Avoid using these 15 of the most annoying clichés in your workplace. Whenever I hear the ones in bold, I know someone is blowing hot air, filling space and has nothing to say:
At the end of the day
Solution
Thinking outside the box
Synergy
Paradigm
Metrics
Take it offline
Redeployed people
Core Competency
Win-win
Value-added
Get on the same page
Customer-centric
Generation X
Alignment
identified by the Accountemps survey of 150 senior executives
Let’s not forget Cutting edge technology
oft-heard quote: “we are not an ISP, we are a net-based solution-provider”
A new one I noticed when I was in Kenya – “quick win.”