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