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Deal with a problem or solve it

To address (problems)

Next to or very close to something

Adjacent

Able to move or adapt quickly and effectively (like flexible)

Agile

Loyalty or commitment to organisation, group, leader

Allegiance

Unclear in meaning, allowing more than one interpretation (vague)

Ambiguous

Useful services or facilities provided for comfort or convenience

Amenities

An investor who provides money for new businesses

Angel

Any other business. A section at the end of the meeting where participants can raise any other topics not on the agenda

AOB

Happens continuously, 24 hours a day without stopping

Around the clock

To express ideas clearly, logically and effectively

To articulate

The act of being present at work, meeting, event

Attendance

The percentage of employees who leave a company over a specific period of time

Attrition rate

Approximate number or rough estimate

Ballpark figure

To understand or agree on the same thing

Be in the same page

A small position in the market that helps expand later

Beachhead

Kindness, willingness to help others

Benevolence

The best service or product of its kind in the market

Best of breed

Influenced opinion. Unfair preference

Biased

To increase or improve significantly

Boost

A place or situation where something develops easily

Breeding ground

Money given to a student to help pay for studies (not: scholarships for achievements)

Bursary

To limit

Cap

The project has a limit budget 100k

This project has a cap of 100k

Generate large, steady, long term profit

Cash cow

To produce quickly, continuously and often in large quantities

To churn out

AI can massively and easily produce articles

AI tools can churn out articles within a second

To gently persuade someone to do something they are unwilling to do

Coax

Official set of rules for professional behavior

A code of practice

Worthy of praise

Commendable

A basic product or raw material that can be bought and sold (oil, coffee)

Commodity

Too satisfied with yourself or current position causing you to stop improving

Complaint

To make a situation worse by adding to it

Compound

The quality of being disciplined and responsible

Conscientiousness

Noun: permission to do smth; verb: to give permission or agree to something

Consent

The process of different things gradually becomes together

Convergence

Discouraging because it seems difficult

Dauding

To weaker or less intense

To deaden

The quality if being reliable

Dependability

Extremely mad

Disastrous

The company made a disastrous investment

The company made a disastrous investment

Spread out over the wide area

Dispersed

Expending into different areas to reduce risk and create more opportunities

Diversifying

To separate something into parts / groups

Devide

Power / control / superiority over someone

Dominance / dominate

Careful review before making a decision or investment

Due diligence

Becoming known, growing, or developing

Emerging

To publicly approve (approve)

Endorse

Finally, in the end

Eventually

A person who lives abroad for work

Expatriate

To use something unfairly

To exploit

To consider different ways or opportunities

To explore avenues

The quality of enjoying being with people

Extroversion

Impose

Force-fit

Planning and acting with future needs in mind

Forward thinking

Superficial. Not serious

Frivolous

Spread across different locations

Geographically dispersed

Invisible barrier preventing certain groups from advancing in work

Glass ceiling

To think, act differently from what is normal

To go against the grain

The way organisation is directed and controlled

Governance

Involving active personal participant (practical)

Hands on

The main office of company / organisation

Headquarters

One half of the Earth, divided into northern and southern

Hemisphere

Organized in levels of authority or rank

Hierarchical

Premium / luxury / top

High-end

A very successful person / shows great potential

High-flyer

A very successful career

High-flying career

In extremely bad or unpleasant way

Horrendously

A central point where activities, communication happens (dubai has become a major financial hub)

Hub

The ability to remain modest and not see yourself as superior

Humility

An obstacle, difficulty, or challenge that must be overcome

Hurdle

Something that motivates or encourages you

Incentive

Having a preference or tendency to do something

Inclined to

financial document showing: revenue, expenses

Income statement

Measurement, indicator used to organise information

Index

To affect someone’s decisions or behavior

Influence

The fundamental systems, structures

Infrastructure

Information, effort, resources

Input

Adherence to strong moral ideas, methods

Integrity

The ability to communicate effectively with people from different cultures

Intercultural competence

The percentage charged for borrowing money or paid for savings

Interest rate

A company, organization, that acts as a middleman between two parties

Intermediary

Able to be applied, recognized, or useful across different countries

Internationally transferable

The person being questioned in an interview

Interviewee

Overwhelmed by large amount of something

Inundated

People who put money into a business

Investor

Two or more companies create a business together

Joint venture

To adopt a popular activity or trend

Jump on the bandwagon

A measurable value showing how effectively goals are met

Key performance indicator (KPI)

Sharing expertise from one company to another one (from one person to another one)

Knowledge transfer

Insufficient, the state of having not enough

Lack of

To be slower than others, to fall behind

Lag (behind)

The ability to guide

Leadership

A method focused on reducing waste and improving efficiency

Lean management

The rate at which someone gains experience or skills in a new activity

Learning curve

Leverage