"Take a step back"
Say this instead: reconsider
How "Take a step back" shows up at work
The polite way to say the conversation has gone off course, or that a colleague is fixating on the wrong problem. In meetings it often signals that someone senior is about to redirect everyone toward a conclusion they already had.
Before we go further, let's take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
Before we go further, let's reconsider the bigger picture.
Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Meeting & Scheduling Jargon
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