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