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And the Golden Flannel of the year award goes to . . .

On New Year’s eve, just before the final judging session of my 2014 Golden Flannel awards, I put out a last minute plea on Twitter. What were the most irritating new phrases uttered by business people last year?

Reach out, lots of people replied. Lean in. Going forward. Push back. Space. Learnings. Passionate. Content. My ask of you.

As I read these suggestions I started to get pretty irritated myself. These phrases were aggravating in 2014. But they were also annoying in 2013 and earlier. Reaching out and going forward started grating back in the last millennium.

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露西•凯拉韦

露西•凯拉韦(Lucy Kellaway)是英国《金融时报》的管理专栏作家。在过去十年的时间里,她用幽默的语言调侃各种职场现象,并为读者出谋划策。她的专栏每周一出版在英国《金融时报》。露西在2006年获得英国出版业奖的“年度专栏作家”奖项。

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