It's a bit difficult with that difference between being friendly and being businessy because you actually need something.
You know those technicalities of when to write kind regards and when to write best wishes.
I might call somebody on the phone if there's something urgent, but I don't think I use phone calls at work as often as before.
Hello and welcome to Office English, a new business series from BBC learning English.
I'm Phil.
And I'm Pippa.
Communicating well at work is difficult, even for native speakers of English like us.
So in this podcast across ten episodes, we're going to talk through the harder parts of speaking English in the office.
In Britain, we tend to have politeness as a really important thing, so we say I'm sorry a lot or can I just do this?
I think I'm probably quite bad at networking when I don't know somebody because I get really nervous.
Whenever you're talking about mistakes, you're dealing with how people feel, and often you're dealing with how you feel yourself.
From meetings to work events to dealing with mistakes, we'll learn some phrases that.
Will help you speak well in English at work and succeed in your career.
We'll be hearing from colleagues at the BBC about how they use English in the office and discussing how we can.
Get the balance between being friendly and professional at work.
Our first two episodes will be available from the 29 January, with weekly episodes every Monday.
To listen, follow our learning English for work podcast on your podcast app or head to our website, bbclearningenglish.com.