Cliché Bingo for Meetings

              This game should make the meetings that you are obliged to attend much more interesting and entertaining. You play by ticking off any five clichés on the following list heard from any one speaker during any single meeting, then shouting out "BINGO" to win! It's that easy! Share this amusing pastime with your colleagues, and arrange suitable prizes.

synergy best practice per se holistic facilitator proactive (not reactive) think outside the box glitch parameters on the same page stop-gap the bottom line touch base hardball incidental bandwidth in the loop go the extra mile benchmark target assessment revisit fast track a done deal no blame (or, no fault) knowledge based total quality mindset put that one to bed plausible deniability peel the onion back from the get-go holding pattern back-scratcher (not a pacifier)

client-focused core business quid pro quo basis win-win situation simulated handshake take that off-line strategic fit gap analysis lessons learned in the ball park game plan calibrated feedback out of the loop walk in their shoes the big picture sacrifice maneuver movers and shakers result-driven empower employees stretch the envelope value-added quality-driven parse that one move the goal posts cut the Gordian Knot button-pushing scenario one-on-one sudden-death overtime payback