lead an engagement

English translation: not good English!

15:22 Oct 27, 2002

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial

English term or phrase: lead an engagement

is this the common term?

it seems to refer to the person who heads/directs a round of talks (in this case with another company)which leads to an agreement/contract being signed on future collaboration

"I lead(in past tense) an engagement to distribute the client base."

Xeniz KudoZ activity Questions: 117 (none open) Answers: 27 Spain
Local time: 03:47

Selected answer:not good English!

Explanation:
I'd say this has either been written by a non-native speaker or someone who is at best semi-literate (unfortunately this is not that uncommon the business community).

The entire sentence needs rewriting.

My guess is that it means:

I lead/headed a project to widen/expand the (company's)client base

Selected response from:

Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:47

Grading comment

Thanks, also to Drak for his comments with I entirely agree with.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +4

not good English!

Libero_Lang_Lab

Led is the past tense of lead.

Refugio

spearhead a consultation

#41698 (LSF)

lead a project (or "become a project leader" or "initiate a project")

Drak

lead an initiative?

RHELLER

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

not good English!

Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:47
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 137

Grading comment

Thanks, also to Drak for his comments with I entirely agree with.

59 mins confidence:

spearhead a consultation

Explanation:
I spearheaded a consultative round to diversify the client base.

#41698 (LSF)
Malaysia
Local time: 09:47
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 53

1 hr confidence:

lead an initiative?

Explanation:
I agree that this is not good English.

I am just guessing.

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 19:47
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1252

1 hr confidence:

lead a project (or "become a project leader" or "initiate a project")

Explanation:
In some companies ('tis true!) the management is not very educated in terms of the correct use of the English language and they also tend to use "dignified" terms to describe menial tasks. Very often a "task" becomes a "project" or "engagement" or you name it... The term may be used for taking a bunch of mail to the post office, as well as for planing a corporate merger...

Drak
PRO pts in pair: 7

2 hrs confidence:

Led is the past tense of lead.

Explanation:
sp.

Refugio
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 485

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