Nearly half of all employees say they lose respect for coworkers who use meaningless business-speak . . . like "Think outside the box." But one in three of us end up saying them anyway. Here are the most overused phrases and the sad percentage of people who use them at least once a day.
#1.) "It's a no-brainer": 32% of people say it at least once a day.
#2.) "Think outside the box": 30%.
#3.) "At the end of the day": 26%.
#4.) "It's a win-win situation": 26%.
#5.) "Touch base": 25%.
#6.) "Going forward": 24%.
#7.) "110 percent": 21%.
#8.) "Close of play": 20%
#9.) "It's on my radar": 19%.
#10.) "Flagging up" or "Run it up the flagpole": 19%.
