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