Organizational Tasks Mugs

Outside the Department of red tape, there are three files containing short forms, long forms and chloroform.

"It says that excessive paperwork is getting in the way of giving clients a quality service."

Liberties: civil and uncivil.

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

Where your mind & battle are los

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

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

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"This position has become very important to the company."

"We need to make some cuts. We'll start with integrity, accountability, openness, and transparency."

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

"Staff support"

Let's get organized

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

"Peter's Joint Head of Communications."

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

Things-to-do-today: Daily workboxes piled up on desk.

How leaders fail

Things to do: 1. Sit 2. Stay 3. Sit 4. Stay

"The meeting will come to order."

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

Trays on desk read, 'Here', 'There' and, 'Neither here nor there.'

"A dozen eggs and a pint of semi-skimmed...Sorry, looks like I left my presentation in my other coat."

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

Organization is not rocket science!

'You're right. Our old safety files have become a safety concern.'

"This is Briggs, our new department head. He's got an amazing knack for reducing complex problems into easy-to-understand witch hunts!"

"It looks like the 'because I say so' has it."

"Drunk, yet orderly"

"Sir, your ducks, they are not in a row."

When Engineers Crack.