Middle managers and low hanging fruit
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What is with the jargon?
Have you ever been in a meeting and heard all the stupid things they say? Think big, think outside the box, low hanging fruit, blue sky approach. What does this stuff mean and what does low hanging fruit have to do with business.
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Why is it that middle management talk in a different language? I am currently on an all day conference call with my sales manager and in the last three hours he has used some really stupid phrases. Check these out...
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| 22-3-2008 | I was with you all the way on this - right up until you said 'Go learn' What ???? | Steve |
| 15-12-2007 | Speak plain English is best at all times - all the fancy phrases come from business school, and often refer to references in well known books and papers. People usually do it because (1) they think it will impress colleagues or (2) they have poor vocab (3) they are unable to be precise about what t...more | TaffyQuad |
| 31-10-2007 | The thing to do is to have a competition with a colleague. Whilst in the same meeting, each has to make a note of any ridiculous sayings that are used. Afterwards compare notes and the one who has heard/noted down the most wins!
If you decide to award a prize then a little thinking outside the bo...more | knobhead |
| 25-9-2007 | Here in Australia, we like getting a heads up before going forward in order to sing from the same song sheet at the end of day. | Liz |
| 09-9-2007 | My take on this - Corporate communication has to be 'effectively precise'. But does it have to be mundane & blunt? What's wrong with some play with words? | MK |
| 15-8-2007 | my bosses use the idiotic phrase corporate culture.what they really mean is whatever retrograde union busting idea they manage to wring out of management fascist magazines | harrassed by |
| 06-4-2007 | In my pinion, people who use such phrases have a poor vocabulary and think that by injecting such prile statements into a conversation they appear to be more inelligent than they are.
However, for me, their pseudo - inellectual, affected babble just proves how stupid they are; just by using such p...more | Alan G |
| 03-4-2007 | It will have been brought to your attention that a fundamental and far-reaching restructuring is currently at this point in time under way.
Basically this concerns each and every employee and it is important that we all understand the new game plan and are seen to be singing from the same hymn bo...more | MikeP |
| 03-4-2007 | I agree with Robbi all this hype is unnecessary - it makes them appear clever but basically they are insecure. I have the opposite problem when dealing with housing departments, associations etc. I often wonder about the education they receive as they have no idea whatsoever how to compose a lette...more | Dylan |
| 30-3-2007 | I have never understood the saying *Walk the talk"....sounds like a bit of nonesence to me ! | Kanny Kevin |
| 14-1-2007 | This site offer typical comments of a opinionated person with little management experience, little in the way to offer an employer in education and spend to much thinking about negatives then positives or maybe you just have too much time on your hands. It's very simple, if management talk riddl...more | ManagementIsMe |
| 07-11-2006 | Whilst many of these phrases are indeed cringeworthy, to say the least, they generally provide a pretty clear analogy. The problem as I see it is they are created by smart consultants and managers who may use them cleverly and sparingly but then are subsequently adopted by not so smart consulants an...more | Bobby Shafto |
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