Management Moguls Mugs

The new boss brought a sense of urgency.

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

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

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

'We're under capitalized. As soon as we reach the break even point we'll buy a lemon.'

Team Leader

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, 'I'm only seven years old -- I don't HAVE a credit rating yet!'

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

"My best managerial trait is that I dig for answers until I get them between my teeth. My worst trait is that sometimes I bury them."

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

'Jimmy Chang gets his allowance in Yuan, and his parents let him buy and sell precious metals...'

"And we will absolutely start lending again as soon as we finish building our debtors' prison."

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

'Call the boss! We're in trouble!'

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

'Stocks were up on news that no performance enhancing drugs were used to achieve today's highs. . .'

'Mr. Dunbarter, your fantasy that 'greed is good' may be a case of economic insanity.'

"Unless one is a humorist, Haskins. One should avoid attempts at humor."

'Dog eat dog.'

'So, gentlemen, how's the dollar trading against the immortal soul, today?'

Whack-a-mole CEO.

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

'I'm looking for an assistant who knows my job, can do my job, but has no interest in having my job.'

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

'I like to greet the new team members myself.'

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'

"If you really want to get ahead you'll need to stop licking your own butt and start licking mine."

"What's on my schedule today, Fred?"