By Bernard Marr ~ Best-selling business author and
enterprise performance expert
I
reckon every office or workplace has one of those people that are just full of
jargon-ridden management drivel. Does this kind of 'management speak' remind
you of someone at your work place: "Before going forward we have to touch
base and reach out to our key stakeholders so that we can drill down into the
key issues that are not yet on our radar and catch the low-hanging
fruits..."
Are
you surrounded by people who annoyingly can't get enough of the management gobbledygook
and who utter one jargon buzzword after another? Are your meetings buzzing with
so much management lingo that you find it hard to get to the real meaning of
what is being said? The problem I have with these phrases is that they sound so
pretentious and often are counter-productive because they irritate people so
much and deflect from the real meaning.
Below
are my top 30 most irritating and overused phrases we hear at work. I am sure
you have others that you can add to this list. Let's make it the most
comprehensive list of unnecessary management drivel ever - Please add your ones
using the comment field!
For
me, these are my top 30 most irritating jargon phrases and words used at work:
- Going forward
- Drill-down
- End of play
- Touch base
- It's on my radar
- No brainer
- Best of breed
- Low hanging fruit
- Reach out
- Dive deeper
- Think outside the box
- Positive momentum
- Execute
- Milestones
- Run the numbers
- Touch points
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Back to the drawing board
- Get the ball rolling
- Bang for your buck
- Close the deal
- Leverage
- Shift paradigm
- Move the needle
- Game-changing
- Move the goal post
- Value added
- Win-win
- Across the piece
- All hands on deck
What
do you think? Do you agree? Are these the most irritating phrases?
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