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Game plan – The Schedule or timelime. e.g. “What’s the game plan for today?”
Gift of Time, The – The belief that someone owns your time when they schedule a meeting and it ends earlier than they anticipated. e.g. “Since we are ending early, I give you the gift of time.”
Global – Across the enterprise or around the world. e.g. “This will be a global change.”
Going Forward – From this moment forward. e.g. “Going forward we will not be taking afternoon breaks.”
Go-Live – The moment something is implemented. e.g. “The Go-Live target date is December.”
Goal Oriented – Making sure that something aligns with the goals of an organization. e.g. “The project needs to be goal oriented.”
Goalpost (moving the goalpost) – The target. The phrase “Moving the goalpost” refers to the target changing. e.g. “Lets not move the goalpost in the middle of the project.”
Golden Handshake – A large monetary settlement for an executive to retire. e.g. “The CEO received a golden handshake when he retired.”
Golden Parachute – A large monetary payment given to an executive for being let go of their job. e.g. “The CEO was given a golden parachute when he was fired.”
Governance – The rules surrounding a how a project will be run. e.g. “We need to make sure that these changes are within governance.”
Guiding Principle – The overall point of an organization or project. e.g. “We need to always keep our guiding principle in mind as we move forward.”
Guru – An expert in a given area. e.g. “Do we need to hire a guru to solve this?”
Granular – Small details. E.g. “Let’s not get too granular here!”
Grey Area – Not a clearly defined area. E.g. “This is kind of a grey area and I’m not sure this part of the project scope”.
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