Management Storytellers Mugs

'I hired a motivational speaker once, but unfortunately all of my employees left to get better jobs.'

6 Brothers Falafel

A Hole in the Dike

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

Noah's life jacket demonstration

'We have to forfeit, Three of our players got squashed on the way over here,'

"Skip the funny voices tonight—O.K., Dad?"

"So, you want to work at our firm, Eh?"

'This merger will cut jobs 40%, reduce salaries 30% and increase the work hours 25%. Your job is to make this look like the best thing that ever happened to our employees.'

"He'll never win this negotiation. He's saddled with numbers...but we have anecdotes."

Of course, we have to begin with certain assumptions. Let's assume I'm right and you're wrong.

"Now the board will hear from Todd from Accounting with his free verse composition 'My Mistress, Brash and Beguiling – the Third Quarter Numbers.'"

"I called for you creative people because I feel it's time to begin my autobiography."

Wall of Office Memories

'My office is always open to you Charles, at least until maintenance repairs the door lock.'

'With the economy the way it is, there's no silver lining. In fact we sold that last week!'

'And along with your promotion you get a key to the executive bedroom.'

'Guess how much I sold today?'

"This is the deluxe edition Annual Report Director's Cut with restored graphs and alternative endings."

'It just got ugly. Ed from I.T. drank the entire water cooler and he wasn't even thirsty!'

Confident Business Team - We Know We Can

'I eliminated all the platitudes and cliche statements, from your mission statement, and I'm left with this blank sheet of paper.'

"At last they paid off their sub-prime fairy-tale and lived happily ever after."

"Did you hear the good news? We're engaged to become work spouses."

'My job security hinges on the fact that I work cheaper than someone overseas.'

"Our market research predicts this product mascot will be irresistible to both men and women..."

"These are my windscreen credits."

Turning a business graph around to get a positive reading.

"It was an amazing half hour."

'Why do I always have to be the one to connect the dots for you people?'

"Social distancing... masks, it's difficult sometimes to know who you're talking to."

'It's good to be back, Ms. Norton.. did anything important happen while I was away?'