Management Tactics Observer Mugs

"He's run out of carrots but he's still got the stick."

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

'OK, the old one's in my right hand, the donor's in my left. Rght?'

Sometimes he just stood back and admired the breathtaking scenery of his life.

'AT&T? I'm letting you go. I'm down-sizing too!'

Dog Park / Cat Park

"That one shows our office cliques."

'Chicken Farms - Pecking Order'

"It says here that humans are the only member of the animal kingdom who can have sex any time, any place."

Fear of news.

'I miss telling people they can't have a day off to be with their sick children!'

"Goodbye, Cruikshank. We leave you to contemplate the wisdom of messing with big dog!"

'I want a win-win situation where both wins are ours.'

"What we need in this organisation is more personal contact."

'How dare they make these kind of suggestions?!'

'I suppose it was a blessing. Toward the end he was finding it very difficult to remain competitive.'

'Hey, this guy's been operated on before!'

'Let's get with it, Miss Ogden -- Spread some papers around on my desk!'

'...need to design something to bridge the generation gap.'

You are here.

London merchant telling a young employee that if he does not change his behaviour his career will go badly and he may end up becoming mayor

'Perhaps I was a bit too graphic in describing the surgical procedure.'

Their bubble-boss seemed completely unaware of the toxic work environment.

A football game appears on the operating theatres monitor instead of the patients heartbeat.

"I now realize that my 'show no mercy' campaign for the corner office was a big mistake."

'This doesn't look good.'

"At our company everything is based on trust. You can trust that you can trust no one."

Charles P. Muckenspucker - Mission Creep.