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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Nicci Severens Sometimes you do not have six months. A new international role is around the corner, a foreign client is at the table, or a team suddenly has to meet in English next month. That is when you are not looking for a...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Booking is one phone call. But what does your employee actually get after that? A behind-the-scenes look at the Summer Crash Course: five weeks of intensive language training. In our previous blog, why you book now and not in six weeks, we wrote about timing....

Summer is the best time of year to learn a language. Not because it sounds appealing, but because it actually works. Fewer meetings. Less deadline pressure. More headspace. Exactly the conditions under which people genuinely absorb and retain new skills. Not a rushed training day squeezed between two projects, but...

You have invested in language training. Your employees have started. So now what? At some point, someone asks the question: is this actually paying off? A director reviewing costs. A CFO asking about return on investment. Or you yourself, as an HR or L&D manager, needing to show that the...

Language training during the onboarding of expats is one of the most effective investments an HR professional can make, and one of the most underestimated. You found the best candidate. International talent, strong CV, enthusiastic during the interview. The first day goes well. And yet, a few months later, something...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The Energy Skills Programme is a preparatory programme by Refugee Talent Hub that prepares refugees for a technical job in the energy sector, with intensive Dutch language training as its foundation. In 2025, the first group of 15 participants successfully completed the programme. Language Partners...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In many organisations it is a common line of thinking: language skills? We’ll get to that later. Or worse: someone steps over a threshold and admits they find it difficult to speak in another language, and the answer is: “that’s a worry for later.” But...

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Language is everywhere in your organisation: in every meeting, every performance review, every customer interaction. And yet, in many organisations, language skills are still treated as something extra. Something for the communications team, for customer service, or for managers with a natural way with words....

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes British and American English differ in six areas: spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, prepositions and idioms. Usually the difference is harmless, but in business communication it can cause confusion, and inconsistent use looks sloppy. This article lists the main differences, with tips on which variant to...