Consulting & Strategy Jargon · Vice President level

"Buy-in"

"Buy-in" means getting agreement or support from key people before moving forward with a decision or plan.

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How "Buy-in" shows up at work

The word does real work in organizations where decisions made without it quietly die in execution. Getting buy-in can mean one conversation or six weeks of meetings, and the ratio often reveals how functional the org is.

Buzzword

We need buy-in from legal and finance before we can move this forward.

Plain English

We need agreement from legal and finance before we can move this forward.

Corporate Rank: Vice President · Category: Consulting & Strategy Jargon

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