25 annoying phrases you should stop saying at work
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/business-phrases-2015-3#ixzz3VsvgUsBA
I’ll admit to using many of these…
- “At the end of the day
- Back to the drawing board
- Hit the ground running
- Get the ball rolling
- Low hanging fruit
- Thrown under the bus
- Think outside the box
- Let’s touch base
- Get my manager’s blessing
- It’s on my radar
- Ping me
- I don’t have the bandwidth
- No brainer
- Par for the course
- Bang for your buck
- Synergy
- Move the goal post
- Apples to apples
- Win-win
- Circle back around
- All hands on deck
- Take this offline
- Drill-down
- Elephant in the room
- On my plate
What phrases are your pet peeves? Please share them in the comments section below.”
Stephen
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it’s not so much the phrases that annoy, but the laziness of recycling jargon as a safe and mindless communication technique i find cloying. Like reading James Patterson
Continuing the Discussion
RT @sabram: Friday Fun: 25 annoying phrases you should stop saying at work: http://t.co/qNgl3EI93m
@sabram Sounds like a list cribbed from a Buzzword Bingo card
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RT @sabram: Friday Fun: 25 annoying phrases you should stop saying at work: http://t.co/qNgl3EI93m
RT @sabram: Friday Fun: 25 annoying phrases you should stop saying at work: http://t.co/qNgl3EI93m
RT @sabram: Friday Fun: 25 annoying phrases you should stop saying at work: http://t.co/c4XGApQZc7