I was most fortunate to receive in my stocking this year a light-up duckie keychain, and it has occurred to me on more than one occasion this past week, just how great a managerial tool it is.

For one, it is perfect for entertaining employees, particularly when you have made the grievous managerial misstep of forgetting to take a toy on a company excursion. K.Lo, especially, is very fond of the duck and gives long presentations about it to her coworker.

Secondly, with so much to juggle, both literally and figuratively, managers often have trouble finding their keys, even when they try hard always to put them in the same place. Managerial briefcases often double as Miniature Black Holes, and it is most frustrating to keep all the balls still juggling in the air and look for the keys when they are apparently nowhere to be found. Except that they are found, now, because all you have to do is look for the bright yellow duck. A beacon in the Black Hole.

I highly recommend this product to all fellow managers.