Workplace Wiffle-Waffle

Forward facing, dialogue, client focus,
Direction of travel, deliverable, hocus, pocus
Value for money, competition
Career trajectory, ambition
Operational goals, motivation
Business model, Brand name, evaluation

Resilience, time management, target setting
Movers, shakers, backfill, go-getting
Touch base, thought showers, upscale,
Push the envelope, dovetail,
Window of opportunity, grasp the nettle
Cast the stone, dust will settle

Breakfast meetings, twilight sessions
Reviews, logs, graphs, projections
Flip charts, PowerPoints, animations
Opportunities, threats, win-win situations
Move the dial, take offline
Matrix, paradigm, yours or mine

Ballpark figures, knowledge base
Core competencies, interface
Mission critical, bring it to the table,
We’re taking it to the next level
Areas for development, radiators, drains
Outsourcing, restructuring, losses, gains

Drill down, close of play
All-in-all, at the end of the day
Upskill, X theory, revert
No brainer, workshop, where’s your shirt?
Heads-up, journey, leverage, yield
Run it up the flagpole, in the field

In the modern workplace much is said
With phrases that go over many a head
The lexicon is endless but still it extends
Taking note of all the latest trends
But each phrase seemingly anodyne
Is apparatus to keep us all in line

Opportunities, positive thinking
Customer confidence, markets sinking
Restructuring, development, time phased
Targets for improvement, concerns raised
Performance review, wouldn’t you know
Sorry old chap we must let you go