Team Dynamics Explorer Mugs

'Excellent - it's unanimous!'

'Sure, they may be our best sales team, but what a bunch of prima donnas! The minute they think someone is trespassing on their turf, it's 'circle-the-cubicles' time!'

"It's just the boss building consensus."

'Are we us or them?'

"Right, I'd like to open my ideas up to criticism from anybody who would like to lose their jobs."

"Welcome to the team. Now put on your Groupthing Glasses!"

Group Think vs. Crowd Source.

"I'd like to start today with a game of Duck, Duck, Blame."

"Holy smokes! Bill will be out sick for two months! How will we ever replace him?"

"Managing positive change is difficult when most of the team are happy doing things the wrong way."

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

"So what kind of mood is he in?"

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

"This position has become very important to the company."

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

I'm looking for employees who have their own unique way of seeing things my way.

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

"I don't want a G.O.A.T, I want a S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T."

Others will fight for you

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

'I guess every team needs a creative renegade.'

"Good game, good game, nice game, namaste, good game, nice game ..."

"That's the last time I'm going to allow politics to be discussed in the office."

Feedback should be sought for genuine reasons, not because you want compliments. . .

Mayhem, Inc. Part 29

"It's o.k., come on out."

'Inevitably, I come to work early, leave late and alienate everyone.'

"That one shows our office cliques."

'Hey, I'm not paying you people to watch the clock. That's Henderson's job.'

'I want to discuss communication clarity.'

'It never fails. I offer a tiny bit of constructive criticism, and everybody accuses me of carping!'

"I'm leaving. It's just way too much collaborating."

'Oh don't mind him - he's just a great big teddy bear.'

I like what I'm seein' out there. This could be our year Wikowski.

"On this team we take off our jackets,but we don't loosen our ties."