BUSINESS SPEAK - I DON'T MISS IT !

There was a great article in FORBES ON-LINE today about how many people detest the business speak jargon that is widely in use in the corporate environment . I worked for large companies for 30 years and can certainly vouch as being an offender . Only when you're on the outside do you realize the uselessness of some of these terms :

Lets cover of some of the most over used ones and let the guilty recognize themselves as appropriate :

touch base
circle the wagons
get everyone on the same page
full service
over the wall
take it to the next level
tee it up
circle back

The article sums it up nicely by saying that people use these words in the corporate environment to sound important but they don't make any sense and just hide inadeqacies.

FINALLY - If you understand the attached call me on my direct line anytime 416 319 5769 to explain!
Stan

' At the meeting we can touch base, circle the wagons, and get everyone on the same page - that way we wont ignore the low hanging fruit and the intellectual needle wont move anywhere. However that limites our bandwidth and the troops want to drink from the high level fire hose . We dont want game changing paradigm shifters, instead lets take it to the next level.