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