By Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
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Here are 40 killer phrases and reactions to avoid if you want to keep your employees motivated to thinking about and presenting new ideas. Otherwise, they will give up, and your office, department or entire company can become stagnant. Or, your employees may take their ideas to your boss or to your competitors.

And we don't want that to happen, do we?

1."Yes, but..."
2."We tried that before."
3."That's irrelevant."
4."We haven't got the manpower."
5."Obviously, you misread my request."
6."Don't rock the boat!"
7."The boss (or competition) will eat you alive."
8."Don't waste time thinking."
9."Great idea, but not for us."
10."It'll never fly."
11."Don't be ridiculous."
12."People don't want change."
13."It's not in the budget."
14."Put it in writing."
15."It will be more trouble than it's worth."
16."It isn't your responsibility."
17."That's not in your job description."
18."You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
19."Let's stick with what works."
20."We've done all right so far."
21."The boss will never go for it."
22.It's too far ahead of the times."
23....laughter...
24....suppressed laughter...
25....condescending grin...
26....dirty looks...
27."Don't fight city hall!"
28."I'm the one who gets paid to think."
29."What will people say?"
30."Get a committee to look into that."
31."If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
32."You have got to be kidding."
33."No!"
34."We've always done it this way."
35."It's all right in theory...but..."
36."Be practical."
37."Do you realized the paperwork it wil create?"
38."Because I said so."
39."I'll get back to you."
40....silence...

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