Essential Business Vocabulary and Professional Skills

Core Professional Skills and Attributes

Articulate

Able to express oneself clearly and effectively in front of others.

Determined

Self-motivated and focused on achieving goals.

Resourceful

Utilizing every tool at hand effectively to solve problems.

Meticulous

Paying close attention to small details and ensuring accuracy.

Key Business Acronyms

B2B

Business to Business

B2C

Business to Consumer (Corrected from 'Customer')

L&D

Learning and Development

Essential Workplace Idioms and Phrases

To learn the ropes

To learn the basics of how to perform a job or task.

To give someone a heads-up

To tell or warn someone that something is going to happen.

To touch base with someone

To make brief contact with someone.

To feel stretched

To feel as if difficult demands are pushing you past your comfort zone.

To feel pulled in both directions

To be in a situation where you feel loyalty to two opposing groups of people.

To have a smooth-sailing experience

To be able to progress without significant difficulty.

To move the goalposts

To unfairly change the targets or rules of a situation.

To see the big picture

To have a more complete perspective on a situation.

Advanced Business Terminology

Demise

The end of something that used to exist.

Stagnate

To stop developing or making progress.

Backlash

A strong negative reaction by a large number of people.

Come under fire

To be strongly criticized.

Lion’s share

The largest part of something.

Surplus

Excess, extra, or oversupply.

Operate under a veil of secrecy

To work in a way that hides embarrassing or sensitive information.