Metaphor Maestro Gifts

"I was on the cutting edge. I pushed the envelope. I did the heavy lifting. I was the rainmaker. Then I ran out of metaphors."

"I think it's time we acknowledged the elephant in the room."

Executive Coach: Specializing in Sports Metaphors

'Hmmm...I think I know what he's saying here. Sometimes we manage to break through the walls that hold us back, only to find...another wall! Yes! I get it!'

The central metaphor of her novel was a fly.

"No mission creep here. Just more football metaphor creep."

"Can you give me some sort of metaphor for how you're feeling?"

"I meant I was open metaphorically, to new ideas and experiences."

Poet in Hiding

"And this was the day our Marketing and Public Relations people finally exhausted their supply of 'come-from-behind-and-win-it-all' sports metaphors!"

'What do you mean, the chart resembles an iceberg?'

'I'd like to renew my poetic license!'

'Then it's agreed. It doesn't have to rhyme.'

"'My beef is our opponent is too chicken to cut the fat from this pork-filled budget'...were you hungry when you wrote this speech?"

"Until football season, I'm going to use baseball metaphors in my motivational talks."

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

'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.'

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

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

We should take a break. Ron's eyes have turned into spinning rainbow wheels.

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

"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!'

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

"Let's start with an icebreaker..."

"The meeting will come to order."

"I need to see your budget proposal."

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

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