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