seagull manager in English

Audio: En-au-seagull manager.ogg

Forms: seagull managers [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: The term became popular through a joke in Ken Blanchard's 1985 book Leadership and the One Minute Manager: "Seagull managers fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone, then fly out." Head templates: {{en-noun}} seagull manager (plural seagull managers)

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"seagull manager" meaning in English

Noun

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