At where I work, we have an All-hands meeting semi-annually. At one of these, there was a contest for the best elevator speech to persuade some company's CEO to do X, where X could be almost anything. The following was my entry (though I didn't actually get the chance to present it). Except for the one CEO line, all dialog is by the employee.
Born to run.
[CEO: What?]
You are born to run. We all are. Our ancestors, going way back
to the beginning.
They had to be, in order to survive. They ran to catch their
next dinner. They ran to avoid being someone else’s next dinner.
Don’t you see? All the employees of this great company were
born to run.
Even those who think “to love running” is an oxymoron.
Think what running can do for the company.
Runners are healthier ... lower health insurance costs.
Runners are more mentally alert ... higher productivity.
Runners are more compassionate ... better teamwork.
Runners are better lovers … uh, never mind.
Runners contribute to the company's bottom line.
But, runners need to shower after a run.
And this company does not provide shower facilities.
Shower facilities, with plenty of lockers: a no-brainer for
increasing the bottom line.
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