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Define: "Cadence"
What HR thinks it means:
The rhythm or regular schedule of team meetings or updates.
What it actually means:
"How frequently we will interrupt your actual work to ask if your actual work is done."
Use it in a meeting:
"We need to establish a weekly cadence for these syncs, ensuring that everyone's calendar is effectively blockedBlockedI'm waiting on another team to do their job, so please stop asking me about it. from doing any actual work."
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