Corporate Aficionado Pillows

"If you can't tell the difference between right and wrong I can help."

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

"I was just going to say, 'Well, I don't make the rules.' But, of course, I do make the rules."

'Our product flooded the market... Before backing up a deluge of consumer complaints!'

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

The MBA Draft

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

"I've just never worked anyplace where the 'alpha male' was a woman."

'Being the boss's yes-man used to be easier. Now you also have to 'like' him on facebook, follow him on Twitter, link with him on linked-in...'

Other girl's luxuries are my necessities.

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

"We have an acronym!"

"At this office no two days are different."

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

"Damnit, executive-trainees don't have 'accidents'."

Parade of Businessmen

"Security? There's a goddam tree in my office."

'A representative from Merrill Lynch to see you.'

Let's Celebrate

"Here comes a client I must speak to. Excuse me while I slip into some jargon."

'Now this is exactly what I was referring to when I talked about 'scope creep'.'

"I think you might need to start again."

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

'Go to work, do your job, go home. . . Penburtson, that is the American Dream!'

"He ate homework as a puppy but quickly moved onto business journals."

"I think we should try something a little simpler."

"The scowl might just be what this place needs."

"Sophia, will you agree to form a joint exploratory committee for marriage?"

"I know we're not lions, but let's call ourselves a pride anyway."

"We don't have an exercise room here. You'll stay in shape by climbing the ladder, jumping through hoops, toeing the line..."

Offices moved to 23rd floor - taking the company to new heights - the management.

Change Management: Change can be ruf.

Greed.