Effective or Annoying? Overused Phrases at Work.
"Efforting" is a good one. Like it? Hate it? Business columnist Michelle Goodman has come up with a list of the most overused phrases around the office and that one is featured.
I sort of like "send it up the flagpole and see who salutes." Thankfully, that's not on the list of the overused phrases, so we can keep it. I think it may be a Texas thing!
Click through to see other overused office phrases.
- efforting
- low-hanging fruit
- think outside the box
- not in my wheelhouse
- paradigm shift
- shoot me an email
- hold the fort
- synergies/synergistic
- key insights
- key drivers
- key takeaways
- impactful
- action items
- next steps
- value proposition
- table this
- hard stop
- boil the ocean
- circle the wagons
- throw it against the wall and see what sticks
- parachute in
Hey, enjoy your Labor Day weekend off! A nice long break from the office talk.