Eat a reality sandwich
Living in reality, facing what is going on around you
Bring to the table
Show up with/are capable of ("what I can bring to the table")
Across the pond
Reference to North American/Europe's position to each other ("our colleagues across the pond")
Bandwidth
Time/resources ("does anyone have the bandwidth to...")
Phone tag
You've been trying to reach someone via phone and can't
Hit the ground running
Start/be ready to work immediately
The elephant in the room
An obvious major problem/issue that people avoid discussing/ acknowledging
Solo thinking
Trying to solve a problem by yourself
Pick your brain
Ask someone for their thoughts/opinions
A dog in this fight
Being affected by the outcome of something
Put a pin in it
Stop talking about something for a while
Pivot
Change directions; go with a different option
Barking up the wrong tree
Following the wrong course of action
The ball is in your court.
It's your turn to share your ideas
Brownie points
An imaginary reward for doing good deeds, finding success or earning favour with someone
All due respect
An expression of disagreement/criticism
Where the rubber meets the road
The point at which a theory/idea is put to a practical test
Reinvent the wheel
Recreating something that already exists, often unnecessarily
All hands meeting
All employees must attend the meeting ("all hands on deck")
Touch base
A quick talk/email for an update on something
Low hanging fruit
Too easy
Jumping through hoops
Have to use extreme amount of effort to achieve something
Circle back
To come back to something later
Play hard ball
Be a tough negotiator
The way the cookie crumbles
The way things work out