The 10 Most Used Expressions in the Corporate Universe

The corporate world is becoming increasingly globalized and along with this process, English, which used to be a differential, is now a minimum requirement for any professional.

Brazil is extremely popular in the business world and there are expressions that are commonly used in the corporate world, and we can often be using them in the wrong way.

Below you'll find ten English expressions widely used in the corporate world that you've probably already heard, and if you haven't, it's worth getting to know them and what they mean:

1. Follow-up: The monitoring of actions and campaigns in order to measure their concrete results.
2. Deadline: The maximum deadline for the delivery of a task.
3. Feedback: Comments, evaluations and answers given to an employee or company about their performance.
4. Networking: Network of contacts. There's a lot of talk about “networking”. This means having a network of relationships in which people seek out others to do business with and find new job opportunities.
5. Job rotation: Rotation of functions promoted by the company. The aim is to train employees in different areas so that they gain global experience in the organization.
6. Brainstorming: A meeting that encourages creativity to come up with ideas. The translation into Portuguese means “brainstorm” and aims to help participants discover solutions.
7. Briefing: This is a set of information on which to base the development of a piece of work. It is widely used in Administration, Public Relations and Advertising. The briefing creates an action plan to find a solution.
8. Budget: A very important term because it means budget. It is often used in business to refer to the periodic budget (usually annual).
9. Gap: The translation is “gap”. In business, it means a point that still needs to be filled or developed.
10. Stakeholders: Refers to all the interested parties in a project, company or organization. This includes not only shareholders, but also employees, customers, suppliers, the community and any other group that may be impacted by the organization's activities.