Corporate Marketers Pillows

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

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

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

'We've set the bar quite high at this company. It helps us control bonuses.'

'Keep me informed of the herds' mood.'

'How fast can you hype?'

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

'And remember to emphasize we're giving them the opportunity to find a better job.'

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

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

"I guess it's ethical. Let me run it through my 'Ethics Check' app."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

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

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

'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.'

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

'Well the good news is that we've landed some huge contracts in China!'

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

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

"We need to reset our fiscal compass to the changing business horizon."

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

Welcome to the Team

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

'If corporate lawyers are a dime a dozen, where are the other ten?'

CEO du Jour

"On the plus side, I finally have a key to the executive washroom."

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

'The toughest things you have to deal with in this job, is feelings and lawyers.'

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"