Agenda Enthusiast Gifts

'Duly noted. Now, shall we move on or does anyone else feel the need to have a conniption?'

Great coaching is about understanding your coachee's agenda..

"I, for one, do not enjoy these BYO agenda meetings."

'What are we taking a hard look at today?'

"If there's no further old business, we'll move along to new business."

"Yay, we have an agenda for today's meeting!"

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

'Why is it that nothing ever gets done at these meetings?'

"Why can't the rest of you be more like Rollins, here? He does his homework!"

"Ok, do we agree the minutes of the last meeting?"

"Your wonderful daughter and I would like to become engaged in F.Y. '97, married in F.Y. '98, and if the numbers look good, start a family in F.Y. '99."

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

'I went into that meeting with a hidden agenda and then forgot where I put it.'

I want a calendar where every day says here and now

Time Clock

"Today's top priority is prioritizing our priorities."

Welcome Bureaucrats! (Convention of bureaucrats).

"Okay, if that's all the finger pointing we have today, we can move on!"

"Starting here, each person whisper to your neighbor the purpose of this meeting and we'll see what we end up with."

'Now that we all agree on the agenda, a show of hands on how many want to keep it hidden.'

"Gotta go. My ten o'clock is here."

"So what's on the agenda today? Let's see--nap, then count my spots, then nap again, then chase my tale, nap yet again, then beg for good, nap, scratch at the door, finally come in and find a spot to go to sleep. Just not enough time in the day."

"The subject of this never ending meeting was how to keep meetings short..."

'Next day to the coast! You must be nuts!'

Businessman wonders why he called a meeting.

'Look - forget I asked if you were free any evenings...'

"I'm just saying, if you keep insisting we seriously discuss problems and work on solutions, we're stuck here all afternoon!"

'I've got a tight schedule.'

"The meeting's at 10. I'll send you a copy of the agenda, the hidden agenda and your personal agenda."

'Surely somebody must know why we're here?'

'Ms Ferguson, weasel me out of the 315 meeting.'

Whose turn is to set the day's agenda?

'Mr Chairman, it's nearly midnight. Can we move on to item two?'

'Looks like I have a passionate moment open on the 26th. Should I schedule you?'

'I'm afraid we had to cancel the 'perfect planning' seminar, but the time we got around to booking the hotel was full and the speaker hoped to use died in 1967...'