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(1). Stock broker.
“Okay, guys … we really want to start targeting high-net worth individuals this year. So, we’re going to start calling you ‘investment professionals‘ to show you do more than push product. That said, keep pushing product.”
(1). To create a report that can only be run by the IT or Operations department. As the name implies, the report is usually messy and requires a ton of clean up.
“Okay, so the next step would be for Sam to generate the report from his back-end, so we can review and decide where we go from here.”
(1). A full staff meeting where employees are supposed to be able to pose questions to upper management. They can’t. All questions are plants. Just keep quiet and you won’t get fired.
“Thank you, everyone, for dialing in today. This town hall meeting is an important forum for all of us to talk openly and honestly about the business. All questions should be directed to that burning oildrum behind the building. Now, our first agenda item is ‘cost reductions’…”
