Management Maestros Gifts

"Logistically impressive Hodges, but does this qualify you for a leadership role in the company?"

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

"I'd say we were pretty much on target."

'I'm sorry but I'm afraid the corporation is going in a different direction.'

"Here, we do not procrastinate, we 'table' things."

'Lion Tamer experience hey? Well, I have a project currently needing your management skills...'

Four children playing the flute.

Presentation: Thinking each other are idiots.

'I'm going to practice on you before I start managing other people.'

"You're good at asking all the right questions. Now let's hear some right answers."

Heroic Rescue from a Falling Tower

Busking, "Stop worrying your father for money."

"This is bad work, Edwards! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!"

Two plans - one long-term and one short-term.

Traffic Management Strategic Group

"Well, it could be the rising tide of consumer indifference to our company's latest product, or it might be the sink in the men's bathroom acting up again. We're still not sure."

"At the end of the day Simon, money talks!"

UBLIC RELATIONS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS

"Boss, the customers can hear you cackling maniacally." "I've topped myself, minion." "It's not enough to run ads that tout our own excellence: we have to simultaneously tear down the competition." "Behold: my masterpiece." "'100 percent of those who drink Coffee King’s coffee will die.'" "Best part is it’s technically true."

'Daddy is going off to stimulate the economy by making gobs of money.'

'Ooops! My mistake. That was the yearly budget estimate, no the monthly estimate.'

'Enter, His Royal Globalness...'

Hats: Management/Good Job/Friendly but Aloof.

Project Manager Showdown

'He was always too busy to sit for his portrait.'

"Oh he also likes Wagner's 'Flight Of The Valkyries' played whenever he enters a room."

'My computer? - I got rid of it for insubordination!'

"well I'll be - you are the boss of me."

"...how would you rate me on a scale of nine to ten?"

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

'I can't decide weather to have a feisty or a sassy management style.'

'Good - we're finally all on the same rampage.'

"I'm glad my team places me on a pedestal."

"Costs have risen by 200% and we are behind schedule. We are living up to our acronym gentlemen and I am not happy about it!!"

Communicating with clients without using buzzwords posed a challenge for the consultants.