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    Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead.: The Business Speak Dictionary
    Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead.: The Business Speak Dictionary
    Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead.: The Business Speak Dictionary
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    Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead.: The Business Speak Dictionary

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    ADOPT THE LANGUAGE OF LEADERS

    Whether you’re new to the world or work, or you just want to brush up on your leadership lingo, Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead. will have you leaping up the strategic staircase to Inspiration Boulevard in no time!

    Conveniently sized to fit the pockets of any power suit, soon you too will have the confidence to use the phrases of these pages without a hint of embarrassment or irony. Phrases like:

    Let’s fry some ideas in the thought wok and see what sizzles.
    Let’s look under the bonnet of this project to really get these wagons circling.
    Action that!
    (even if you’re not totally clear on what ‘that’ is…)

    So dive into these pages as if your career depends on it. Because it does.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateAug 19, 2021
    ISBN9780008434144
    Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead.: The Business Speak Dictionary

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      Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead. - HarperCollins UK

      Dedication

      For all those who hold the career ladders of others as they climb higher and higher to success …

      IT’S TIME TO LET GO

      INTRODUCTION

      Adopting the Language of Leaders

      Whether you’re new to the world of work or you just want to brush up on your leadership lingo, we’re here to help. Conveniently sized to fit into the pockets of any power suit, this book will allow you to translate your colleagues’ confusing, yet persuasive, choices of language without any of them realising what you’re really fumbling with underneath that meeting table.

      Soon, you too will have the confidence to repeat phrases like these, without a hint of embarrassment or irony:

      Let’s fry some ideas in the thought wok and see what sizzles.

      Let’s look under the bonnet of this project to really get these wagons circling.

      Action that! (Even if you’re not totally clear on what ‘that’ is.)

      Helping you leap up that career ladder as if it were a strategic staircase to Inspiration Boulevard, this book will allow you to both ask and answer all of the questions you hadn’t thought to ask, because you hadn’t really understood them, including:

      How much bucketising is too much bucketising?

      When is it appropriate to ‘put on a record to see who dances’ in a strictly business scenario?

      Is punching a puppy always the best approach to winning a deal?

      But as we all know, the best questions are left unanswered, so this book will leave you to devise your own answer to the following question:

      Why do we speak this way?

      So, dive into these pages as if your career depends on it, because it does.

      Dictionary of Terms A–L

      A

      Action that!

      This can be said in response to any idea – no matter your level of seniority. Make sure to yell it enthusiastically and accompany it with a heavy-handed point at whoever you think spoke last. It is particularly effective if you stand up and leave the room immediately afterwards.

      Standing up or sitting down … do your business like nobody’s watching.

      Agile working

      Meaning you can work from anywhere at all – a coffee shop, a sofa, a bed, the cupboard where you usually go to cry, the corner you crouch in when your weekly panic attacks hit, the beach, etc. In a cruel twist of irony, agile working actually makes you much, much less agile; your shoulders hunch, leg cramps become the norm and if you have any strength left in your arms at all, you’ll start involuntarily waving goodbye to any feeling in your buttocks.

      Al desko

      A play on the Italian ‘al fresco’, the literal translation of which is ‘in the cool’. Al desko is where one sits at one’s desk slurping lunch all over the keyboard while watching one’s inbox pile up at a staggering velocity. The first rule of eating al desko is to tell everybody you’ve eaten al desko – this will give you extra brownie points with the boss and make your colleagues feel guilty about their 10-minute dash to PRET.

      All sizzle no steak

      This can be used to describe anything

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