English Explanatory Dictionary

seagull manager

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A manager whose presence is rare and usually motivated by problems

Pronunciation

En-au-seagull manager.ogg

Word forms

seagull manager seagull managers

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."

Related words

seagull approach
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