Rules for Successful Managers
in no particular order
- Your example is more important than your advice
- Talk to and treat your employees the same way you do your boss
- Take responsibility when things go wrong
- Share the success when things go right
- Get the whole story before making a decision
- Don't worry about who's right... worry about what's right
- Praise and reward your employees who do good and have good ideas
- Know where to get your industry's news and gossip and read it every day
- If you want people to read what you write, keep it short and to the point
- Good planning is always better and costs less than good reacting
- Don't trust your memory, always keep good notes
- People in meetings agree on decisions that they, as individuals, know are stupid
- For every complaint, assume there are many more with the same complaint
- Don't let group-think keep you from expressing your thoughts
- You don't like other's lack of planning causing you grief, so don't do it to your employees
- Delegate, prioritize and then get out of the way
- Talk and act the same way you expect your employees to talk and act
- If your work is your life, get a new life... and make sure your employees have a life too
- Get it in writing. Put it in writing.
- Keep your personal life out of business hours