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'Very impressive educational background...now let's discuss WHO you know.!

Small Business Advisor - Networking

Don't turn your first networking meeting into a sales pitch

'Are you the client, or am I?'

"You still haven't got the hang of breakfast networking, have you. . . ?"

"Anything's possible if you know the right people."

'Them...? That's our multi-level marketing crowd...'

"Nothing beats work events to mingle, build relationships, and backstab fellow colleagues."

'Peabody, Yomp, Lee, Brodski & Dirkshaw...buddies since 4th grade.

'I'll introduce you to these people as soon as somebody tells me who they are.'

'I know these cigars are expensive, Jeff. But you really should learn when to stub them out.'

Glass Ceiling

Jarvis Sudo: He didn't do much but he knew the right people.

"Hey John!"

The merger succeeded only when the CEOs discovered that they both enjoyed long walks on the beach!

Power lunch loses its punch when counting calories.

'Unless you need more time to rake her over the coals, the third member of your party is here to join you.'

"I'd like you two to meet Will and Diane Clampett. Will is the powerful chairman and chief executive officer of a large multinational corporation, and Diane is his passive-aggressive wife."

"If I'm billing six hundred dollars an hour, lunch just cost me $ 638.75."

"Your broker has 'comped' your meals."

Men Networking

"I figure if I don't have that third martini, then the terrorists win."

"I wouldn't mind seeing somebody like you in my entourage."

"I'm pretty well stocked, but you can leave me your card if you like."

'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?'

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

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

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

"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?"

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"