Corporate Culture Curator Gifts

TRUST: "Are you telling me that none of you knows what it means?"

"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.'

"And the last little piggy cried, 'Oui, oui, oui' all the way home."

"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.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

'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...'

"I'm beginning to regret taking this job at the local playgroup."

The trend toward less formal offices began to gain steam.

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

"At this office no two days are different."

"I'm not sure about this new trainee - he asked me when does he get to see the actual ropes."

"We have an acronym!"

'Believe me, I know transformation isn't easy. I pulled a muscle once.'

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

Parade of Businessmen

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

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

'A representative from Merrill Lynch to see you.'

"Do you have a minute, Bob? I'd like to speak with you about the concept of 'leadership'."

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

"I think you might need to start again."

'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."

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

Now that I finally have an expense account, there's no time to eat.

"I'd heard that Farnsworth had a difficult secretary to get past."

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

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

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

'Here's the CEO - Chief Egotistical Official!'

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