Practice recognising and using common corporate buzzwords. These are the expressions that populate every meeting room, strategy deck, and company-wide email in English-speaking workplaces.
📚 Key vocabulary synergy — the concept that combining two or more elements produces a greater result than the sum of their individual effects bandwidth (figurative) — a person's or team's capacity to take on additional work or responsibilities deep dive — a thorough and detailed examination of a particular topic, problem, or project low-hanging fruit — tasks or opportunities that are easily achievable and can produce quick, visible results move the needle — to make a noticeable or meaningful difference to a metric, goal, or outcome thought leader — an individual recognized as an authority and innovator in a specific field or industry leverage (verb) — to use an existing resource, asset, or advantage to maximize results circle back — to return to a topic or conversation at a later time after initial discussion value-add — something that provides additional benefit or worth beyond what is normally expected agility — the ability of an organization to respond quickly and effectively to changes in the market or environment
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. Let's all meet and get our _______________________. ( = make sure we're well organized/ efficient)
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2. Paul, _______________________ me ( = contact me) next week about the sales report.
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3. Well, that's a pretty good idea. Let's send it _______________________. ( = let's show it to upper management)
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4. _______________________ is the corporate way of saying "things that have to be done".
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5. The term "to _______________________" should not be used to mean "to go back to something" unless you're a cowboy.
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6. Presently, anyone who uses the word _______________________ to mean "enthusiastic", "active", etc., can easily become a laughing stock.
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7. In the modern business world, people aren't used, they're _______________________.
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8. Actually, in many an office environment, people aren't even people anymore; They're _______________________.
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9. Let's put that in the _______________________. = Let's not worry about that right now.
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10. You have to take _______________________ of this process. = You are responsible for this process.
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