Profession Advancement Gifts

Your position on the career map.

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

Businesswoman Empowerment

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

In basket-case.

So which rung are you on my corporate ladder?

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

A fight in the Boardroom.

'Manager. . . Commander. . . Chieftain. . . King!'

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

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

"Helen brings home our second, third and fourth incomes."

Reach for the Star.

"I've never said this to a woman before, but here goes: We're not paying you enough."

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

I'm going to practice on you before I start managing other people.

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

Working hours.

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

"We need to reset our fiscal compass to the changing business horizon."

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

'We're like family. I look out for them. They look out for me.'

'The downside to my meteoric rise to the top is that I didn't have the opportunity to step on many people.'

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

The Evolution of the Bonus

"It used to Casual Friday. Now it's Furlough Friday."

'You really want that promotion, don't you, Sherman?'

CEO du Jour

"I just want you to know that promotion, this office, and those Luna bars were mine!"

"Be careful what you wish for, Bob, because you just might get it. And if it happens to be what I was wishing for, things could get pretty ugly around here."

"#Win!"

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