Stop-and-go Strategist Gifts

'What if I want to stop? Where's the pause button?'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

A fight in the Boardroom.

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

After a day long meeting, the decision, as usual, is made in the hallway.

"Quit stalling, Smithers. Where's the SALES chart?"

"Does anyone here have a clue what it is we used to get?"

'Our problem is how to lower quality while raising prices...'

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

"So let's roll up our sleeves and show that America still builds the world's greatest advertising."

Target your customer.

'Let's throw ball. Running game not working.'

'What are we, wimps? Are we gonna let a bunch of rabbits push us all over the field? Come on, big guys.'

"Now I'll demonstrate how, with a minimum of capital investment, you can make a mountain out of a molehill!"

'What kind of a mission statement is that?'

'We took the old plan, folded in half, and now it's the new plan.'

Maybe it's now time to review our customer care strategy!"

Game changing

Business Target

"It's not bulls**t if we call it strategy."

'Let's go! Let's go! Hustle! ...Relatively speaking.'

'Don't look now, but I think we're being followed.'

'We're well positioned, but we lack leadership.'

"When it comes to online marketing, I'm puzzled."

Thin Tank and Emote Tank.

'And this will be our strategic plan for the coming year.'

'You should agree with me, but not all the time, Try mixing it up a little,'

'Good news from the field, sire! Attila did not like the referee's call, so he's folding up his tents, taking his ball and going home!'

'I have no one to blame but myself, for now.'

"This is a fast-paced job you're applying for...what are your goals...where do you see yourself in the next 10 minutes?"

"Finally, a succinct corporate mission statement."

"I'm in my third day of trying to figure out which little square I am."