I was recently involved in a large 1-day employee engagement process. After they had all poured their hearts and souls into crafting recommendations and ideas for the company to implement, the CEO stood up and said:
“I am wholly committed to wanting to move this forward!”
Huh?? What does that mean? So what exactly are you wholly committed to? To wanting? Or to actually move this forward? And what exactly does it mean to “move this forward”?
It’s unlikely that he would speak this way with friends and family. Even if it was extremely important.
So why do we speak like weiners at work?