along-for-the-ride;1223898 wrote: More Buzz Words to get on your nerves........................
A N
Action plan
Net-net (submitted by Richard McCrohan)
At the end of the day Next steps
B O
Bandwidth Offline (as in "I'll take that question offline")
Bells and whistles Off the shelf
Best of breed On the ground (submitted by Tim Milne)
Best practice On the same page
Blamestorming Open door policy
Blue sky thinking Optics
Out of the loop
C Outside the box
Caught in the eddies (submitted by Daryl Runyan) Outsourcing
Challenges Ownership
Champion
Change management P
COB (Close of Business) Parachute in (putting people into a place or position where they can do the job immediately. Similar to ‘on your feet running’) (submitted by Robert Walker)
Competencies Paradigms (especially if "shifting")
Pass the baton (submitted by Chdwick)
D Path forward (submitted by Ric Jones)
Deal that up (submitted by Chdwick) Performance measurement
Deliverables Ping (used by the technologically ignorant as a reference to getting in contact. For example, "I will ping you later today"), (submitted by Ric Jones)
Downsizing Platform
Drill down (or "Drilling down") Post mortem (submitted by Chdwick)
Proactive
E Processes (particularly combined with "retooling")
Empowering
Empowerment Pushing the envelope
Engaged Pull the trigger (submitted by Daryl Runyan)
Environment, Environmental (unless referring to Greenpeace) Putting out fires (submitted by Daryl Runyan)
Execute (submitted by Daryl Runyan)
R
F Radar screen (as in “not showing up on)
Face time Red herring (submitted by Chdwick)
Facilitate Report card (unless it is from your kid’s school)
Focused as a suffix (i.e. client-focused, results-focused) Repurposing
Resources (unless referring to minerals)
G Resourcing
Goal-oriented Right-sizing
Going forward Rubber hits the road
Golden thread of connectivity (submitted by Mark Danson)
S
H Seamless
Heads up Sense check (submitted by Herman Wong)
Helicopter view (as in "Climb to 10,000 feet and take a helicopter view") (submitted by James Childs) Skill sets
High-level Skills transfer
Socialize the issue (submitted by Chdwick)
I Solutions
Impact (as a verb) Songsheet (i.e., singing from the same)
Initiatives Strategies
Integrate Synergistic
In the run up to (submitted by Tim Milne)
Investing in (unless referring to bonds, stocks) T
Investigatory Tasking (also “tasked)
Issues Temperature gauge
Ten-thousand foot view
J Thought showers - instead of 'brainstorming' (submitted by Robert Walker)
Job jar (also see "Parking Lot Issues") Throw it against the wall and see if it sticks (submitted by Marc Bice)
Tools (unless talking about hammers or screwdrivers)
K Top of mind
Touch base (submitted by Herman Wong)
Knowledge Transfer (submitted by Robert Gullick) Transitioning, Transition (as verb)
Transparent, Transparency (unless talking about glass)
L
Lessons Learned V
Leveraging, e.g. "Clients achieve a definitive cost savings by leveraging XYZ's talent, infrastructure and applications." (submitted by Paul Bullen) Value-added
Vision
M
Mapping (unless discussing cartography) W
Metrics Warm and fuzzies (submitted by Chdwick)
Mission Win-Win-Win
Mission-critical Wish list (submitted by Reed McFarland)
Moving forward World-class - "Every project our city votes on is going to be world-class and make Kansas City a world-class city." (submitted by C. Michael Barsotti)
Moving the goal posts
Multi-tasking HA........ You say that now.
