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Business Gibberish and the Gag Reflex

May 26th, 2007

Good decision-making in a business requires clarity of language and understanding. Too bad many people seem to switch from good, friendly conversational language to some sort of vague, moldy melange of clotted double-speak that make you want to, well upchuck, when they get to the office.

We’ve all either heard it and mentally swallowed hard to keep from verbally barfing back at the speaker (who usually is a higher-up) or even succumbed to the sickness ourselves and hurled meaningless yet stinky cliches at the poor souls listening to us.

Bad decisions get made when people don’t speak clearly, candidly and with courage as needed.

More on how to that in a subsequent post.

First: Take a quick survey of YOUR MOST HATED BUSINESS-SPEAK PHRASES, and maybe submit a new one for added consideration. Try not to gag or barf during the survey.

Results to be posted Tuesday night EDT.

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