"Let's take this offline" when you're in a meeting room.

Anonymous wrote:"you don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle"... "low hanging fruit"... referring to things as "bespoke" ...

Uhhh...what would you prefer over "bespoke"? It's an actual word with a meaning, not stupid jargon.

It's like Uber for (fill in the blank)
Blockchain

Anonymous wrote:So, so many.

Kabuki theater, open the kimono (what's with the Japanese references?), boil the ocean, more fulsome to mean fuller, information hoarding. Have to get back to work but am sure many more will come to me as I hear them throughout the day.

That one is super creepy.

Circle back
Looping
Hop on a quick call

Anonymous wrote:“Let's level set. "
I have one corporate client that uses this phrase all the time... Everyone in the company says it. Just to level set, let's level set here, level set what does this mean...
STOP

+1, we have one exec that uses it in every meeting

"you don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle"... "low hanging fruit"... referring to things as "bespoke" ...

"I won't drain the slide"
"Tailwinds or headwinds"
"Algorithm"
Overuse of any word ending in -ize. Maximize, optimize........
"We need to harmonize our plans"

“Let's level set. "
I have one corporate client that uses this phrase all the time... Everyone in the company says it. Just to level set, let's level set here, level set what does this mean...
STOP

Anonymous wrote:So, so many.

Kabuki theater, open the kimono (what's with the Japanese references?), boil the ocean, more fulsome to mean fuller, information hoarding. Have to get back to work but am sure many more will come to me as I hear them throughout the day.

I... don’t know what any of that even means.

So, so many.

Kabuki theater, open the kimono (what's with the Japanese references?), boil the ocean, more fulsome to mean fuller, information hoarding. Have to get back to work but am sure many more will come to me as I hear them throughout the day.

Anonymous wrote:Can we make a list of things staff say that makes execs cringe?

ok...all business clever/catchy phrases

Can we make a list of things staff say that makes execs cringe?

My boss said that yesterday. Uuugggghhh

I work with several of the C-suite executives at our company. I've begun keeping a list of all the stupid sayings they use in an effort to sound clever. For example, "the juice isn't worth the squeeze". What catchy phrases do your executives use that make you cringe every time you hear them?