The Rules of Management: A Definitive Code for Managerial Success

I have read many management books, and many are great. However, what I like most about this book is that it is short and sweet. You can open it at any chapter, read it while having your first cup of coffee, and get some ideas (or reminders) about why you are a manager and why your employees are not. Each short chapter addresses a separate management issue. Sometimes we're so busy being managers, doing the work, that we forget that we ARE the managers. It's our job to help others do the work...in our vision. If you have never read any other book on management, nor have ever been a manager, then this book is probably not for you. I read these chapters as "reminders." "Oh, yes, I remember that!" As a manager, you will at some time, encounter every one of these problems or issues. Sometimes you have to remember that you are the damn manager, the boss, and it's your leadership which provides the direction. Or if you were my child, it would be, "Because I said so." But you don't really want to say that to grownups. I have found that if things are rolling along, that I don't have any problems to address, then that is as it should be. I just stand back and let my people do. And that is essentially what Mr. Templar advocates. Let go and get out of the way.

Management is 50%. The other 50% is hard work and getting people to do what you need them to do. This bookd helped me to become a good manager even after 5 years of managing.

"The Rules of Management" is a practical guide to successful management behaviors. This would be a great book to use in conjunction with management text books at any business school or college. It goes beyond the typical description of management processes text book usually dish out and dispenses some logical, proven strategies to help managers succeed. This book does a good job of bridging "Leadership vs. Management" issues without actually making any discernment between the two. In fact, "The Rules of Leadership" would be a logical sequel to this series of books by Richard Templar.

After writing my review of Sir Templar's other book "The Rules of Work", I scoured the Net looking for this one. Unfortunately, it hadn't been released in the U.S. at that time. I stumbled upon it and immediately snatched it up! Once more, Templar has laid down the rules of workplace conduct and strategy in a concise, direct, and easy-to-digest manner that stresses points simply while never insulting the reader. All of the ideas in this book have been published in other books by other writers, but this book culls it all together in one very portable resource which easily makes this one of the highest cost:value ratios out there! I might sound like a zealot, but try and you'll understand why I'm so enthusiastic about Templar's books!