Strategy Aficionados Mugs

'No wonder we're lost - you're holding the map upside down.'

MAkIng BritAIn Great AgAIn.

"Accepting change involves more than changing the 'Managing Change' meeting to next month!"

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

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?"

USAID Octopus Wrapping Around Globe

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

The Trojan Beagle.

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

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

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

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

Target your customer.

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

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

'What kind of a mission statement is that?'

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

'Does it bother anyone else that our entire business is based on one questionable product?'

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

Game changing

Business Target

"I love fast break business success."

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

'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."

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

'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.'

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

"Frankly, we’re concerned about your checkered past."