Hr Maven Prints

'Parents names?' - 'Mum and Dad.'

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

Jack of all trades

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

Drool Marks

"Does anyone here have a clue what it is we used to get?"

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

"I don't have to be a team player, Crawford. I'm the team owner."

'Once, long ago, I thought I was wrong...but it turned out I was mistaken.'

'I think it's time to rein in Henderson.'

'What can I do to create a climate where things get done?'

"Someone, call the office and see if we can get a fresh carrot."

'Sorry to interrupt Dixon - but this is not what I meant when I said this company needed more blue-sky thinking!'

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

"First of all, let me commend everyone on the teamwork displayed on this icebreaker. Secondly, let me apologize for some of the motivational language I used during this session..."

So Far So Good

Man carrying his boss.

'Well OF COURSE I rotate the tires! How do you think I got here?'

'So, how bad is it? Who can bring me up to speed?'

"Despite years of management training john still found it difficult to give negative feedback."

The worker/the man who monitors the worker/the man who wrote the draft policy guidelines on how to monitor the man monitoring the worker.

'There's an absence of leadership in this authority,we need to explore the possibility of thinking about setting up a sub-committee to look into it.'

'Office of not much budget, and even less management! Yomp speaking!'

"What kind of crazy management scheme is this?"

'Sorry...I don't deal with lease issues.'

'How dare you accuse me of sinking this company?'

'Hmm...this new management fad is crazy enough that it might just work...'

'Attention, all department heads: the buck stops there. I've had it!'

'U.S. Manufacturing'

"I can't fire him. He has corporate sponsors!"

"Successful leadership involves more than just shouting at people."

Reconnaissance reports your email blast to Sales was a direct hit, with acceptable collateral damage in Finance and Accounting.

'This spider's web proves that you've done no work today!'

'So what you're telling me is you've been fired from the last 15 jobs you had.'