score 4
- 4
- 0
Lockstep
One's actions and/or strategies are aligned and in sync with the actions and/or strategies of another.
As in...
We need to make sure that recuiting is in lockstep with the hiring managers.
score 1
- 2
- 1
Actionable
An essential requirement to turn waffle-speak into practice. Potentially fatal to career if used in meetings before necessary due diligence has been undertaken.
As in...
Following your annual (non)performance review, we need you to address the following actionable points...
score 90
- 94
- 4
Traction
Support or resonance (see resonate) for a concept or issue, particularly useful when dealing with those of even lower intelligence.
As in...
Jim: Success looks like gaining traction for our latest initiatives with both our internal and external stakeholders!
Nick: Good luck selling that one Jim.
score 88
- 92
- 4
Task
The act of assigning a task to someone.
As in...
Let's task the intern with managing scrum this week.
I've been tasked to manage scrum this week.
score 88
- 92
- 4
From the get-go
Means "from the start", or "from the beginning". A horrible term from darkest corporate America, but often heard in Europe also, that implies we are all waiting for the customer to fire an imaginary starting pistol before we leap out of bed and into action. However in spite of its bright "carpe diem" positivism, it often conceals a culture where excuses, stalling and rampant non-delivery are not only the norm, but positively encouraged. As a result it is only ever used in the future tense by sales and marketing people, about projects that they themselves will not be delivering.
As in...
"From the get-go, our guys will be doing 110% for you..." (110% of nothing is still nothing) or "You'll see an exponential improvement in performance from the get-go..." (but that's because we've hacked your reporting system)
score 87
- 91
- 4
Piggy-back
To add on/to an existing idea within a conversation or discussion; Supplementary or complimentary idea
As in...
"...and to piggy-back on Steve's idea of using large balloons...how about large balloons WITH LOGOS?"
score 112
- 118
- 6
Drop the ball
to screw up on an important task
As in...
Steve, I've had it. I gave you the simple task of creating the list of deliverables for the meeting and you still manage to drop the ball. How are we going to get buy-in from the c-level if we can't even manage to draft a proper action item list?
score 128
- 164
- 36
Action item
An extremely important, urgent task requiring immediate action — from someone else
As in...
Jane, can you go ahead and take that last point down as an action item to follow-up on after this workshop has ended? We're going to need to get right on that as it is one of many critical next steps to getting this thing off the ground.
score 128
- 164
- 36
Action item
An extremely important, urgent task requiring immediate action — from someone else
As in...
Jane, can you go ahead and take that last point down as an action item to follow-up on after this workshop has ended? We're going to need to get right on that as it is one of many critical next steps to getting this thing off the ground.
