Smart Decision Maker Prints

"I know if Crampton were here he'd want us to divvy up his bonus."

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

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

"That recruitment algorithm we’ve been using, I think we need to revisit it!"

Career Choices

Desk Boxes: 'In', 'Out', 'Could Go Either Way'.

Stop saying 'You're the boss' I KNOW I'm the boss!

"I don't know what I want, but I do know what I don't want, and I won't know one until I see the other."

'OK, let's see who's going to be the pack horse today: Heads or tails?'

"Who's ready to see what's going to happen in the fourth quarter?"

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

Traffic Management Strategic Group

'Henry was an undecided voter four years ago when he entered that voting booth, and I'm still waiting for him to decide and come home.'

"There's only one thing I hate more than a 'yes man', and that's a 'no man'!"

Medical student overdrafts...careers in the law.

'Sometimes I wish I had never sold my camels!'

'Worker or Soldier: Is that all you can suggest? Not much of a choice is there!...'

"I hear you have been split testing our online advertising campaign. I haven't got a clue what that is but stop it now."

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

"The key to making the right decision is knowing which coin to flip."

Wiseguys/Smartasses/Eggheads/Smarty Pants

"Graphs are like EKGs, they show the health of a company."

Doubt or Certainy

"Eeny, meeny, miney, mo.."

"Remarkable, but I'd feel so much better about it if we knew what the hell we're doing right."

"There are some specific issues concerning landing yet to be resolved but we're making good progress."

"I took the road less travelled just to avoid the potholes."

"Business has been steady."

'Unfortunately when our last window of opportunity opened up, we mistakenly crawled out of it rather than into it.'

'Do I use the slide or the merry-go-round? I haven't even touched the swings. I don't know. I DON'T KNOW.'

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I got a little freaked out because where did the second road come from??