Comments on: Top 5 Overused Business Cliches http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/ Connecting the dots of life and business Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Steve Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:30:56 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-711 Nobody makes use of anything anymore, instead, they "leverage" it. Sick. Nobody makes use of anything anymore, instead, they “leverage” it. Sick.

]]> By: Jerry http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Jerry Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:17:28 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-653 boots on the ground boots on the ground

]]> By: Jerry http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Jerry Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:17:28 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-649 boots on the ground boots on the ground

]]> By: ideagirl http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-647 ideagirl Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:07:14 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-647 Our corporate leader used so many repetitive cliche's in our monthly conference calls that I made bingo cards up with all of the cliche's listed. Each card was slightly different. So during the tedious call each month we played "cliche bingo" which kept us all awake and actually helped us to pay attention to what was being said. That's what I call SYNERGY! <br> Our corporate leader used so many repetitive cliche's in our monthly conference calls that I made bingo cards up with all of the cliche's listed. Each card was slightly different. So during the tedious call each month we played “cliche bingo” which kept us all awake and actually helped us to pay attention to what was being said. That's what I call SYNERGY!

]]> By: Madisonwest764 http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Madisonwest764 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:03:06 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-646 Great job. I posted this link to my Facebook in fact. I really think there has been a decline in trust at my workplace ever since our business-oriented (I work in the medical field....and yes, I realize medicine is now a business) executive director began deluging us with over-used cliches. As a result, the minions (wanna be director types) are mimicking the boss's language and there are little cliche drones talking dumb around the workplae. A classic case of The Emperor's New Clothes. Great job. I posted this link to my Facebook in fact. I really think there has been a decline in trust at my workplace ever since our business-oriented (I work in the medical field….and yes, I realize medicine is now a business) executive director began deluging us with over-used cliches. As a result, the minions (wanna be director types) are mimicking the boss's language and there are little cliche drones talking dumb around the workplae. A classic case of The Emperor's New Clothes.

]]> By: Dan Hostetler http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Dan Hostetler Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:21:13 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-640 From researching my quiz, my favorite is "low-hanging fruit." I think it's actually a useful concept, unlike "work smarter, not harder". Here's the fill-in-the-blank quiz I wrote with 20 business cliches: <br><br><a href="http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/business-cliches-quiz.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/business-cliches...</a> From researching my quiz, my favorite is “low-hanging fruit.” I think it's actually a useful concept, unlike “work smarter, not harder”. Here's the fill-in-the-blank quiz I wrote with 20 business cliches:

http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/business-cliches…

]]> By: hopeforthedawn http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-639 hopeforthedawn Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:00:02 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-639 Hello Everybody,<br><br>Yes I honestly hate all the Cliches in the world.. specially the business ones!!!! They seem to be some phrase which keep on penetrating our brains and minds with it's awful sounds...."Isn't it time to take this to the next level?!!!!"...."I think you have to take this to the next level!!!!!!!"...."Let's take that to the next level!!!!!!"...."We are in need to take it to the next level!!!!!!"<br><br>This is just one cliche in different sentences and ways of saying it.. imagine how many others for each other cliches!!! Ohh my God! How I hate these extremely overused terms.. I hate how they sound so badly.. It just keeps getting on my nerves..<br><br>But the most and worst part of it.. and which is getting on my nerves even more badly.. is not when the business owner says it only but also when people around say it to imitate the BOSS playing wise & kissing asses in a way makes me really feel I want to throw up<br><br>I apologize & excuse me for the way & the language I hate to talk with.. but it annoys me so much & it seems that the subject has hit a nerve in me.. I'm sorry.. Hello Everybody,

Yes I honestly hate all the Cliches in the world.. specially the business ones!!!! They seem to be some phrase which keep on penetrating our brains and minds with it's awful sounds….”Isn't it time to take this to the next level?!!!!”….”I think you have to take this to the next level!!!!!!!”….”Let's take that to the next level!!!!!!”….”We are in need to take it to the next level!!!!!!”

This is just one cliche in different sentences and ways of saying it.. imagine how many others for each other cliches!!! Ohh my God! How I hate these extremely overused terms.. I hate how they sound so badly.. It just keeps getting on my nerves..

But the most and worst part of it.. and which is getting on my nerves even more badly.. is not when the business owner says it only but also when people around say it to imitate the BOSS playing wise & kissing asses in a way makes me really feel I want to throw up

I apologize & excuse me for the way & the language I hate to talk with.. but it annoys me so much & it seems that the subject has hit a nerve in me.. I'm sorry..

]]> By: Christine http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Christine Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:29:26 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-638 I know this article is a year old. But my small company was just "acquired" (bought) by a large company. Large Company loves to use the terms:<br>-Workaround .... aka: solution!<br>-Champion .... aka: person responsible for the task<br>UGH I know this article is a year old. But my small company was just “acquired” (bought) by a large company. Large Company loves to use the terms:
-Workaround …. aka: solution!
-Champion …. aka: person responsible for the task
UGH

]]> By: chuckbernard http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-636 chuckbernard Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:59:54 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-636 Dear Todd,<br>I appreciate this posting. I work as a fellowships and graduate studies adviser at a liberal arts college, and I read a lot of personal statements and project proposals. Our business and econ students throw these cliches out there at a startling rate, and the problem is especially glaring when they're not applying for business positions.<br>My two favorites correspond to your top choice, synergy, in so far as they are words whose uses have wandered pretty far from their earlier ones.<br>Leverage -- I had a student recently write that she had written her senior thesis by "leveraging" the rare book collection at a local library.<br>Metric -- I'm not sure why measurement or study or whatever other terms apply here have fallen out of favor, but I see many references to metric. And in a lot of cases, it seems that people use it to discuss any sort of analysis or any part of an analysis. Some people also seem to use it to mean result or outcome, which seems even more overdone. Dear Todd,
I appreciate this posting. I work as a fellowships and graduate studies adviser at a liberal arts college, and I read a lot of personal statements and project proposals. Our business and econ students throw these cliches out there at a startling rate, and the problem is especially glaring when they're not applying for business positions.
My two favorites correspond to your top choice, synergy, in so far as they are words whose uses have wandered pretty far from their earlier ones.
Leverage — I had a student recently write that she had written her senior thesis by “leveraging” the rare book collection at a local library.
Metric — I'm not sure why measurement or study or whatever other terms apply here have fallen out of favor, but I see many references to metric. And in a lot of cases, it seems that people use it to discuss any sort of analysis or any part of an analysis. Some people also seem to use it to mean result or outcome, which seems even more overdone.

]]> By: andyswan http://www.toddearwood.com/2009/02/27/top-5-overused-business-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-583 andyswan Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:11:18 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/?p=679#comment-583 You have to imagine that boardrooms were quite a bit more effective when men with greased hair smoked cigars and pontificated on ways to kick the shit out of the competition without dancing around the terminology.<br><br>But, maybe "circling back with terry and seeing if there is some common ground for us to use as a jump point" is working for someone, somewhere. You have to imagine that boardrooms were quite a bit more effective when men with greased hair smoked cigars and pontificated on ways to kick the shit out of the competition without dancing around the terminology.

But, maybe “circling back with terry and seeing if there is some common ground for us to use as a jump point” is working for someone, somewhere.

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