Meaning of corporate speak | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Business schools teach⟳ “corporate” models, theoretical exercises in mediocrity that, in the great majority of cases, have⟳ no real application in the business world. They teach⟳ “corporate speak⟳” when most business owners succeed⟳ with street sense⟳. Education does not equal leadership -- performance does.”

“At her peak at Morgan, she reputedly earned twenty or thirty million dollars a year. That’s a lot of cash, but it’s nothing like⟳ the riches that a senior partner at KP can pull⟳ down. I can only guess⟳ that she enjoyed being at the center of the action, and she liked being a “thought leader” (like⟳ virtually everybody on Wall Street, she had a weakness for corporate speak⟳).”

““I’m thinking he’s going to be like⟳, ‘Hey, Big Papa,’” Mr. McCaskill said with a laugh⟳. Instead, “Marcus was like⟳, ‘Hi Drew, I see⟳ you’ve recently made a career transition, and I have⟳ a current career scenario I’m navigating,’” he said. Though the corporate speak⟳ they settled into just after wasn’t exactly a love⟳ language, Mr. McCaskill, then an independent diversity, equity and inclusion consultant in Harlem, felt a tug to pay⟳ it forward⟳.”

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