Meetings — Real Fluency Guide

Practice saying these sentences aloud, or whisper if you cannot say aloud. Make sure your tongue moves. Once you are done with one set, repeat it. Do this three times before moving to the next set. Go through the rest of the lessons, one each day. Slowly, these phrases will get imprinted into your tongue's muscle memory and your brain. You will start noticing that you can recall them easily whenever the situation arises.

Set 1

"Can we park that for now?"

Can we park that for now and come back to it after the main agenda?

That's an important point — can we park that for now?

We're running short on time, so can we park that for now?

Can we park that for now and loop in the relevant team later?

I don't want to lose this point — can we park that for now and note it down?

The client is waiting on this, so can we park that for now?

Can we park that for now? It deserves a separate conversation.

Before we go deeper, can we park that for now and finish the current point?

Set 2

"Let me bring us back to the agenda"

Let me bring us back to the agenda — we only have ten minutes left.

That's a good discussion, but let me bring us back to the agenda.

Let me bring us back to the agenda before we run out of time.

We're drifting a bit — let me bring us back to the agenda.

Let me bring us back to the agenda; we can take this offline.

Before we lose the thread, let me bring us back to the agenda.

Let me bring us back to the agenda and cover the remaining points.

The client call is in twenty minutes, so let me bring us back to the agenda.

Set 3

"What's the decision here?"

We've discussed this for a while now — what's the decision here?

Before we close the meeting, what's the decision here?

Everyone seems aligned, so what's the decision here?

What's the decision here — do we go ahead or put it on hold?

Let's not leave this open — what's the decision here?

The team needs direction, so what's the decision here?

What's the decision here? I'll need to update the client.

We've heard all views — what's the decision here?