Strategy Advisor Pillows

"Next?? How should I know what comes next?"

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

A fight in the Boardroom.

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

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'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.

"Based on the feedback from advisers whom I haven't beheaded, all of my ideas are great."

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

"Can we please just stick to the core business?"

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

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

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!"

'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!"

'I want to discuss communication clarity.'

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

Business Target

Game changing

'Our strategy is perfect! This is the customers' fault - they don't think the way WE do!'

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

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

"I know it's a big risk, Fred, but don't lose sight of its strongest selling point: You're taking it, not me!"