Business Rethink Gifts

'I think we're setting the bar too low.'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

"Maybe now, we could look at customer care'?"

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'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

"Gentlemen, I'm pleased to say the firm is perfectly positioned to avoid chapter eleven and still be in existence this time next year."

Employee won't think about work outside of box

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

'Do you want to tell them their department is being downsized again, or should I?'

'I had a thought. Let's scrap everything and start a new fiscal year right now.'

'We divested ourselves of a division here, a subsidiary there, a branch here, an affiliate there...there's nothing left!'

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

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

'I'd like to explain my ideas for economy within the company.'

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'

"If we can't find the way forward, let's find the way back."

"When I said, 'I want you to sleep on it'. I menat when you go home tonight."

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

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

"You've got one day to come up with something new and exciting yet safe and time tested."

Men in office, pose as Rodin's: The Thinker. A sign on the wall reads: THINK.

Golden parachutes inc. - 'Our pleas for bail-out funds were ignored.'

'As you know, Wilson, our CEO screwed up big time, so he was fired and gets a big bonus. But because of his mistakes, you just get fired.'

"Good question: When can you see your families?"

"The water does taste a little funny. Maybe they added analgesics, to ease the pain of restructuring."

'Well, I'll say this: when the new boss came on board, it was a real game-changer for all of us!'

"Thankfully, this year, the results can be attributed to something other than our own gross incompetence."

"Is this a bad time for our feedback meeting?"