As they say, the truth hurts. After reading this article, I noticed that I have some of these phrases in my verbal repertoire. I don't ever say, "drill down," but I recall using the term, "Bandwith," the other day in a meeting....
Here is a list of the 25 most overused phrases in work settings:
- At the end of the day
- Back to the drawing board
- Hit the ground running
- Get the ball rolling
- Low-hanging fruit
- Throw under the bus
- Think outside the box
- Let's touch base
- Get my manager's blessing
- It's on my radar
- Ping me
- I don't have the bandwidth
- No brainer
- Par for the course
- Bang for your buck
- Synergy
- Move the goal post
- Apples to apples
- Win-win
- Circle back around
- All hands on deck
- Take this offline
- Drill-down
- Elephant in the room
- On my plate
Do you use any of these?