Meeting & Scheduling Jargon · Associate level

"Take a step back"

"Take a step back" means to pause and reconsider the situation from a broader perspective before continuing.

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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.

Buzzword

Before we go further, let's take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Plain English

Before we go further, let's reconsider the bigger picture.

Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Meeting & Scheduling Jargon

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