And is “Best Practices” the new corporate catch phrase of the day?

ZRX1200 wrote:

Yes. Teams is good when you are in a meeting with a trusted, like minded person, and you have contests on if you can make the other crack a smile of laugh @ $1 a pop. Great side-hustle.

Best Practices has been in the midwestern vernacular since the early 2011. So it was likely a early 2000's phenomenon in New York and L.A.

In my experience, it was used predominately by Directors and VPs and strongly suggested course of action, without making a directive. It gives them wriggle room so they aren't accountable for unforeseen circumstances the BP may create.

Also gives them the ticket to come down on subordinates not hitting goals because of any variation from the Best Practice. Also shortens future compensation percentages for those not following.

Even more fun if you don't follow the BP, find a better, ore profitable approach. Then you get points for Outside the Box thinking, and an Exceeds Expectations rating, at the cost of the people who followed the flaw, BP approach.

Then the Directors/VP take what you did, take credit themselves.

Corporate PTSD (rocking back and forth, mumbling to myself)... Create Value Streams & Economies of Scale! SHIFT THE PARADIGM!!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

8trackdisco wrote:

I’m reading this while sitting on a Teams meeting right now.

I don’t mind Teams, Zoom, or WebEx. I’ve used them all for many years.

Before ‘Rona permanently changed business travel, I flew 100,000 miles in 2019. I travel a fair bit less now.


Perhaps we should have a deep dive on this to develop it as a core competency so we can get some quick wins regarding the next generation customer journey.

HockeyDad wrote:

Don't forget to go All In on whatever the flavor of the month initiative is.

Once after the company went All In on an initiative, there was another meeting three months later, where they said we are now going to Double Down.

Following day, the Manager I reported to (she was a Manager, but she was no leader) and I had a 1x1. She asked if I had any questions about the prior day's meeting.

Told her what I heard yesterday was impossible.

We can't Double Down on this, because three months ago we went All In. We don't have any chips left to Double Down.

She just stared at me in the camera, blinking as if she was having a seizure of some sort, and then said I'll get back to you on that.

She still hasn't gotten back to me.

8trackdisco wrote:

Sales make the money.
Period.

Marketing ain't selling.
Using Marketing vocabulary to sell may stir up the emotions in meetings.
Rah.

Discovering agreement on the identified problem to solve for the prospect (could be needing a new t-shirt or a critical part for a space shuttle) is step one.
Catchy phrases need not apply.

I didn't get invited to nor ordered to attend too many meetings.

frankj1 wrote:

Sales make sales. The money is made when that part for the space shuttle is delivered. You’re going to need to socialize this to get buy-in. It could be low hanging fruit. Let’s put a pin in it and take it offline.

HockeyDad wrote:

Frank = LLOYD BRAUN

Mr. Jones wrote: