Business Communications Buff Pillows

"Looks like J.B. changed his mind about his open door policy!"

"Carol, would you retweet that back to me?"

"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."

"Any questions?"

"Can you tell the oak tree to tell the birch tree to tell the elm tree I said hi?"

'No, I'm the marriage counselor. What you need is the semantics counselor down the hall.'

'Some of these trees have been here for 2000 years... and they still can't talk. Man, we're awesome!'

'We have a strict don't-ask-don't-tell policy for salaries.'

Direct Marketing...

"We'd better watch Cranston. He looks like a whistleblower."

"Here comes a client I must speak to. Excuse me while I slip into some jargon."

"Repeat after me: We are delivering the proactive core value promises and rolling out our real time best practice action plan going forward ..."

"I was going to have my people call his people, but I’m pretty sure his people have Caller I.D."

Letter Collecting Nerd

"'Original' to 'Carbon-Paper': Do you copy?"

"Can I call you back? I've got a situation here."

"Twitter is back! Hurry, hurry, get yer free speech here!"

'Let us pray...'

"I wanted a Meticulous Monday or a Thorough Thursday report. This reads more like a Frivolous Friday."

The Devil's in the detail!

"I thought that modern communications systems were meant to be more efficient...That they would cut down on waste and duplication."

'I started out as a yes man, but I've evolved into a plucky devil's advocate who always sides with the boss in the end.'

"Have your people call my people."

"I'm cutting out a complete layer of management."

"It's a wonderful partner's desk-but we think they didn't get along."

"We were looking for somebody with experience in mumbo-jumbo but your resume is mainly about gobbledegook."

"To be clear you are willing to labor under misconceptions?"

'Kroogshank, why do I think that you try to hide from responsibility?'

Your Leaders Putting Words Into More Words

Giving feedback is a complex process.

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

'No need to text me the answer to that. I'm right here.'

'Your proposal sounds interesting. Can you send me a written proposal? I cannot reread a phone call.'