Heads Up Management: 10 Management Clichés
Nothing up your sleeve except extra golf balls.
by David Zinger
Here are 10 management questions based on popular clichés:
- Can you think outside of the box if you work in a shoe store?
- If you have 20 cents do you have a real paradigm shift?
- If you work for NASA can you really say it’s not rocket science?
- If you work in the garmet industry can you push the needle?
- Can you touch base if you are not a baseball player?
- Do both hunters and managers need to get their ducks in a row?
- Do managers and neurologists both work with brain drains?
- If you have money in a bank is it better safe than sorry?
- If you have a cubicle on the 22nd floor can you ever really have your ear to the ground?
- If you are at a corporate golf event is it okay to snatch an extra sleeve of golf balls saying you are taking one for the team?
Bonus: Click here to get a long list of cliches so you can jump the shark and create your own memorable management mumbling.
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2 opinions for Heads Up Management: 10 Management Clichés
w
Jun 24, 2008 at 9:51 am
ha ha ha— how about these (from my boss):
1/ can an illusionist “live in a world of perception?”
2/ if you’re not part of a baseball team, can you still understand “inside baseball?”
3/ what recourse does a conductor have if “the train has left the station?”
4/ what sort of competition/meeting are you attending if you “don’t have a dog in this fight?”
5/ how do you get your data to jibe if you’re “comparing apples to dumptrucks?”
David Zinger
Jun 24, 2008 at 11:10 am
w,
You were chugging along, I guess your train has not left the station or at least your dumptruck is only half full or half empty of apples.
David
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