Leadership Transition Pillows

Leadership in the Covid-19 era

News Internecine: Murdoch succession battle

Others will fight for you

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

'The lads at the office still talk about the day you told the boss what to do with his job...'

'I'm Jeremy's father. I'm a computer consultant and I'm unemployed.'

"I figure if I was still employed, I wouldn’t get to spend all this time with you!"

Work/Life Balance

'AT&T? I'm letting you go. I'm down-sizing too!'

'Very impressive educational background...now let's discuss WHO you know.!

Work Parfait

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

Royal Mail boss to become ITV boss.

'They sold the company in 2001? I was wondering why things were slow.'

"Welcome aboard, Bailey. Don't worry — they don't bite."

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

Leadership suits you

'The staff is being reduced. The exit strategy will be explained at a meeting to be held, after work, in the parking lot.'

'There they go - off on their own - and a finer bunch of fledgelings one couldn't ask.'

'It's a lateral move, you'll now be getting all of Kramer's work too.'

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

'Poor Kleinzweck -- his working hypothesis got laid off.'

Recruiting litigation lawyers is ALWAYS tricky..my last one took me to court for the emotional and professional damage I caused him by NOT considering him for a position I wasn't asked to fill.

'The shareholders have voted you off the board. We don't feel you're tough enough. On the bright side, you've won this year's Miss Congeniality award.'

"Lost my job. But I'm pretty sure it's around here somewhere."

'Do you want to tell them their department is being downsized again, or should I?'

"Of course you can resign Ferguson. How would you like to buy back your freedom? Cash, credit card or easy payments?"

'A computer is only as good as the people who are employed to replace the people who were made redundant by the computer.'

"Hiring someone to replace me and then expecting me to train him just doesn't sit well with me."

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."