If you don’t know whether it’s worth doing, call it an `option‘…
If you don’t know howit could possibly be done, call it a `challenge‘
or an exciting opportunity‘…
If you want to confuse people, ask them about `customers‘…
If you want to direct attention away from past mistakes, refer often to
‘going
forward‘…
If you don’t know how to do something, `empower‘ someone else to do it
for
you…
If you can’t take decisions, `create space‘ for others to operate…
If you need a decision, call a `workshop’ to `network’ and `ground the
issue‘,
followed by an `awayday‘ to `position the elephant in the room‘ and achieve
`buy- in‘…
Never criticize or boast, call it `information sharing‘…
Never call something a failure or mistake, it’s a `positive learning
experience‘…
Never argue, have an `adult conversation‘…