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