Extreme Management Muse Mugs

'Ok, let me in. I promise I won't be late again.'

"Well the good news is that after the reorganisation you'll be leading the team."

'I'm delegating everything but my paycheck and my snazzy office to you.'

'It's easy, Greg. Just get in touch with your inner regional sales manager.'

"I don't know what I'm going to do...my presentation is due on Monday and I haven't even started...I'm not sure I know how to speak."

'You'll find there's no middle ground with Kirk Knoland.'

Go slow delegating authority. First learn how to delegate blame.

There now, that wasn't too difficult was it!

Men in office, pose as Rodin's: The Thinker. A sign on the wall reads: THINK.

'It's signed by the entire office. You're not too popular areound here, are you?'

"Good news, chief, a computer virus destroyed all our documents."

'He always has your back - - - but it's mostly to step on.'

'We don't have an opening at the moment, but if you'll wait one minute...'

Change of management - warning about revolving door policy

'We've decided to upgrade your position with a new version 2.0 employee.'

"Delegation is an important attribute of being a leader, but not if you're delegating the leadership!"

"What would a competent person do?"

"I will of course yield to whomever agrees with me."

'He pats my back, but I don't pat his.'

'This is so much easier than getting volunteers.'

"Our investigation has concluded that your boss isn't stalking you, Mr. Beamon. He's just micromanaging."

"The job stress was already bad enough, but now I have to choose between 56 flavors of coffee."

'Y'know, Henderson, that's exactly the sort of thing that makes people of you as a loose cannon.'

'I call it, 'Leading A Great Team is Fabulous'.'

'To enable them to provide the service we require the procurement team have submitted a request for seven wands, a crystal ball and a time machine...'

"They're changing the top-down distribution to a bottom-up exchange of half-baked ideas."

'Errors were made, things were said, people got hurt.'

Coiled snake.'Act calm,relax,take a deep breath and reach for your knife slowly.'

"Oh, that's Harvey Willis. . . he's been here forever."

Reactive/Proactive

"Ever notice how he wants to go with a team management approach after things go wrong?"

We can offer volunteers a range of experiences including exhaustion,emotional overload,lack of support and stark terror.

'This is where we bring people we're thinking of hiring as decision makers.'

'Know what? I don't feel drafts anymore.'