Bernard Marr
Best-selling business author and enterprise performance expert
Are you surrounded by people who annoyingly can’t get enough of the management gobbledygook and who utter one jargon buzzword after another?
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.
For me, these are my top 30 most irritating jargon phrases 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
On my plate
At the end of the day
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
When the rubber hits the road
Shift paradigm
Move the needle
Game-changing
Move the goal post
Value added
Win-win
Across the piece
All hands on deck
Please let me know which ones you would add to this list!
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