Buzzword Susceptibility Selects Leaders

Employees who are more likely to accept confident‑sounding but meaningless corporate language tend to perceive managers as more charismatic and visionary, while scoring lower on analytic thinking tests. That creates a feedback loop: organizations that tolerate or reward buzzwordy communication will disproportionately promote leaders who use it, potentially lowering decision quality. — If corporate language shapes who gets promoted, this has broad implications for organizational effectiveness, workplace culture, and public policy around transparency and governance.