(1). A subcontractor who does all of the actual work.
“We work with several strategic partners in order to bring you the best client experience possible. I will be quarterbacking the relationship, of course.”
Strategic Partner
RANDOM LINGO
Efforting
(1). To work on something known to be futile.
“Oh, hi Jim … the Hanson account? … umm … yeah, we’re efforting to get that through the pipeline this week, but … you know … with year-end and all, it might be delayed a bit … umm … sure, I know it’s a really important client … I’ll touch base with you on Monday, okay? … yep, Merry Christmas to you, too…”
Out of Scope
(1). Something that you really don’t want that new centralized team in Mumbai to start messing with.
“Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What do you mean we have to run all of our T&Es by Annalise?! I thought you said they were out of scope! I’ve got to get in front of Jim on this … pronto!”