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What are the phrases used by managers that irritate you?

Mine is "Let's make sure we're all on the same page." It means: you better all agree!

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Question added by Ghada Sameer , Project Manager and media executive , CQA
Date Posted: 2014/06/17
Ramendra Sunder Sinha PMP
by Ramendra Sunder Sinha PMP , DGM Planning , Gaur Sons Limited

"I" instead of "We"

"Mine" instead of "Ours"

"Will do" instead of "Have done"

"No" instead of "Will try"

Mohammed Thiab
by Mohammed Thiab , Founder / Chief Consultant , MV Consulting

1-  I'll come back to you .... and never comes back in reality

2-  Let us discuss this on the phone ...  instead of face-to-face and documented minutes for follow-up

3-  This is what you have to do ....  dictative tone I personally do not like

4-  I will promote you .... as if I am primitive creature

5-  Eat the elephant one ite a time ... and so is the chicken or the apple ... so what

 

There are others of course ... but these are the ones which come directly to my head !

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