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Learn 41 of the most common English phrases for leading a business meeting in this short video. You'll learn phrases for managing the discussion, delegating tasks, outlining the agenda and much more.

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The phrases in this lesson:

Welcoming / thanking the participants
First of all, I’d like to welcome everybody and thank you all for coming to today’s meeting.
I’d like to start by thanking all of you for agreeing to meet at such short notice.
Hello everybody and welcome.

Introducing people
Before we get started, let me introduce …
I’d like you all to meet …
Let’s go round the table and introduce ourselves.

Excusing people who are absent
Unfortunately George can’t join us today he sends his apologies.
I’d like to apologise on behalf of Mr. Neary. He can’t be with us today due to …

Dealing with the minutes
Let's go over the minutes of our last meeting, which was held on June 16th.
Simon, could you please take the minutes today?

Outlining the agenda
The purpose / aim / objective of today’s meeting is …
The first item on the agenda is …
Then, we’ll move on to item 2, which is ...
After that, we'll look at …
And finally, we’ll discuss …

Asking for opinions
Monika, what are your views on this?
Mohamed, how do you see it?
Natalia, can you give us your feedback?
Would anyone like to comment on this?
Does anyone have anything else to add?

Asking for clarification / explanation?
What exactly do you mean by …?
Could you explain that in more detail?
Would you mind going over that again please?
I’m not sure everybody follows, would you mind explaining that again?

Managing the discussion
I think we can move on to the next point.
If nobody has anything else to add, let’s move on to the next item.
I’m afraid we don’t have time to discuss that in today’s meeting. Let’s add it to next week’s agenda.
I’m sorry, but I have to stop you there – we need to stick to the agenda.
We’ll have to come back to that at the end of the meeting.
We’re running out of time, so let’s move on.

Delegating Tasks
Wolfgang, can you keep everyone up to date with the latest developments?
Rachel, could you please follow up on …
Pat, please get in touch with …

Summarising
Let me briefly summarise what we've discussed today.
Before we finish, let me summarise the main points.
We've decided to …
We've agreed that …

Closing the meeting
Well, I think that covers everything.
That brings us to the end of this meeting.
Our next meeting will be on …
Thanks everyone.

Music credits:
Intro music: Far Away by MK2
Background music: Honey and Milk by The 126ers