Business Seminar Mugs

"Meanwhile, obsessing about productivity is way up."

'Sometimes it's good to get a different perspective.'

"....which brings me to number one: Thinking inside the box."

Economic Conference.

'You can take all the business classes you want, but they can't teach nepotism.'

'I'm what you can't learn at Harvard Business school.'

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

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

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

How leaders fail

"Why won't you teach us how to handle complaints?"

'I've learned a lot about myself at these meetings...like, I can fall asleep with my eyes open!'

Business meeting, CEO is dressed strangely as he asks: 'Any questions?'

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

"We need to reset our fiscal compass to the changing business horizon."

"I wasn't the smartest guy in the room, but I was the loudest."

"I drink just enough coffee to make me think I can do my job."

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'Asynchronous, collaborative, interactive - we're obviously on a roll.'

Business of Fingerpointing Line Art

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

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

"Fantastic presentation! All of the investors loved it."

It would be a painful forty five minutes before Arthur finally admitted he left his presentation at home.

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

'Gentlemen, I've been authorized to sweeten the offer.'

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

'Wake me up when he doesn't use a buzzword.'

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

"So let's roll up our sleeves and show that America still builds the world's greatest advertising."

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

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

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

"Yes, Jane Lyons, sitting next to Katy Jones, class of 2018, it is important for a writer to know her audience."

"As you can see, sales have been a little erratic lately..."