What does "form team" mean when applied to business?

[BlueEyedGirl]

I have been told by my boss that I am the "form team" in our company. He is a sports nut. How would you translate this?

[Trialbyfire]

I've never heard that term before in business and I also enjoy a number of sports.

 

Are you from the UK? If so, might it be UK specific?

[BlueEyedGirl]

I'm not in the UK. Weird.

 

This is what I found when googling:

"Earlier in the week premiership favourites Parramatta labelled the Tigers the form team of the competition"

 

I think that it means team most likely to win in a competition or something. Not quite sure how it translates to me but I guess it's a compliment.

[Trialbyfire]

You got me!!

 

It sounds Brit for some reason.

[Deanster]

I'm fairly sure it's a British thing. It's commonly used to describe the best team in a league, or in a specific competition. We'd probably call it the 'team to beat'

 

It's the equivalent of 'best in class' - not precisely the 'best ever', but 'best of those we have'. I've been told that in UK schools, especially high-end boarding schools, each grade, or 'form', has a soccer (football) team, made of the best players from that form, and that's where the term comes from.

 

As an american, I might be missing the nuances, or it might come originally from something other than boarding school soccer, but that's the gist.

 

I'd take it as a substantial compliment.