Biz Buzz Word Even More Bizarre

Talent2, Australias leading human resource firm has compiled a dictionary of biz buzz words designed to take the confusion out of new speak.

IP4 companies - Companies that invest in people to ignite productivity to increase profits.

C Level - Chief (e.g. Chief Executive Office)

Top Talent - Real movers and shakers

TRP - Total Remuneration Package

Barriers to Entry - Something analysts like to evaluate.

Benchmarking - A basis which improvements are measured against.

Best Practice - A procedure should conform to this.

Bottom Line - Company profit

Bandwidth - Meaning time, as in "I dont have the bandwidth on this one."

Core Business - What companies do best.

Empowerment - Making sure your employees are sufficient competent to do their jobs.

Excremental - Figures disappearing down the toilet.

Game Plan - Strategy

Leading Edge - What used to be called state of the art

Low hanging fruit - Yielding the great reward for the very smallest effort

Metrics - Means of measuring something

Mission Critical - If this isnt provided, the project will grind to a halt

Show Stopper - The lack of a mission critical item


Offline - Outside the meeting

The view from 10,000 ft - An overview

Meeting Power - In the ballpark of adding value to best practice

Blended solutions - Combination of face to face training and on line

Lms - Learning Management Solutions

Meltdown - Unrequested Fission Surplus

Envision - Just another word for "Imagine"

Movers and shakers - These are the key players in a team or a marketplace or a company. Their moving and shaking makes itself felt while ordinary folk can only stand back in admiration and envy!