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Stillwater436 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
What does "stretch development" mean?
The context is: You will undertake a demanding and exciting stretch development role that will provide you with the depth required for the development and implementation
of corporate communications.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
of corporate communications.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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I don't know, never heard about it. It seems to be one of those manufactured corporate consulting terms. There's a company with this name: Stretch Development : One of the Uk's leading training companies
- I don't know, never heard about it.
- It seems to be one of those manufactured corporate consulting terms.
- There's a company with this name: Stretch Development : One of the Uk's leading training companies
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I don't know, never heard about it. It seems to be one of those manufactured corporate consulting terms.
There's a company with this name:
Stretch Development: One of the
There's a company with this name:
Stretch Development: One of the
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Hi Stillwater.
My JOB is to write corporate communications. Anything I got that advertised their services this way would go into the trash. It's jargon-y and (in my opinion) ridiculous.
Perhaps it is a job posting? Telling someone they will have a role sounds like what their job will be. I can only guess that they mean you will "stretch" (work a little beyond your current capab
My JOB is to write corporate communications. Anything I got that advertised their services this way would go into the trash. It's jargon-y and (in my opinion) ridiculous.
Perhaps it is a job posting? Telling someone they will have a role sounds like what their job will be. I can only guess that they mean you will "stretch" (work a little beyond your current capab
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Marius Hancu and Grammer Geek. Thank you so much for your help. That's right. It's kind of like a job posting from Standard Charters Bank. Looks like it's just a marketing thing. I was just trying to understand what they are talking about on their brochure. It seems it went too far.
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Hopefully this isn't related to any "procustean/procustian" jobs
http://www.mythweb.com/teachers/why/basics/procrustes.html
e.g. stretching workers' capabilities in the wrong sense
http://www.mythweb.com/teachers/why/basics/procrustes.html
e.g. stretching workers' capabilities in the wrong sense
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Hi,
Yes. It is also typical of "business consulting jargon" to mix terms like depth and stretchin the same sentence.
Yes. It is also typical of "business consulting jargon" to mix terms like depth and stretchin the same sentence.
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