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Advanced Communication Skills

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Example: Business Jargon Words
24/7 : At all times

Actionable Ideas you can put to work, instead of just conceptual.
Alignment Following the goals of the organization and the department.
Arena A metaphor meaning field of action.
At the end of the day After everything has passed or been said.

Ballpark Estimate.
Bandwidth (capacity) Capacity of an individual, a team, a company.
Bang for the buck What you get in return for investing time, energy, money, or whatever else
you invest.
Bean counter Accountant.
Benchmark Industry measure to compare against.

Guesstimate Estimate.
Best of breed The best on various different categories.
Best practice An industry’s best way of doing any particular work, a measure that companies can
use as a point of comparison..
Cube farm An office with cubicles (partitions).

Rote Method

This is something that we all hate. Rote the new words up to remember them. But isn't it the way
we used to learn new words in the childhood?
So remember, when no other methods work, you should not hesitate to resort to the time tested
rote method.

Self Dictionary

We hear and read new words all of the time but rarely do we take the time to look them up.
When you hear an unfamiliar word, jot it down and take the time to look it up later.

Word Games

There are many games that can be played on-line. It not only serves as a way to entertain but at
the same time, develops your vocabulary. Some of the examples of such games are Word Search,
Cross Words, Hang Mouse, Quiz, Match Game, Scramble, Letter Blocks, etc.

Visualisation

At times there are very difficult words that can't be learnt by any method else than visualization.
Words can be related with something familiar and funny so that it can be remembered.

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