Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Business Term – Mission Critical

Mission critical - Something that is vital to the success of your business e.g. the IT infrastructure. business-jargon

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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Monday, 23 January 2012

Business Term – Lipstick on a pig

Lipstick on a pig - Trying to make a negative situation look better than it is.

E.g.

"If we say that to him regarding those numbers, he will just accuse us of trying to put lipstick on a pig."
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Thursday, 19 January 2012

Business Term – Hot Desking

Hot desking - Mobile employees that  find a temporary place to work whilst they are in the office.

E.g.

"Steve hot desks in marketing on thursdays you can find him on the third floor"
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Business Term – Herding cats

Herding cats - A difficult situation to control.

E.g

"Everyone on that team has strong personalities and wants to do their own thing - its like herding cats"
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Business Term – Helicopter view

Helicopter view - A high level view or summary of a situation.

E.g.

"I haven't got long before I go into the meeting can you give me a helicopter view of the situation".
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Monday, 16 January 2012

Saturday, 14 January 2012

Business Term – Hand holding

Hand holding - To guide someone through a process due to inexperience or incompetence

E.g.

"There may be a short period of hand holding for the client but after that they will need little ongoing support"
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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Business Term – Grass roots

Grass roots - Built from the bottom up, without any formal training or organization or can also refer to a low level.

E.g.

"We need to tackle this problem at grass roots level"
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Monday, 9 January 2012

Business Term – Going forward

Going forward - Looking toward the future. Usually serves to add two filler words to the start or end of your sentence.

E.g.

"This is something we will definitely need to do going forward"
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Sunday, 8 January 2012

Saturday, 7 January 2012

Business Term - Game Changing

Game-changing - A sports term describing a critical point with the potential to alter the overall outcome.

E.g.

"Our plan to transition from products to solutions is a game-changing moment for our company."
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