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