Key expressions in a meeting
Setting the context / discussing strategy
- Looking at the situation from a long-term perspective …
- We need to develop a clear strategy to …
- I think we need to look at the bigger picture.
- We have to bear in mind the long-term viability …
Stating / discussing options
- We have a number of options.
- I think our options are quite clear here.
- How would it work if you / we …?
- Basically, we don’t have much choice … We can either … or we (accept that) …
- We’re in a really strong position to …
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Discussing feasibility / evaluating options
- There’s no point in …-ing, if we don’t / can’t …
- Provided we …, I’m convinced we can …
- I’m not sure that would work.
- Realistically, would we be able to finance this strategy?
- Assuming we decided to …, we could also …
Reaching agreement
- So, the general consensus is that …
- Are there any other points to consider?
- Right. So we’re decided.