Corporate Strat Planner Mugs

Business Hierarchy: Research and Development, Manufacturing Division, and Advertising and Promotion.

"Looks like we found the issue."

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

"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?"

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

"This position has become very important to the company."

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

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

"Here's what I'm gonna do."

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

'Our product flooded the market... Before backing up a deluge of consumer complaints!'

"Peter's Joint Head of Communications."

A fight in the Boardroom.

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

'Manager. . . Commander. . . Chieftain. . . King!'

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

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

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

"Gentlemen, we're missing a great opportunity by not hitching this company to the current tailspin."

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

The Solar System (after deregulation)

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

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

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

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

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

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

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

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

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

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

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."