Herding cats
A corporate euphemism for "trying to manage people who don't want to be managed" that makes organizational dysfunction sound like a cute metaphor, usually used by managers who can't actually lead.
Examples
Examples:
- "Managing this team is like herding cats." (managing this team is impossible because I'm terrible at it)
- "We're herding cats on this project." (we're failing because nobody knows what they're doing)
- "Herding cats is our specialty." (failing at management is our specialty)
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euphemismmanageddysfunctionimpossiblefailing
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