Decision-making Gurus Mugs

Flexible

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

'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'.'

Desk trays - 'In', 'Out', and 'It depends'.

"I might just get a pie."

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

"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."

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."

'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.'

'Someone round here has to make the important decisions.'

"Whoa, dude. You're talking about the hive mind mentality at this company like it's a bad thing."

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

Fork in the trail.

"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!"

Sign pointing to 'hindsight' and 'foresight'

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.

Illogic Tree

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

"Members of the board, my indecision is final."

'Narrow my options down to the good, the bad, and the ugly.'

Business cartoon of businessman in his office, a stop sign and nameplate that reads 'decisions stop here'.

'Well, it looks like the 'yea' has it.'

I hear you are good at making snap decisions.

"A workshop will be offered on the topic of decision-making....I could possibly take part....o the other hand...."

"Finally I've been given some real authority. I get to choose what roast we order."

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

'You may choose either everlasting life or whatever is behind the curtain.'

The emergence of a leader.

'Middle managers play tennis.'

'They've been like this ever since Mary presented her report. It's the worst case of paralysis by analysis I've ever seen!'