May, 2007

Business Humor

Eager to Impress the Boss

A young MBA was leaving the office late one evening when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important document here, and my secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work?"

"Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."

Leadership vs. Management.

When Noah heard the weather forecast he ordered the building of the ark. That was leadership.

Then he looked around and said, "Make sure the elephants don't see what the rabbits are up to." That was management.

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