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(1). An expression used to imply that you have been dealing with crises all day, in an attempt to (1) passive-aggressively complain about your job, (2) make yourself seem more important than you actually are, or (3) avoid taking on more work.
“Man, the bigger clients I almost exclusively work on are so demanding! I’ve been putting out fires all afternoon. I wish I worked on smaller, less meaningful clients like you, Jaime. My life would be so much easier!”
(1). To be able to adapt quickly to different situations … even when you have no idea what you’re doing.
“Okay, team … now if we’re going to hold ourselves out there as a nimble wealth manager, we’re going to have to cut a few corners for our clients. So, I’d like to get your thoughts on SEC reporting avoidence strategies ….”
(1). A term for a presentation or pitchbook (let’s face it, it’s a PowerPoint presentation), mainly invented to give marketing peeps a cool, new term for a presentation or pitchbook.
“Alright guys, let’s get this deck together for tomorrow’s meeting! Pat, you take care of the slides for your department. Dave and Dave, same for you. Pam can you throw together some thoughts around the analytics piece? I’ll work on the agenda and our logo slide. Aaaannnddd break!”
