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