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"Hey, can I call you right back in two weeks?"
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office, offices, pointless, change, changes, internal change, business, businesses, manage, managers, management, managerial, managing, supervise, supervisory, supervisor, supervisors, supervises, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, organise, organised, reorganised, structure, restructure, restructured, honest, honesty, blunt, bluntness, frank, frankness"Security? There's a goddam tree in my office."
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business, businessman, business man, business men, businessmen, tree, trees, indoor plant, indoor plants, house plan, houseplants, office plant, office, offices, exec, executive, manager, managers, managerial, management, security, secure, director, directors, interior, minimal, interiors, interior design, empty, room, rooms, unfriendly"You've got pussyfooting from 10 to 11, shilly-shallying until 12, then hemming and hawing the rest of the afternoon."
'Ms. Woods, bring me something that will put me in the mood to delegate work to others...'
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secretary, secretaries, receptionist, receptionists, pa, pr, help, hand, boss, bossy, bosses, manager, managers, managerial, management, pass the book, delegate, delegates, delegation, delegated, lazy, lazy boss, fat cat, fat-cat'Bad news sir, we've discovered a bigger fish in our pond.'
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fish, fishes, big fish, big fishes, pond, ponds, competition, competitor, competitors, employer, employers, employee, employees, boss, bosses, manager, managers, managerial, work, worker, workers, working, bad news, ego, egos, big ego, big egos, ego maniac, ego maniacs"Peter's Joint Head of Communications."
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businessman, businessmen, businesswoman, businesswomen, management, head of department, heads of department, manager, managers, managerial, managerial structure, pecking order, hierarchy, business hierarchy, position, status, company status, standing, leader, leaders, boss, bosses, ceo, md, office politics"I know you're not a quitter, Pete - in fact, that's the main reason I have no choice but to fire you."
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laid off, laid-off, fired, fire, pink-slip, pink slip, unemployed, unemployment, quit, quitting, redundant, redundancy, made redundant, business, corporate, productivity, productive, hr, human resources, h.r., h r, inept, ineptitude, idiocy, idiot, try hard, good attempt, not good enough, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, incompetence, efficiencies, efficiency, efficient, boss, bosses, horrible bosses, management, manager, managerial, lay-offs, perseverance, persevereManagement buy-out.
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business, commerce, office, office politics, job, work, management, managerial, finance, buy-out, buy out, pay, money, salary, salaries, remuneration, takeover, take-over, buyouts, buy outs, takeovers, take overs, scrooge, afford, minimum wage'I'm promoting you to project coordinator because you seem to have an overall view of things.'
'Why hide it. I do this for me.'
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business exec, business execs, business executives, executives, ceos, ceo, boss, bosses, desk, desks, desk pictures, hide, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic, lack of shame, shameless, unconcealed, psychopath, psychopathic, tendency, manager, management, managerial, self obsessed, self-obsessed, selfish, selfishness"As my CV says, my approach to project management is of course "the carrot or the stick"..."
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animal, donkey, carrot, stick, project, management, job interview, manager, office politics, management style, management styles, project management, project manager, project managers, donkeys, carrot and stick approach, job interviews, job candidate, management skill, managerial, manager, managers'Heads, we downsize. Tails, we reward our incompetent management with big bonuses.'
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coin, coins, flip, flipping, flipped, flip a coin, loss, losing, bonus, bonuses, downsize, downsizing, downsized, head, heads, tail, tails, management, manger, managers, managerial, incentive, incentives, recession, recessions, executive, executives, ceo, ceosThe Ladder of Success!
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buzz, bee, bees ladder, ladders, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, marketing, businessmen, manager, team, direct, corporate, teamwork, mission, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, managerial, cv, resume, social, network, networking'Ms,Hobbs, send in someone devious, I'm in the mood to match wits today,'
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business, businesses, office, boss, bosses, manager, managerial, devious, sly, wit, wits, cunning, devious scheme, crafty, deceit, deceitful, administrator, executive, conflict, confrontation, manipulate, manipulative, manipulates, managers, interview, interviewing, interviewsWar and peace? No, my CV!
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boss, bosses, manager, managers, managerial, director, direction, staff, staffing, staffed, employ, employed, employer, employee, cv, curriculum vitae, job, jobs, offer, offers, interview, interviews, interviewee, interviewer, book, books, war and peace