Banish Certain Phrases

Language is generative, and the way we talk about our meetings comes to define what happens in those meetings.

Even at a time when so much is beyond our control, we remain in control of our own speech patterns. And so, as leaders and employees continue to rethink what the modern workplace should look like, including how we gather, perhaps it’s an opportune moment to banish certain phrases from the “meeting-speak” lexicon.

Here are some of the responses that resonated the most.