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