Leadership Transition Prints

Leadership in the Covid-19 era

News Internecine: Murdoch succession battle

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

Others will fight for you

'Manager. . . Commander. . . Chieftain. . . King!'

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

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

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

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

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

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

Work/Life Balance

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

Work Parfait

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

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

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

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

Royal Mail boss to become ITV boss.

'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.'

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

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

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

"I'm sorry, but we're looking for someone who's more likely to be followed than following."

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.

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

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tick, tock-tock, tickety-tick tock ….

'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?"

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

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