Boardroom Sage Gifts

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

"When no one came to the meeting, he dealt with it in his usual philosophical way."

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Now that I have your attention...'

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

"I'm razzled, but not dazzled."

"Could you go back to the front desk? The receptionist has some forms for you to fill out."

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

'The sunglasses idea would have worked if you hadn't started snoring.'

'Great news this quarter! Losses are up in smoke, profits are high, and we're seeing lots of green!'

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

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

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

"Better than a business model, I have a business scheme."

'So do you want me to minute that George is dying of boredom and Nigel will rip my head off if I don't stop boring him with my blather?'

"Oh dear...I don't think negotiations are going too well..."

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

"They've agreed to the merger, the sticking point is who is swallowing who?"

'How did the 'I want you all to take a pay cut or leave' strategy go down?'

'I have been hearing some disturbing comments about you, Parker, some of your employees think you're a nice guy!'

'Our job will be to drag the competition down to our level.'

"Before I read the financial report I have to ask... do any of you have a weapon?"

The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

Business Admin - Group Think 101.

'Ladies and gents, the executive-worker pay ratio is not what it used to be!'

'Congratulations Smith, you got that promotion. Commiserations Reid, you got that demotion.'

Pin the blame on the donkey.

'Simply put, we are on our ninth life!'

Takeovers.

'Well, I'm not very satisfied with our customers, either.'

'Something tells me this is going to be a long meeting.'

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

'Remember - Reilly's Chairman of the Board, but Henderson's the Alpha male.'

"Well, there's nowhere to go but up."