Decision-making Expert Gifts

The emergence of a leader.

"Why is it always me who has to make all the decisions?"

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

"You're going to need a bigger shoulder."

'Henry was an undecided voter four years ago when he entered that voting booth, and I'm still waiting for him to decide and come home.'

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

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

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

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

Career Choices

Desk Boxes: 'In', 'Out', 'Could Go Either Way'.

Stop saying 'You're the boss' I KNOW I'm the boss!

"I don't know what I want, but I do know what I don't want, and I won't know one until I see the other."

"Who's ready to see what's going to happen in the fourth quarter?"

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

'OK, let's see who's going to be the pack horse today: Heads or tails?'

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

Traffic Management Strategic Group

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

"There's only one thing I hate more than a 'yes man', and that's a 'no man'!"

Medical student overdrafts...careers in the law.

'Sometimes I wish I had never sold my camels!'

'Worker or Soldier: Is that all you can suggest? Not much of a choice is there!...'

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

"The key to making the right decision is knowing which coin to flip."

Fork in the trail.

Wiseguys/Smartasses/Eggheads/Smarty Pants

Doubt or Certainy

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.

"Eeny, meeny, miney, mo.."

Sign pointing to 'hindsight' and 'foresight'

"There are some specific issues concerning landing yet to be resolved but we're making good progress."

Illogic Tree

'Unfortunately when our last window of opportunity opened up, we mistakenly crawled out of it rather than into it.'