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"You call it grad school; I call it raising the debt ceiling."

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

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'I'm sorry, but everyone is in a meeting.'

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

"My best managerial trait is that I dig for answers until I get them between my teeth. My worst trait is that sometimes I bury them."

"In economics, I got an IOU."

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

"Is there any way I could get a dashboard instead of a report card?"

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

"Unless one is a humorist, Haskins. One should avoid attempts at humor."

Whack-a-mole CEO.

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'

'I'm looking for an assistant who knows my job, can do my job, but has no interest in having my job.'

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

'Hi Dad. I want you to meet Mr. Hacketal, my attorney.'

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

Kirsten Johnson

"If you really want to get ahead you'll need to stop licking your own butt and start licking mine."

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

'Now, who owns this project?'

'I must say, I do like your incentive program.'

"How'd I do on the test?"

'Well I like to think every cloud has a silver lining.'

'You'll never succeed until the kissing up becomes instinctual.'

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

"These fourth grade marks are confusing...I got a B on the assignment, so is that like a smiley face or a star?"

"We need to eliminate the middleman."

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

'I can live with you not wanting to push the envelope, but your refusal to think outside the box...'

'The fourth quarter was no walk in the park. Especially for those who count on us to walk in the park.'

'BBC Training course' "Repeat after me"