Leadership and Management Language

Vocabulary for strategy updates, one-on-ones, and performance alignment.

This topic helps managers communicate decisions clearly while keeping teams aligned and accountable.

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Language that improves execution

Management language should convert strategy into clear ownership and deadlines.

  • Define owner per action.
  • Use measurable outcomes.
  • Distinguish priority from urgency.

Language that builds trust

Team trust improves when leadership language is specific, fair, and consistent.

  • Acknowledge tradeoffs.
  • Explain rationale.
  • Close loops publicly where appropriate.

Core Vocabulary In This Topic

strategy

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

Also: line, way, shift, game

alignment

An arrangement of items in a line.

Also: union, league, arrangement, combination

accountability

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

Also: charge, care, eye, fault

priority

An item's relative importance.

Also: head, mark, right, lead

coach

Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

Also: flat, end, ground, sport

mentor

Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.

Also: master, fellow, authority, guide

decision

The act of deciding.

Also: order, way, fancy, say

ownership

The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.

Also: stock, title, possession, dominion

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