Team Leaders Gifts

'I'm still not sure HOW it happened. One minute, we were bouncing ideas off each other, and the next thing I knew, we were using furniture instead!'

"Let's take an excruciatingly awkward two minutes for people to trickle in."

Looking for Leadership.

'Remember, we're all in this together - except for Purvison, who will take all the blame.'

"Briggs is running our stress at work assessment."

"I've just about had it with these corporate retreats."

"All those in favour say 'aye'."

Call me Nancy.

'Let's get down to beating around the bush.'

"Yes, we see you, Tom... but could you hold your comments until the end of the meeting?"

"I hate performance review season."

"I'm sorry, but Fred isn't available. He's spending a few days in the penalty box for not being a good team player. May I help you?"

'I can show you in our panic room while you're waiting to see the boss.'

"And here is the winning board of the year."

'This makes our merit pay system so simple.'

A successful meeting! Only one member left in a rage shouting obcenities.

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

'Powerbrowse this and get back to me with a sentence-long synopsis.'

"C'mon people! All for me and me for me!"

"Remember, we've got to dig down together as a team to create the right foundation that will benefit this entire project as a hole."

"I want my work to be challenging, but not so challenging that it destroys my life, family and relationships."

"Well the good news is that 67 people want to attend the leadership course, the bad news is that 58 of them want to run it!"

"Here, we do not procrastinate, we 'table' things."

"Before the meeting...let's all sing like the birdies song."

'Quite frankly,Jefferson, we like our people to wobble a little'

That's the chairman's office.

"Merry Christmas, Folks. And I want to say I couldn't be president of this great company without the support of each and every one of you, or people very much like you."

"I'll need you to come in at the weekend to attend our new staff care training on managing a 'work-life' balance."

"The meeting will last until lunch, or hell freezes over, whichever is longer."

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

"Looks like we found the issue."

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"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?"