Management Book Fan Gifts

'This will give you an overview of our branch offices.'

'I'm surprised you like being your own boss. I am your boss and I hate it.'

The little engine that could delegate.

Subordinate Employee

'I have serious doubts about the efficiency of that new 'apples and bucket' hiring test.'

"We had to lay off most of the staff to pay for the recruitment and training of new staff to replace the staff we laid off."

"Missing a call is no excuse for eating your assistant."

"Hey team, meet our new V.P. of acquisitions and mergers." (businessman introducing a vicking, barbarian)

Leadership Training

The little engine that delegated

"Effective leadership is more than just telling everybody to be like you!"

"You're an overweight, overpaid, over-the-hill senior executive, Dalrymple. What did you have in mind to remedy that situation?"

"There goes the person that proved the Peter principal faster than anyone in history."

'It's important that I see eye-to-eye with any consultants we bring in.'

"Employee satisfaction is of utmost importance and I'm not leaving this chair till you are satisfied."

"The boss said this meeting's about taking us back to our origins!"

"You have no idea how political this place is."

Company Structure - Boss and his yes men.

'We're streamlining efficiency by cutting the staff we employed to improve efficiency.'

Carrot & nose on sticks.

"This is Bernard, our new management consultant. He is going to be responsible for draining the lifeblood out of staff in a relentless attempt to reach increasingly unachievable and meaningless targets."

'The company is losing millions and the press are asking questions. Gentlemen,we're looking for a scapegoat.'

'Newgate, you'll be reporting to Cunningham, who'll be reporting directly to me. I, in one of those unexplainable paradoxes of the business world will be reporting to you,'

Domino Effect of Rising Gas Prices.

What is the difference between a boss and a leader?

"He's just come back from a 'managing stress' course...He learnt all sorts of strategies for dealing with pressure...maybe he could show us some of them if he ever wakes up."

"Big surprise. That cost/benefit analysis cost up more than any benefit we've ever gotten from it."

"Then, at 3:45, you usher in a whole new era. I brought your flashlight."

"Success is buying your experience cheap and selling at a profit."

'You're not always right you know.'

'The union card does it every time.'

"You're welcome to follow me, but no drafting."

'I just wish, he had been more direct...

'According to these numbers, our profit will be peanuts!'

"Blitzak, this is not your cubicle."