"Will this scale?" | "Please get back to us on this" Making someone else do the work and report back. | "Let's just get to the bottom line." | "I'm a bit of a visionary" | "You did a great job on that, X." Showing their in the position to judge and condescend. |
Encourages people to "take a step back" | "Sorry, I was multitasking." | "I used to think that, too." | Translates percentages into fractions | "Well, thease are the facts." |
Asks the presenter to go back a slide | Draws a Venn diagram | PEOPLE TRYING TO LOOK SMART IN MEETINGS BINGO (free square) | "At the end of the day..." | "How can we productize this? |
"I think what X is trying to say is..." | "Why don't you summarize again for everyone else?" | "You might be right" | Repeats what someone else said, but very slowly | Nods while pretending to take notes |
"Let's put a stake in the ground" | "I can see why you might think that." | "We need to wrap our heads around this." | "What are the 'next steps'?" | "I don't need the details." |