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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | You have to show me some flexibility.
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| TRANSLATION: | You have to do it whether you want to or not
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | We have an opportunity.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | You obviously put a lot of work into this.
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| TRANSLATION: | This is awful.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | In a perfect world.
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| TRANSLATION: | Just get it working and get it out the door.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | Help me to understand.
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| TRANSLATION: | I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't think you do either.
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| TRANSLATION: | We don't understand our business.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | We're going to follow a strict methodology here.
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| TRANSLATION: | We're going to do it my way.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | I didn't understand the e-mail you said you sent. Can you give me a quick summary?
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| TRANSLATION: | I still can't figure out how to start the email program.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | We have to leverage our resources
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| TRANSLATION: | You're working weekends.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | Your project is on hold.
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| TRANSLATION: | We've put a bullet in it.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | Wrong answer.
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| TRANSLATION: | You didn't tell me what I wanted to hear.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | You needed to be more proactive.
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| TRANSLATION: | You should have protected me from myself.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | I'd like your buy-in on this.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | We want you to be the executive champion of this project.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | We need to syndicate this decision.
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| TRANSLATION: | We need to spread the blame if it backfires.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | We have to put on our marketing hats.
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| TRANSLATION: | We have to put ethics aside.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | It's not possible. It's impractical. It won't work.
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| TRANSLATION: | I don't know how to do it.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | It's a no brainer.
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| TRANSLATION: | It's a perfect decision for me to handle.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | I'm glad you asked me that.
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| TRANSLATION: | Public relations has written a carefully phrased answer.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | I see you involve your peers in developing your proposal.
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| TRANSLATION: | One person couldn't possibly come up with something so stupid.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | There are larger issues at stake.
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| TRANSLATION: | I've made up my mind so don't bother me with facts.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | I'll never lie to you.
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| TRANSLATION: | The truth will change frequently.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | Our business is going through a paradigm shift.
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| TRANSLATION: | We have no idea what we've been doing, but in the future we shall do something completely different.
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| MANAGEMENT SPEAK: | The upcoming reductions will benefit the vast majority of employees.
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| TRANSLATION: | The upcoming reductions will benefit me.
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