Everyday Office Jargon · Associate level

"Organic growth"

"Organic growth" means growth a company achieves through its own operations and sales, rather than through acquisitions or partnerships.

Say this instead: natural growth

How "Organic growth" shows up at work

The phrase does real work in investor decks, where it separates genuine momentum from growth-by-checkbook. In practice it gets used any time a manager wants credit for results that didn't require anyone else's budget.

Buzzword

We're targeting 15 percent organic growth this year without any new partnerships.

Plain English

We're targeting 15 percent natural growth this year without any new partnerships.

Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Everyday Office Jargon

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