Collaboration Challenger Gifts

"Look. I'll get to your problem as soon as it coincides with my problem."

"My email is down... talk to me."

"Staff support"

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

"We're all just a number here, Finch, and fortunately my number is one."

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

'A 10M bonus for your thoughts.'

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

"I'm worried. We're small enough to fail, but not big enough to be bailed out!"

"I'm sorry, but Fred isn't available. He's spending a few days in the penalty box for not being a good team player. May I help you?"

'Our company has hit an icebery and is sinking fast. Of course, it's all very symbolic.'

'I'm writing my New Year's resolutions.' - 'I resolve to finish everything that I start.'

Sinking sales

Businessman at the deep end.

A successful meeting! Only one member left in a rage shouting obcenities.

Open Source.

"And do you, Courtney, take this man....Courtney!"

"You can't just put on the uniform whenever you don't want to have a conversation, Barry."

"Irma, cancel all my appointments for the next 3 weeks, I need to go home to brood. Tell the board to only contact me on my mobile phone..."

'We think a lot alike - and that threatens my uniqueness to this company.'

"Now I don't want to alarm you, but are you familiar with the term 'On the scrapheap'!"

People hanging on to the horns of the raging bull of 'Business'

'We like the teamwork idea, but Mr. Superstar won't let us play with his ball.'

TEAM

"Hang on a minute: We collaborated equally on this hunt, so please explain to me your theory of "the lion's share"!"

"It's okay, Mr. Topley! Larry does this every time I agree with one of his ideas!"

"Management is about more than trying to be better than everyone else."

"Now, are you here to see the top dog or the queen bee?"

Workers' Rights

'I'm sorry, but 'I'll see how I feel on the night' isn't really acceptable.'

'I like to end these meetings with a group hug, if you'll step out of the cubicles.'

"Amazing! He's been in there for over an hour without his cell phone,laptop or email access and he hasn't even twitched!"

'This job is the cutting edge of female multi-tasking. We need you to perform as if headed for the top. We also need you to never actually get there.'

Thinking of throwing the 'Think' sign into the garbage.

"I said to him eventually, I said marriage is something you're just going to have to do on your own."