Leisurely Executive Gifts

'You have a board meeting on 8.'

"You're invited to our management excursion. Come dresses as a pinata."

'Now that I have your attention...'

Golly, �1m a year isn't too much. I don't know why your shareholders don't understand you.

"Stock options for your thoughts."

"Good morning. Fen, Boscage, Bracken & Spinney."

'Ladies and gents, the executive-worker pay ratio is not what it used to be!'

"Just go with the workflow."

"If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?"

"Where do you expect to be ten years from now?"

"The jury didn't buy my defense that CEOs just want to have fun."

Boy in toy car talking on phone.

"No need to remind me. I'm well aware that I've forgotten completely about you."

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

"Profits. Good thing or the greatest thing?"

'Have you seen the ruddy margins the Chinese expect us to take up for this work?'

"It drives me MAD when people whine about the amount top management get paid. . ."

"Productivity may be up but I miss seeing people miserable."

'Look, can't you play Badminton elsewhere? I'm trying to run a board meeting here.'

'It's lonely at the top.'

"See? I told you it was possible to mix business with pleasure."

'Sure, I'll take a meeting - but only if you've been very, very good,'

'Another corporation I wouldn't have minded so much, but this was a hostile takeover by my secretary!'

"Not bad! ...For a duck."

Caution - Men Working In Trees.

"If you're going to grub for something, it might as well be money."

'So, she's decided to buy the helicopter.'

'Better get back to business and take your mind off golf for a change.'

"Sorry, that was the three cups of coffee, four cans of red bull, and double dose of Paxil talking."

"Our founder was a real joker. That's the first silver dollar he ever glued to the floor."

Man at important looking desk lined with quill pens gets ready to shoot one at a dartboard on his wall.

'May I play through please?'

"It helps me stay focused on what matters most."

"Out? What are you, blind?"

"Dear, what the name of that company I'm the CEO of again?"