King Of The Boardroom Pillows

"Where do you see yourself in five moves?"

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

'It's a chart of office morale. This is where you went on vacation.'

"I'm razzled, but not dazzled."

"Thank you for that summation of the charts."

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

'Great news this quarter! Losses are up in smoke, profits are high, and we're seeing lots of green!'

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

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

"Tell the vice presidents they've downsized enough."

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

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

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

The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

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

'Congratulations Smith, you got that promotion. Commiserations Reid, you got that demotion.'

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

'Well, I'm not very satisfied with our customers, either.'

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

"He's not sleeping. He always dims his display while downloading data."

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

Although not felt by everone, Wanda's powrful jargon sent seismic shock waves through some of the more geologically unstable department in the organization.

'Maybe you should reconsider those place cards, Ms Harris?' (Negotiation talks/Good Guys/Bad Guys)

'This merger will cut jobs 40%, reduce salaries 30% and increase the work hours 25%. Your job is to make this look like the best thing that ever happened to our employees.'

'You're closer to the Big Guy than anyone. Will you help us kill him?'

'Who wants the talking stick?'

'You myst blow at least a 2.3 on the 'drunk with power' breathalizer before they'll promote you to upper management.'

"I'm tired of being used as a scapegoat."

'Chin up, Simpson, it's for the good of the firm.'

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

"When everyone's an 800 pound gorilla, nobody's an 800 pound gorilla.".

'Almost finished.'

"I liked it better when you used gobbledygook."

'Interesting. At first, I didn't pick her as dominant.' - Child chairs meeting at Toys Inc.