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