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