Saturday, August 27, 2011

Top 10 ways of recognizing you are in management...

10. You start to use words like "paradigm shift", "moving up the value chain"
9. You come on time to the office only when the boss is in town
8. You learn how to use animation in Powerpoint and pivot tables in Excel
7. You start playing golf but still hit it like a cricket bat - old habits die hard
6. You start giving "gyaan" to others on how you handled things
5. You keep a suitcase full of clothes for sudden "offsite brainstorming" sessions
4. You learn how to make everything into a 2x2 or 3x3 matrix
3. You read boring books so you can quote them and make others feel uneducated.
2. You work on weekends because you spent the entire week in meetings doing no work


and the number one you can recognize you are in management is

1. No one wants to sit with you for lunch!!