Enthusiastic Leader Gifts

"Today we welcome a new VP of Irrational Exuberance."

Businesswoman Empowerment

"So, we look to the fourth quarter as a time of healing."

How leaders fail

"He's not really much of a leader...he just has a lot of followers."

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

Go team!

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

"Serendipity is not a strategy."

Feedback should be sought for genuine reasons, not because you want compliments. . .

'Yes! The momentum's going to shift now. Our home fan is starting to make some noise!'

"This is so fun - I've been wagging my tail so much my cheeks hurt!"

'I give this one about three months...'

'I have been hearing some disturbing comments about you, Parker, some of your employees think you're a nice guy!'

"Do you have a minute, Bob? I'd like to speak with you about the concept of 'leadership'."

A man cheers

'I delegate, then I follow up.'

Someone needs to tell him that having Churchillian leadership skills requires more than a 10'' havana

"The GOOD news is that 94 people want to attend the leadership training, the bad news is that 64 of them want to change the venue, 56 the time and 45 want to be course leader."

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

'I like to greet the new team members myself.'

Well, everything's going great! I guess it's time to bring in the naysayers.

'I tried that approach once, but my employees seized the carrots and attacked me with sticks.'

The little engine that could delegate.

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

'This is impressive, Roberts, but I'm not sure that it qualifies as work-place leadership.'

"The team needs LEADERSHIP, anyone have a view on that?"

"Have I complimented you on marketing's renewed team spirit?"

"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."

"He's got great leadership skills. Wherever he's taking us, it's got to be better than where we've been."

'It's really lonely at the top of a dot.com company.'

Find out that man's name and give him a rise.

"If we're a team, the manager should take the heat!"

'A good leader can lead them to water, but a great leader can also make them drink.'