Meeting Masters Gifts

"Denise, for this afternoon's meeting, get some facts and place them at my fingertips."

"Look , Malcolm, I get it that you're ambitious. But can't you put that damn thing down just for a minute?"

'A good idea, Fletcher? So was your last one. Which, I recall, brought us to the brink of bankruptcy!'

"If it gets tense in here I might need you to step up and BS-calate things."

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

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

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

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

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

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

"I'd say we were pretty much on target."

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

The president's men

"Why can't the rest of you be more like Rollins, here? He does his homework!"

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

'The efficiency expert's recommendation is we drink more coffee!'

"If I might be serious for a moment..."

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

"What's a debenture?"

'Had I known Hell was going to be exactly like work, I probably wouldn''t have spent as much time there.'

"The meeting will come to order."

'I've learned a lot about myself at these meetings...like, I can fall asleep with my eyes open!'

"Ok, do we agree the minutes of the last meeting?"

"I need to see your budget proposal."

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

'How can we solve this problem by eating?'

"I drink just enough coffee to make me think I can do my job."

'I'm sorry, but everyone is in a meeting.'

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

"I'll wait a moment for everyone's energy drink to kick in."

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

'Asynchronous, collaborative, interactive - we're obviously on a roll.'