1.

Contemporary – happening now or in modern times

2. Empowerment – giving people power or confidence to do something
3. On the grapevine – passed from one person to another in conversation
4. Laissez-faire – letting people do what they want without control
5. Active listening – listening with full attention and showing interest
6. Assertive - being confident and clear when talking, but not rude
7. Head people - people who use thinking and logic to make decisions
8. Hands people – people who are good at doing and acting
9. Heart people - people who are good at networking and resolving conflicts
10. Enable – to make something possible
11. Morale – the feeling of confidence and happiness in a group
12. Acknowledgement - public recognition and thanks
13. Commitment – a promise to do something and keep doing it
14. Enrichment - making something better or more interesting
15. Outcome – a final result of something
16. Autonomy - the ability to do things on your own, without help
17. Enlargement – the act of making something bigger
18. Sensible – smart and practical
19. Unanimous – when everyone agrees
20. Rule out – to say something is not possible or not allowed
21. Crucial – very important
22. Overrule – to change a decision by using more power
23. Give rise to – to cause something to happen
24. Actual data – real and true information or numbers
25. Forecast – a guess or prediction about the future
26. To act on – to do something because of certain information
27. First-line manager – a manager who directly leads a small team of workers
28. Ensuring – making sure something will happen
29. Objective – a goal or something you want to achieve
30. Profit center – a part of company that makes money
31. Cost center – a part of a company that only spends money and doesn’t make
money
32. Overall sales – the total number of things sold
33. Revenue goal – the amount of money a company wants to earn
34. Pricing policy – the rules a company uses to set prices
35. Evaluating – checking how good or useful something is
36. Withdrawal – taking something away or out
37. Profitability- the ability to make money
38. Takeover – when one company buys another company
39. Merger – when two or more companies join to become one
40. Alliance – a partnership between companies to help each other
41. Core business- the main activity of a company
42. Account manager – a person who takes care of customers and helps them with
their orders
43. Allocate – to give something (like time or money) to a specific task or person
44. Chain of command – the order of people in a company from the top boss to the
workers
45. CEO – chief executive officer- the top boss in a company
46. COO – chief operating officer – the person who controls daily work in a company
47. Cross-functional- involving people from different departments working together
48. Corporate – related to a big company or business
49. Economics of scale – saving money when a company makes more products
50. Grassroots – the ordinary people in an organization, not the leaders
51. At the grassroots- at the basic or local level of a group
52. Mission statement – a short text that says what a company wants to do or be
53. Matrix – a system or table that shows how things are connected
54. Non-managerial- describes someone who is not a manager
55. Opportunities – occasion that makes it possible to do something that you want
to do
56. Statesman – a respected political leader with a lot of experience
57. SWOT analysis- a verification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats; it may be an analysis of a company
58. Supervisory – related to watching and guiding other workers
59. Subordinates- people who work under a manager; lower in position
60. The big picture – the most important idea or whole situation; not small details
61. Vertical structure- a company system with many levels of management
62. Horizontal structure- a company system with few levels where people work more
equally
63. Human resources (HR) - the part of a company that works with hiring, training,
and helping employees
64. Human resources department – the team in a company that takes care of
workers and job processes
65. Restructuring- changing how company is organized to make it operate more
effectively
66. Transformation- a big and important change
67. Department- a part of a company that does one type of work
68. Staff – the people who work for a company
69. Appreciation- saying thank you or showing value for someone’s work
70. Human assets – the people working in a company; seen as valuable resources
71. To ensure – to make sure something will happen
72. Gripe – a minor complaint
73. Suited – right or good for a specific job or situation
74. To revamp – to improve or change something to make it better
75. To set the ball rolling- to start something, especially a project or activity
76. SSCs – shared service centers – teams in a company that handle common tasks
like HR or finance for many departments
77. To outsource – to pay another company to do work for you
78. COEs – centers of expertise- teams with special knowledge that support others
in the company
79. To house – to provide space for something
80. Remuneration package – the total pay and benefits someone gets for their work
81. Business partner – a person or company you work with in business
82. High falutin’ strategic thinking - very fancy or complicated business plans and
ideas; not practical
83. To appoint – to choose someone for a job or role
84. Median ratio - a number that shows the middle value when comparing two
things( like salaries )in a list ordered from smallest to biggest
85. Undoubtedly- without any doubt; definitely
86. Survey – a set of questions to find out what people think or do
87. In the midst of something- in the middle of doing something or when something
is happening
88. On average- usually or typically
89. To reckon – to calculate an amount
90. Workload – the amount of work someone has to do
91. Traditional – done in the usual or old way
92. HR generalists – a person who handles the daily responsibilities of talent
management
93. To arouse – to cause a feeling or reaction
94. Executive – a person with an important job in a company, usually making big
decisions
95. Be in need of – to really need something
96. To kid oneself – to believe something that isn’t true; to fool yourself.
97. Senior executive – a person in a high-level position in a company, usually just
below top management
98. Human Resources Director (HR Director) - The person in charge of the Human
Resources department in a company
99. Destined for – meant to do or become something in the future
100. The top – the highest position in a company or organization
101. Gulf – a big difference or gap between people or things
102. Human Resources Employee (HR Employee) - A person who works in the
HR department and helps with people-related tasks
103. Emerge – to come out or appear
104. Associate – a person you work with; a colleague
105. Fellow - A person in the same group, situation, or job
106. Trade-off - A situation where you give up one thing to get something else
107. Surgeon – a doctor who does operations
108. Day-to-day – usual and happening every day
109. Facilitate – to make something easier or help it happen
110. Autocratic- a style of leadership where one person makes all decisions
111. Interdependent- when people or things need each other to work well
112. Input – ideas, help, or information shared in a discussion or decision
113. To attain – to reach or achieve something
114. Adventurous- ready to try new or risky things
115. Distorted- not shown clearly or correctly; changed in a bad way
116. Culpable – responsible for doing something wrong; guilty
117. Accountability- being responsible for your actions and decisions
118. To turn a blind eye – to pretend not to see something wrong
119. Cohesion – the feeling of unity and working well together
120. Intra-team – happening within a team
121. Like-minded – having similar opinions and goals
122. Embark on/upon – to start something new, often exciting or important
123. Silo – a part of a company that doesn’t share information with others
124. Cross-disciplinary- involving people or knowledge from different areas
125. Put a premium on – to value something very highly
126. To rear – to raise or take care of someone
127. Hinder – to make something slower or more difficult
128. Chip away at – to slowly reduce or damage something
129. Profound – very deep or strong
130. Disband – to officially stop a group or organization
131. Teem with something- to be full of something, usually in a large amount
132. Formidable- strong, powerful, or impressive; sometimes a little scary
133. Knowledge mule – a person who carries or shares knowledge without fully
using or understanding it
134. Cluster – a group of similar things or people close together
135. Skunkworks- a small group in a company working secretly on new,
creative ideas.
136. Guise – a way something or someone appears, often to hide the real
purpose
137. In the guise of doing something- pretending to do one thing while really
doing another.
138. Yardstick- a way of measuring or judging or comparing something
139. Stroke of genius – a very smart and clever (usually sudden) idea