Rules of Management

100 Rules Of Management (from the book) 

 For every business to prevail, there must be a sense of management to keep that business up and running, rules and ideas to take the business to even greater heights.

         Managing your team - 1

1. Get them emotionally involved
2. Know what a team is and how it works
3. Set realistic targets - no, really realistic
4. Hold effective meetings - no, really effective
5. Make meetings fun
6. Make your team better than you
7. Set your boundaries
8. Be ready to prune 
9. Offload as much as you can - or dare
10. Last the make mistakes
11. Accept their limitations
12. Encourage people
13. Be very, very good at finding the right people
14. Take the rap
15. Give credit to the team when it deserves it
16. Get the best resources for your team
17. Keep track of everything you do and say
18. Celebrate
19. Be sensitive to friction
20. Create a good atmosphere
21. Inspire loyalty and team spirit
22. Fight for your team
23. Have and show trust in your staff
24. Respect individual differences
25. Listen to ideas from others
26. Adapt your style to each team member
27. Let them think they know more than you (even if they don't) 
28. Don't sideways have the last word
29. Understand the roles of others
30. Ensure people know what is expected of them
31. Use positive reinforcement motivation
32. Don't try justifying stupid systems
33. Be ready to say yes
34. Train them to bring you solutions, not problems                                                               See also; 10 types of ideas that will never make you a successful entrepreneur                                                                                                                Managing yourself - 2                                                                                                                        
35. Get it done/work hard
36. Set an example/standards 
37. Enjoy yourself
38. Don't let it get to you
39. Know what you're supposed to be doing
40. Know what you're actually doing
41. Be positive, not reactive
42. Be consistent
43. Set realistic targets for yourself - no really realistic
44. Have a game plan, but keep it secrete
45. Get rid of superfluous rules
46. Learn from your mistakes
47. Be ready to unlearn - what works changes
48. Cut the crap - prioritize 
49. Cultivate those in the know
50. Know when to kick the door shut
51. Fill your time productively and profitably 
52. Have a Plan B and a Plan C
53. Capitalize on chance - be lucky, but never admit it
54. Recognise when you're stressed
55. Manage your health
56. Be prepared for the pain and pleasure
57. Face the future
58. Head up, not had down
59. See the wood and the trees
60. Know when to let go
61. Be decisive, even if it means being wrong some times
62. Adopt minimalism as a management style
63. Visualize your blue plague 
64. Have principles and stick to them
65. Follow your intuition
66. Be creative
67. Don't stagnate
68. Be flexible and ready to move on
69. Remember that none of us has to be here
70. Go home
71. Keep learning - especially from the opposition 
72. be passionate and bold
73. plan for the worst, but hope for the best
74. remember the object of the exercise
75. let the company see you are on its side
76. Don't bad-mouth your boss
77. Don't bad-mouth your team
78. Accept that some things bosses tell you will be wrong
79. Accept that bosses are scared add you are at times
80. Avoid straightjacket thinking
81. Act and talk as if one of them
82. Snow you understand the viewpoints of underlings and overlings
83. Don't back down, be prepared to stand your ground
84. Don't play politics
85. Share what you know
86. Share what you know
87. Don't intimidate
88. Be above interdepartmental warfare 
89. Show that you'll fight to the death for your team
90. Aim for respect rather than being liked
91. Do one or two things well and avoid the rest
92. Seek feedback on your performance
93. Maintain good relationships and friendships
94. Build respect-both ways-between you and your customers
95. Go the extra mile for your customers
96. Be aware of your responsibilities and stick to your principles
97. Be straight at all times and speak the truth
98. Don't cut corners-you'll get found out 
99. Be in command and take charge
100. Be a diplomat for the Company                                                                                           See also; Know about business networking

I strongly believe that if at least one or more of these rules are applied to ourselves, we would become great managers of everything we venture into. 

This article was extracted from the book RULES OF MANAGEMENT by Richard Templar. For more detail on products, and for contact, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk