1.   Decision making is done by managers holding the most senior positions.

2.   It is an unnecessary constraint, since without it the manager would do better.

3.   Another section manager does something else, and they do that every week.

4.   My branch manager does it all the time.

5.   Also, your sugarcoated comments will work against you and your associates because management will assume your manager is doing a great job.

6.   And at IBM, managers can do it only if they are going to do it for a long time.

7.   And hedge fund managers do the same with mutual funds.

8.   And at IBM, managers can do it only if they are going to do it a long time.

9.   And no matter what managers do, some workers will view their efforts as window dressing.

10.   And portfolio managers were doing a little bottom fishing Monday, buying some of the oversold securities.