Band Leader Gifts

'You mean we've all been playing different songs? I wonder how long that's been going on...'

'The Orginial Big Band sound'

'You mean we've all been playing different songs? I wonder how long that's been going on...'

'We've come to expect the drum beat of bad news, but are the cymbals really necessary?'

"He doesn't miss an opportunity when it comes to leading the school."

One-man band rehearsal.

Steve Miller

"I'm a songbird, so I'm the band leader. You're a hummingbird, so you can't write lyrics and you're a mockingbird who can't write original music."

Tom Petty

The critic as band leader

'And a one, and a two, and a three, and a four...'

"Where are you getting those notes from?"

Cab Calloway Swings

"I've thought really long and hard and what I'm trying to say is, while I love you, I only like a parade."

"You're invited to our management excursion. Come dresses as a pinata."

'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.'

"Looks like we found the issue."

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

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

Where your mind & battle are los

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

"This position has become very important to the company."

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

'It's a chart of office morale. This is where you went on vacation.'

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

I'm looking for employees who have their own unique way of seeing things my way.

Butterfly Woman

"Staff support"