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- Leading the lean enterprise
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As companies try to implement lean processes in response to competitive pressures, they often become one-dimensional in their approach. But becoming a world-class organization demands more than that. Five critical leadership behaviors must be in place as a foundation for implementing and sustaining a lean enterprise. ...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Jargon is no substitute for progress.
- Aficionados of Buzzword Bingo will have been delighted to learn that Tony Kirby has joined Reuters as group marketing director responsible for straight-through processing STP. For the uninitiated, Buzzword Bingo provides a safe and amusing way of idling away those difficult weekday hours between nine and...
- Research articles 2002-03-25
- 'Do You Want To Revive This Almost-Defunct Tongue?' Like a Bride; Like a Mother
- Stavans, Ilan Forward 03-29-2002 `Ma, que escrivites?" poet Myriam Moscona wondered when "Novia que te vea," Rosa Nissan's autobiographical novel, a title translated poetically as "Like a Bride," was released in Mexico in 1992. Singing further praise to a storyteller of...
- Research articles 2002-03-29
- South Africa's ray of light. (proposed constitution)
- A constitutional draft was issued by the African National Congress and the National Party. A permanent draft will be created in two years by a governmental body made up of a senate and a national assembly. The features of the constitution are discussed. SOUTH AFRICA was offered a new--draft, incomplete...
- Research articles 1993-07-24
- World's Weirdest Sales Training Video
- World's Weirdest Sales Training VideoRE: World's Weirdest Sales Training Video#3 is ahead in the poll, I think, not because it's such a bad video (although it's pretty amateur), but because it's bad audio.All three of these get bogged down in jargon, jargon, and jargon.RE: World's Weirdest Sales Training VideoQUOTE: jargon,...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-28
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- More Corporate Jargon Pet Peeves
- Looks like I hit some hot buttons with my post last week about why we should outlaw corporate jargon. After drilling down into your comments, I'm seeing a paradigm shift in thinking about the nature of the beast. Some of you said we need to think outside...
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Philanthropic jargon
- Every business, every profession has its own jargon. Often, the jargon becomes a crutch to keep the communicator from having to work to (1) think and (2) to express that thought clearly. On that topic, here's Jack Rosenthal writing in The New York Times Magazine: "One of the things that...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- British Personal Finance Watchdog Aims to Clean Up Confusing Industry Jargon.
- By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 3--At best, jargon that clutters the paperwork of personal finance leaves customers confused and frustrated. At worst, it leads to bad financial decisions with dire consequences that haunt clients for ...
- Research articles 2002-03-03
- www.plainspeakpressreleases.com: Help for Companies That Want to Write Clear News Releases; Service Will Turn Jargon into Clear, Meaningful Information
- KENTFIELD, Calif. -- For decades, the problem with press releases was that they were filled with promotional language that obscured the basic information. More recently, press releases have become so filled with jargon that even the most knowledgeable have a difficult time understanding the point.
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- Press gleefully absorbs language of military jargon
- TALK,from Living 1 that action "Operation Iraqi Freedom," the Pentagon and White House have proven effective in setting the terms and framing the debate. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the Iraqi non- military fighters "death squads," but the term that stuck was "irregulars." "The difference...
- Research articles 2003-04-13
- Companies told 'cut the jargon'.
- Jun 29, 2003 (The Sunday Times - ABIX via COMTEX) The language used by companies in annual reports is not clear enough. Stephen Mathews, an Australian Shareholders' Association executive, says large companies, such as Coles Myer, AMP and David Jones, are among the worst...
- Research articles 2003-06-29
- Jargon leaves us lost for words.
- Aug 23, 2002 Herald Sun ABIX via COMTEX -- Many potential investors find the practice intimidating due to the complex language of finance. People should not be concerned but should feel free to ask their adviser anything they do not understand. As a general...
- Research articles 2002-08-23
- Let's Outlaw Corporate Jargon
- It's time to revolt against corporate jargon. I'm sick of hearing about 'low-hanging fruit", "silos of influence", and "bleeding-edge" technology that helps us "leverage our current investments." How about you? by CC Holland
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Business Jargon That Works
- Everybody and his brother has bemoaned the horror that is corporate speak. Likewise, I'm a big fan of being direct. Life is too short for BS. That's why it pains me to identify these 10 concepts and yes, the jargon that defines them, as surprisingly useful management tools. Check it...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- The Job Interview - Get Familiar With The Jargon
- To make a positive and lasting impression at a job interview, you have to be prepared. The interview is where an employer will decide if you will be an asset to the company. Knowing the proper way to conduct your self is a key factor to achieving a successful interview....
- White papers 2009-01-01
- The Job Interview Get Familiar With The Jargon
- To make a positive and lasting impression at a job interview, you have to be prepared. The interview is where an employer will decide if you will be an asset to the company. Knowing the proper way to conduct your self is a key factor to achieving a successful interview....
- White papers 2009-04-01
- 8 Bonehead Ways to Blow a Presentation
- Sales presentations are hard to do well but easy to screw up. Here are eight sure-fire ways to ensure that your sales presentations fall flat: #1: Dump information on the customer. Don't blab everything you know about the product and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Good Use for Buzzwords: Corporate Bingo!
- I wrote yesterday about my distaste of corporate jargon in the workplace, and already a few of you have chimed in with great comments. My favorite thus far comes from jwlester, who suggested: "Let's use Corporate Bingo as a solution. Bingo cards with the buzzwords in the boxes are...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Good Use for Buzzwords: Corporate Bingo!
- I wrote yesterday about my distaste of corporate jargon in the workplace, and already a few of you have chimed in with great comments. My favorite thus far comes from jwlester, who suggested: "Let's use Corporate Bingo as a solution. Bingo cards with the buzzwords in the boxes are...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- How to Rewrite an Elevator Pitch (Pt. 2)
- On Monday, I posted a rewrite of an elevator pitch in "How to Rewrite an Elevator Pitch (Pt.1)." (Original title, eh?) I then asked you readers to vote on which one you liked best. The result was overwhelmingly in favor of the rewritten...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
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