Career Enhancer Pillows

"I see a beautiful future ahead for you in the private sector."

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

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

Businesswoman Empowerment

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

In basket-case.

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

So which rung are you on my corporate ladder?

A fight in the Boardroom.

'Manager. . . Commander. . . Chieftain. . . King!'

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

"Helen brings home our second, third and fourth incomes."

Reach for the Star.

37 years in the same position.

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

I'm going to practice on you before I start managing other people.

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

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

Working hours.

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

'We're like family. I look out for them. They look out for me.'

'The downside to my meteoric rise to the top is that I didn't have the opportunity to step on many people.'

"#Win!"

The Evolution of the Bonus

'You really want that promotion, don't you, Sherman?'

"Be careful what you wish for, Bob, because you just might get it. And if it happens to be what I was wishing for, things could get pretty ugly around here."

"I just want you to know that promotion, this office, and those Luna bars were mine!"

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

CEO du Jour

'She finds it really easy to juggle her kids with her career now she's joined the circus.'

"It used to Casual Friday. Now it's Furlough Friday."

"My making two million a year, …. It doesn't make me seem 'Mannish', does it?"