Corporate Navigator Pillows

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

'I agree... He's had a brilliant career trajectory. But a lot of people sure got hurt along the way.'

Company Legal Dept - "Do you think they'd take a bribe to drop the corruption charges?"

'That's two 'ayes', two 'nays' and one 'whatever'.'

Sorry, still got my 'raising kids' head on...

'Miss Simms, activate my deflector shield.'

"You can see him now. His meds just kicked in."

"About the shareholders meeting, ….Have Hayward update me on the smoke and Crampton brief me on the mirrors."

'Not only does he suffer from anxiety, he makes everyone else suffer from it too.'

"There's no need for alarm—the staff will be reduced, but only by attrition."

'I hope you don't take this as a criticism.'

"Remember son. If you want to get ahead in this business, it's not what you know or who you know. It's what you know about who you know."

"I want to help you to help me to screw you."

'Yes, yes, Bestwick, we agreed you're right, but, if you will recall, we also agreed, 'So what?''

I did it all for the team.

"Help, I'm being micro managed."

"Uh-Oh..."

'I blame the nothing for something culture.'

"I recommend the first thing you do as a new employee is learn to recognize the bosses wife's voice on the phone."

'Miss Kress, who on our staff is in charge of denials and uncomfortable realities.'

Redundancy cuts

"Better yet, why don't I have my people kick your lying butt?"

'I understand yours is a highly coveted position in this company.'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"I've been lost in here for thirty years, it's your turn."

Employee help

"Take this box of rumors, innuendo and hearsay and turn it into decisive leadership."

Corporate Helmsmanship

"Have you ever noticed that the people who always say 'work with me on this' never seem to do the actual work themselves?"

"How have you managed to keep your job?"

"I can't help admiring him. If I don't, he'll fire me."

Managers can lock up when everything they know about leadership comes from reading.

"The quarterly figures are in. Airplane made your phones, seat-back up, and buckle your seatbelt."

"While you were out you were terminated!"

"Who the hell is responsible for this no-blame culture???"