I reckon every office or workplace has one of those people that are just full of jargon-ridden management drivel. Does this kind of 'management speak' remind you of someone at your work place: "Before going forward we have to touch base and reach out to our key stakeholders so that we can drill down into the key issues that are not yet on our radar and catch the low-hanging fruits..."
我猜想在每个办公室或者工作场所都有那么一些人整天嘴里都挂着“管理术语”。举个例子:“在我们进行下一步之前,我们必须先与我们的利益相关者建立起稳固的关系,这样我们才能深入洞察到那些还不在我们掌握范围内的关键事情,并且起到事半功倍的效果......”听到以上这些“管理锦句”,是否让你想起了你工作中遇到的某个人?
Are you surrounded by people who annoyingly can't get enough of the management gobbledygook and who utter one jargon buzzword after another? Are your meetings buzzing with so much management lingo that you find it hard to get to the real meaning of what is being said? The problem I have with these phrases is that they sound so pretentious and often are counter-productive because they irritate people so much and deflect from the real meaning.
你一定见过这样的人,他们讲的东西都是一套套空洞无味的大话和套话?你所参加的会议是不是由于充满了无数隐晦的行话,而让人无法理解它的真实意思?我认为这些“管理术语”最大的毛病就是它们显得太矫揉造作,使听者感到厌倦,而常常起到相反的效果,让听众无法理解它所想要表达的涵义。
Below are my top 30 most irritating and overused phrases we hear at work. I am sure you have others that you can add to this list. Let's make it the most comprehensive list of unnecessary management drivel ever - Please add your ones using the comment field!
以下是我个人最讨厌的30个职场中过分使用的短语。我相信你有自己最讨厌的短语,请在后面的评论框中加入讨论。
1. Going forward
1. 推进
2. Drill-down
2. 深入挖掘
3. End of play
3. 结束
4. Touch base
4. 保持联络
5. It's on my radar
5. 在掌控之中
6. No brainer
6. 明摆着的事
7. Best of breed
7. 最佳组合
8. Low hanging fruit
8. 轻而易举的事
9. Reach out
9. 努力去做
10. Dive deeper
10. 深潜(深入思考)
11. Think outside the box
11. 发散思维
12. Positive momentum
12. 正能量
13. On my plate
13. 在我掌控之中
14. At the end of the day
14. 一天结束之时
15. Run the numbers
15. 分析数据
16. Touch points
16. 切中要点
17. Keep your eye on the ball
17. 集中注意
18. Back to the drawing board
18. 回到绘图板
19. Get the ball rolling
19. 开始某项活动
20. Bang for your buck
20. 货真价实
21. Close the deal
21. 达成协议
22. When the rubber hits the road
22. 理论联系实际
23. Shift paradigm
23. 摆脱框框
24. Move the needle
24. 决定性作用
25. Game-changing
25. 改变局面的事情
26. Move the goal post
26. 改变目标
27. Value added
27. 附加值
28. Win-win
28. 双赢
29. Across the piece
29. 浏览资料
30. All hands on deck
30. 紧急集合
What do you think? Do you agree? Please let me know which ones you would add to this list!
你认为怎么样呢?你同意吗?请告诉我你还想加哪些短语?
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