Mood Management Guru Gifts

"Is that a fixed-rate scowl or is it adjustable to the current interest rate?"

'...I lost my temper and now I can't find it!'

"I'm very slow to anger, but then I'm very slow to do everything."

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

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

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

'I can't force jocose if I'm not feeling it.'

'Senior management wanted me to raise morale so I made Lionel from accounts 'office jester'!'

"Three weeks until the pitch, LOADS of time!"

'The toughest things you have to deal with in this job, is feelings and lawyers.'

'...when did you first get these feelings of wanting to be a psychiatrist?'

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

"My best managerial trait is that I dig for answers until I get them between my teeth. My worst trait is that sometimes I bury them."

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

"Unless one is a humorist, Haskins. One should avoid attempts at humor."

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

"Good morning Rudy. I suppose you're wondering why I've summond you....It's time for your annual performance review...."

Whack-a-mole CEO.

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'

"Hey, no problem. I am one with multiple tasks."

'I'm looking for an assistant who knows my job, can do my job, but has no interest in having my job.'

'I like to greet the new team members myself.'

'That's my 'job security' barometer.'

"I've got a strict work/life policy at work... Anyone who has a life doesn't work anymore!"

"If you really want to get ahead you'll need to stop licking your own butt and start licking mine."

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

'Now, who owns this project?'

'I must say, I do like your incentive program.'

'Well I like to think every cloud has a silver lining.'

"Jerry's blood pressure jumped to a six month high on News of the dollar's weakness."

'You'll never succeed until the kissing up becomes instinctual.'