Management Strategist Gifts

'Middle managers play tennis.'

'He's particularly sensitive to criticism that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.'

'As a decision maker, you've got to work 24 hours a day. It takes 10 minutes to make a decision and 23 hours and 50 minutes to ask yourself if you were right.'

"I like things to be done my own particular way by someone other than me."

Even the micro manager, Jan reasons it won't hurt to get hers hands a little 'dirtier' and help out with a load or two...'

'Memo: Cost saving measure...replace all 'Yes Men' with bobbleheads.'

'I know it's easy to blame others. That's why I do it.'

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'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

"My door's always open...but there is an invisible fence."

"Nobody is to blame until we pick someone."

"All right, get out there and mingle with the pickets and find out what they're saying about me."

How's the hot desking working out?

'He's not finished his 'effective supervision' training yet.'

'Sorry I missed your last memo, Big Guy.'

'I don't know what's going on, but wipe that look of restrained jubilation off your face!'

'I said, how do you like my new communication tool?'

'It was at this point that I insisted all employees eat their vegetables.'

'Motivation...How does the threat of getting sacked, losing your home and being thrown out on the street work for you?'

'I don't feel the love.'

"It's what I like to call an organizational lever."

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

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

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

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'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'