Management speak hides inability to communicate

I have been following the debate in Guru on management speak with some interest. In my view, the growth of management speak has come about because managers are poor communicators and have latched on to trendy management speak as a way of masking their own limitations.

Let’s get back to basics: think about what you want to say consider your audience and their likely or actual learning and listening styles re-order your thoughts rehearse think about the impact your words will have when received then rework your presentation accordingly.

Then hold your meeting, warm up the audience, say what you want to say, and open the floor for comment. See – not that difficult!

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

Email(Required)

OptOut

From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box.

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

No need for envelope pushing, paradigm shifts, leverage, ball parks, off-line, online, or parking thoughts. We don’t need to throw all the ideas into a proverbial wok and see if we can cook up a stir fry.

Name and address supplied