The TEN COMMANDMENTS For MANAGERS

GREG BLENCOE

• COMMANDMENT I - Surround yourself with high quality employees
• COMMANDMENT II. - Train employees well
• COMMANDMENT III - Tell employees what you expect of them, then don’t micromanage
• COMMANDMENT IV - Lead by example
• COMMANDMENT V - Praise good work
• COMMANDMENT VI - Share information
• COMMANDMENT VII - Listen to employees
• COMMANDMENT VIII. - Manage each employee differently
• COMMANDMENT IX - Confront unproductive behavior
• COMMANDMENT X - Replace unproductive employees

INTRODUCTION

The ultimate goal of an effective manager is to recruit and develop a group of highly productive employees and work with them to fulfill organizational objectives. The question is: What steps need to be taken to achieve that outcome? The Ten Commandments for Managers was written to answer that question. The big secret to managing employees is that there is no big secret to managing employees. The steps that managers need to take to do their job well fall into the realm of what most people consider to be common sense. But the discipline to execute these common sense principles on a consistent basis is what makes the manager’s job so difficult.

The cold truth is that there are no short cuts to being a successful manager. You have to commit to being good and make a daily habit of putting these principles into practice. Managing employees is like anything in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

Because most managers probably don’t want to spend their free time reading management books, this book was written so it can be comfortably read in one sitting. It is not intended to cover every situation that you will face as a manager, but it will give you a foundation that you will be able to apply to your own situation. Without further ado, here are The Ten Commandments for Managers…

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