Communication Maestro Gifts

Sylvia helped Robert to edit one of his memos.

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

"Did you get my email?" "Was it the one about your text message?"

People Work Perfectly...We process all information through our senses...the meaning of communication is the response we get.

'I'm sorry but I'm afraid the corporation is going in a different direction.'

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

'He was only reaching for his powerpoint presentation pointer.'

Text Culture

'Lion Tamer experience hey? Well, I have a project currently needing your management skills...'

"Now we move over to the sports desk."

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

He then drew a number of smaller pie charts behind the bigger chart. That helped to put it into perspective.

'Remember, Henson; we're not here to hobnob - we're here to schmooze.'

Target your message

Although not felt by everone, Wanda's powrful jargon sent seismic shock waves through some of the more geologically unstable department in the organization.

"You need to take the weak parts of your presentation and work them into something that won't get you fired."

"I didn't get where I am by trying to please."

"This is bad work, Edwards! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!"

'Who wants the talking stick?'

Traffic Management Strategic Group

'And this is after the creation of a Special Effects Department.'

Mail Pattern Baldness - A man with a bald patch in the form of a mailing envelope.

Teacher getting the childrens attention by pretending to be on television.

Project Manager Showdown

Hats: Management/Good Job/Friendly but Aloof.

'He was always too busy to sit for his portrait.'

'My computer? - I got rid of it for insubordination!'

"Baldo, do you have a summer reading list?"

"well I'll be - you are the boss of me."

'I can't decide weather to have a feisty or a sassy management style.'

'A 'pregnant pause' is effective only if you've already said something.'

"He's cooing on the ledge. May I take a message?"

"These days I do a little sub-editing on the side too!"

"Get me someone in Apologies, someone in Walkbacks, and send up the whole Scapegoating team."

'There's more information available now than ever before. I can only block out so much of it.'