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Define: "On the front foot" in Business
Fiscal Threat Level
MODERATE
High risk of unnecessary meetings
CWO Pro-Tip
"Being proactive. Only do this if it prevents a P1 outage."
What HR thinks it means:
Taking a proactive approach to business challenges and client communications.
What does "On the front foot" actually mean?
"Fixing your own undocumented routing loop before the Tier 1 helpdesk queue explodes."
How HR uses it:
"We want to be on the front foot with our sustainability reporting this year."
How you actually use it:
"We need to get on the front foot with the client before they realize the servers crashed."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
Published: 2026-03-06
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