Corporate Rockstars Gifts

'On stage with me today are Stu on earnings; Pete on future growth; Blaine on lead guitar; and Wallace on Marketing.'

'Now THAT'S a presentation! Great delivery, great graphics, and he moonwalks from the room.'

"The meeting will last until lunch, or hell freezes over, whichever is longer."

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

"These meetings bring out my creative side. How's this for the boss?"

'Dude, touring with a punk rock band was fun, but what I'd really like to do is be CEO of a fortune 500 company.'

"'Start a company, make money.' Your business plan may be missing a few steps in the middle."

'Dow goes up, Dow goes 'round, but we'll keep rockin' 'til the Fed cracks down . . . '

Self portrait.

"Are you ready to engage with rock-rased content?"

"We're waiting to see if he'll see his shadow."

"We've decided to give you a bonus, Rick. It's any change you find under the cushions."

"Can you believe those guys? We tell them absolutely, positively no further negotiations, and they stop negotiating!"

'See if you can get them to flambe the check, too.'

Landing That Tough Account

'I won't be taking any more calls today. I threw my phone out the window.'

'Let's rock!'

"We're counting on you to save this company, Fitzgerald.

"I'm in the market for a good sidekick."

I'm just saying he picked a hell of a time to have a Susan Boyle moment.

Long Speech Alarm at Company Dinner

Much to the surprise of all his colleagues, Gavin concluded the lunchtime presentation on company expansion with a rather eccentric song and dance act.

People liked running things past Michael.

'Impressive resume. Great interview. But can you rock?'

"Yeah, you're the CFO of a global multinational, but to me you'll always be the First National Bank of Dad."

Employee of the Month - male.

"Magnificent light today, chief."

'Here's something you need to hear...'

"I used to lose my secretaries because they were getting married - now they leave to start their own companies."

Man with Yoyo, "He was never over-lavish at entertaining clients."

'I got a case of the itsy-bitsy bonus blues...'

'Er, Jane, if my wife's kidnappers ring I'm in a meeting.'

"Congratulations! I'm promoting you to be my food taster!"

"Any idiot can take the rat out of the race. The trick is getting the race out of the rat!"

'The boys in accounting used to give me a hard time about ordering a $1,000 bottle of wine - until I invited them along.'