Family Business Manager Gifts

"I'm getting to know the staff better. You're my son, aren't you?"

The Downside of Nepotism

"Your mother will criticise you now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

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

"Force quit! Force quit! Force quit!!"

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

"Sorry, stock-market jitters."

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

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"Let me put on my 'working' head."

'In the interest of spending more time with my children, I've put Bobby and Emily in charge of corporate strategy.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"I'll bet she was worn out by the end of teacher's meeting day."

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

'This home based business is easy to set up. Everyone knows that women are better at multitasking.'

"I'm an expert in crisis management, I've got three daughters!"

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

'before you say 'all this will be yours', I don't want it.'

'Someday, Son, this will all be your problem.'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

'My son decided to join the firm. You have six months to shape him into executive timber.'

"Being a mum is a full-time job."

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

"We don't know the meaning of the word nepotism in my firm. My son over there will back me up on that."

"This is a family operation, Ben, and we're evicting you from our family."