
8B
We recommend that the board approveOpen lesson →
subjunctive & formal register
CS8
🎯Case Study 8Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 8
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Unit 9
Theme
Talent, culture & difficult conversations
Words that hold teams together
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
9A
Threads that hold a team togetherOpen lesson →
cohesion & reference
9B
The unsaid, the impliedOpen lesson →
ellipsis & substitution
CS9
🎯Case Study 9Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 9
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Unit 10
Theme
Vision, legacy & the future of work
What you leave behind
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
10A
Only then did we understandOpen lesson →
emphatic inversion (only then, no sooner)
10B
Looking ten years outOpen lesson →
mixed-tense review
CS10
🎯Case Study 10Open case study →
Applied scenario for Unit 10
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