Historical Strategy Lover Mugs

Duke of Wellington

A fight in the Boardroom.

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

"Any questions?"

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

Cheers For The Hollyhock Middle School Chess Team

After a day long meeting, the decision, as usual, is made in the hallway.

'Our problem is how to lower quality while raising prices...'

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

Target your customer.

'What are we, wimps? Are we gonna let a bunch of rabbits push us all over the field? Come on, big guys.'

"Now I'll demonstrate how, with a minimum of capital investment, you can make a mountain out of a molehill!"

'General, please hire large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny.'

'We took the old plan, folded in half, and now it's the new plan.'

Maybe it's now time to review our customer care strategy!"

"It's not bulls**t if we call it strategy."

Game changing

"I love fast break business success."

Business Target

'We're well positioned, but we lack leadership.'

"When it comes to online marketing, I'm puzzled."

'Good news from the field, sire! Attila did not like the referee's call, so he's folding up his tents, taking his ball and going home!'

'I have no one to blame but myself, for now.'

'You should agree with me, but not all the time, Try mixing it up a little,'

'Sir, the company's had another successful month treading water.'

Thinking both inside and outside the box.

Think Tank.

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

'Alternatively you can just focus on the CUSTOMER!'

'We're plowing our excess profits back into justifying our profits.'

'It takes great courage of conviction to know you're wrong, yet still proceed forward.'