Corporate Advisors Pillows

'In terms of vision, this company has lost its way. Is anybody here good with GPS?'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Stock options for your thoughts."

"We need to make some cuts. We'll start with integrity, accountability, openness, and transparency."

'That's our mission statement.'

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

'I'm judging by your silence Al that you're giving me the green light on the Greenwich project. I just want to say that I admire your leadership. I guess that's why you've been running this company for 20 years.'

Build Your Own Portfolio

"If we can just get beyond this 'I'm the boss' mentality and concentrate on a simple 'What I say goes' outlook, I think this will all work out."

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

Welcome to the Team

"We're looking for that perfect blend of vision, ambition and ethical ambiguity."

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

The Evolution of the Bonus

"The meeting will last until lunch, or hell freezes over, whichever is longer."

Annual profits,

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

'All those in favor of having anchovies on our pizza will signify by saying aye.'

"Lost my job. But I'm pretty sure it's around here somewhere."

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

'Loved your bit on market share, Felton - perfect blend of plausibility and outright deception.'

Parade of Businessmen

"Oh dear...I don't think negotiations are going too well..."

'Before we starnt, has everyone shed their moral baggage?'

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

XYZ Inc, putting a folksy, human face on unfettered corporate greed for over 50 years.

Internet.

'You're developing a reputation as something of a cowboy, Henderson.'

"How can you have a meteoric rise to the top in a one-story building?"

"You're on top of this week's Sales Pyramid."

"...And that's how to translate honey into money."

Dogs reviewing organizational chart - 'Hunter can eat Spanky or Fido, Spanky can eat Spot or Duke,....' and so on.

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'