Flower Boardroom Strategist Pillows

Flowers' AGM.

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Now that I have your attention...'

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

"I'm razzled, but not dazzled."

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

'The sunglasses idea would have worked if you hadn't started snoring.'

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

"Thank you for that summation of the charts."

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

"Better than a business model, I have a business scheme."

'I had a thought. Let's scrap everything and start a new fiscal year right now.'

'So do you want me to minute that George is dying of boredom and Nigel will rip my head off if I don't stop boring him with my blather?'

"Desmond likes to live in the moment. . . and that moment happens to be 1960."

"Listen to everybody's opinions? Please, we're not that desperate."

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

"Oh dear...I don't think negotiations are going too well..."

"They've agreed to the merger, the sticking point is who is swallowing who?"

'How did the 'I want you all to take a pay cut or leave' strategy go down?'

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

'Our job will be to drag the competition down to our level.'

"Before I read the financial report I have to ask... do any of you have a weapon?"

Business Admin - Group Think 101.

'Ladies and gents, the executive-worker pay ratio is not what it used to be!'

'It's my company, I'll decide whether I want to go to the partner's meeting or not.'

Pin the blame on the donkey.

'Simply put, we are on our ninth life!'

Takeovers.

'As I see it, our choices are 'no' and 'hell no'.'

'Something tells me this is going to be a long meeting.'

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

'Remember - Reilly's Chairman of the Board, but Henderson's the Alpha male.'

"You need to take the weak parts of your presentation and work them into something that won't get you fired."