First things first, a belated Happy New Year to the readers of this blog. Hopefully the festive break was a relaxing one - already it feels like a distant memory!
The Trade-It Small Business blog will continue as a resource for south west businesses in 2009, with more exclusive articles from local business personalities, together with the latest news from the economic world.
Today's post is based on a feature in the January issue of Business Edge magazine concerning workplace jargon. Their top ten cringeworthy office phrases are as follows:
- Going forward
- Blue sky thinking
- Web 2.0
- Ideas shower
- Pushing the envelope
- Low hanging fruit (?!)
- Knowledge base
- Restructuring
- Fully integrated
- Upskill
Research shows that 98% of staff from larger companies use buzzwords every day, compared to just 25% of workers from small businesses; whilst women (36%) are more guilty of spouting jargon compared to men (26%).
So why does office jargon exist? What's wrong with good old fashioned coherent speech? Is it a matter of laziness, or does it genuinely save time?
Answers to our comments form please! Feel free to add any classic office speak that we may have missed...
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