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Is a piece of management jargon that has become a cliché. It means putting your words into action—showing that you mean what you say by actively doing it yourself. It is a version of the everyday phrase ‘practise what you preach’.

Subjects: Social sciences — Business and Management

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in A Dictionary of Human Resource Management (2 rev) Length: 45 words

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