Don’t you just hate some
of the clichés that we encounter all the time in the business world? If
you listen out at meetings you can play a sort of personal bingo by ticking off
each one of these you hear:
We
need to all be on the same page
|
We
need to sing from the same song sheet
|
Let’s
get this show on the road
|
Better
safe than sorry
|
Thinking
outside the box
|
Win-win
situation
|
At
the end of the day…
|
Paradigm
shift
|
Low-hanging
fruit
|
Push
the envelope
|
Drop
the ball
|
Let’s
take this offline
|
Lets
hit the ground running
|
24/7
|
Touch
base
|
Manage
expectations
|
Put a
stake into the ground
|
Mission critical
|
It’s
a no brainer
|
Herding
cats
|
Quite
frankly
|
Blue
sky thinking
|
Quick
wins
|
If it
ain’t broke don’t fix it
|
Don’t
reinvent the wheel
|
The
ball is in your court
|
The
devil’s in the details
|
I
think we can agree to disagree
|
Comparing
apples with apples
|
Lets
not put the cart before the horse
|
Lets
not beat a dead horse
|
In a
nutshell
|
Run
this one up the flagpole
|
Drill
down
|
It’s
not rocket science
|
Get
your ducks in a row
|
Ballpark
figure
|
By
the close of play
|
Giving
you a heads up
|
Suck
it and see
|
And no doubt many more
could be added – both in the business world and other spheres.
Suggestions most welcome.
Brilliant. We are going to have a staff in-service next week. Looks like we'll also be having a clandestine game of Bingo while we sit through yet another long, torturous day. Thank you, Carole!!
ReplyDelete