Management Skills Aficionado Mugs

"I do not treat my employees like children. . . and the next person who brings it up gets a time out."

'You could be a constant inspiration for us to come up with a plan to get a leg up on our competition...you're hired!'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

"I've just never worked anyplace where the 'alpha male' was a woman."

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

"Damnit, executive-trainees don't have 'accidents'."

'Well, I must say I never thought team-building exercises could be such fun.'

'The ultimate sign of success is when no one puts you on hold.'

'Now this is exactly what I was referring to when I talked about 'scope creep'.'

'I tried to warn him - garbage in, garbage out.'

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

The little engine that could delegate.

Subordinate Employee

"My boss says I intimidate people. . . so I stared at him until he apologized."

The little engine that delegated

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

Leadership Training

Monday around 9PM.

Businessman has Sterling Sign Shaved in Head.

"I make it a point to hire people smarter than me."

"Queen begins with Q, it should be precisely here."

The Genghis Khan School of Business Skills

Welcome to Yellow Pages, Vermont

'I always feel at the end of the day I could've taken credit for more.'

"Can you keep a secret, Fred? The truth is, I've never had a clue what curve it is I'm supposed to stay ahead of!"

'What do you mean by, your people do not want to get in touch with my 'kind' of people?'

'What a control freak!'

Making The World A Better Place for Giant Multinational Corporations

"Norman, leadership is about more than telling everyone to be more like you."

'We've decided to upgrade your position with a new version 2.0 employee.'

'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."

Desk bins: Pretend it's not here, Hope it goes away, Delegate it.

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

"I'm worried about my leadership ability. None of the board members follow me on Twitter."