Corporate Milestone Gifts

'I vote we hang the darn thing upside down and go home!'

'Mergers and takeovers and profits, oh my! Mergers and takeovers and profits, oh my! Mergers and. . . '

'We're holding our own, but I'd really like to see some growth.'

'Miss Henshaw - bring me my trumpet.'

"Just how long has there been a maraschino cherry at the top of the organizational chart?"

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

"I miss the old cubicles."

'Of course we're a global corporation. We have mail drops throughout the world.'

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

"When we went inside the numbers, we found goo."

"Your ten o'clock is here."

"We made a miscalculation, but it's consistent with our over-all strategy."

'The good news is we're projecting a profit. The bad news is none of us will be alive then.'

'That holds the ashes of my former business partner. He was always looking for ways to downsize.'

"We're experienced an extraordinary amount of growth this year."

'Maybe we need new profit charts?'

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

Abracadabra! We have growth!

My Will Be Done.

'I barely have time to flaunt my expense account.'

This company is smaller than I thought - they've listed me as a majority shareholder.

'As you see, the firm will rely on an unorthodox marketing strategy.'

'I want to talk about your efforts to increase sales, Robert.'

"We went from blunder to thunder."

'I understand they specialize in acquisitions.'

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

"I apologize that we disturbed the peace, but this is a very volatile meeting."

Human Recources Management

Busy Workload Today and Especially Tomorrow

Management Seminar: "Put simply, good management is getting other people to do the jobs you don't like."

Derision/Leader/Respect

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

"Procurement and their stakeholder journey down the procurement pathway... Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

"You're invited to our management excursion. Come dresses as a pinata."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'