Define: "Keener" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"The overachiever who ruins the curve. Let them take the hard tickets."
An enthusiastic and highly motivated employee who eagerly takes on new tasks.
What does "Keener" actually mean?
"The office brown-noser who asks a 'quick question' at 4:58 PM on a Friday."
"We love seeing the keeners in the graduate program taking initiative."
"Alright keeners, let's not boil the oceanBoil the oceanA project scope written by someone who has never touched a command line in their life. on this one."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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