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