Say something introductory, don't jump straight to, "I really do like you!!" Instead, start with, "You know that thing at lunch today?" He'll probably remember.
For example, let colleagues know that you always look at your email first thing, or at lunch time, or that you have two hours booked into your schedule every afternoon so that you can focus on email in a meaningful way; that lets them know that they need to email you that memo by 2 pm if they want you to review it.
"I know this institution will go on doing extraordinary things," he said at lunch with other Fed board members.
And then there were the things he said at lunch.
We worked with East Bay School for Boys to redesign the experience in their Backyard where many things at school happen -- lunch, break, social time.
It often gets cramped and noisy at night, but things are less hectic at lunch.
That's what PAMELA THOMAS-GRAHAM, the president of CNBC, did for her boys, JAMES CRAMER and LAWRENCE KUDLOW, the hosts of the financial talk show "Kudlow & Cramer," in a Thursday "exchange ideas at lunch" thing at Le Cirque 2000 that may become an occasional get-together.
"We were serving a full meal on every flight all the time, and a lot of people weren't eating things, like lunch at 3 in the afternoon on a trip to D.C., where they were going to have dinner.
I mean, I'm 60 and one of the things I was joking with somebody at lunch today was that the best thing to do, if you think you're going to live a long time, which I think I'm going to, is to wait till your 65 and take your benefits then.
