The Rules of Management: A Definitive Code for Managerial Success Paperback – January 1, 2011

This book is an easy to follow read and helps new managers hone their skillset as a manager, while spelling out ways to become a leader that people would want to follow. And if you’re a seasoned manager, it serves as a gentle reminder of what you should be doing to become an all around better manager and supervisor in the workplace. Highly recommend!

This book is wonderful for new managers or anyone who is working with employees. Even if you're not a manager, this book will help you to act like one, thus showing your potential skills for a promotion.

"The Rules of Management" is a good read. Experienced managers get to be reminded of important points; beginning managers have a good set of basic principles from which to start.PROSMr. Templar's book is easy to read, very humorous, and divided into 107 short chapters in which a rule, i.e. an important principle, is fleshed out. Each chapter has a tag line - a phrase to implement or remember the rule by. The topics cover a wide range of issues, from conducting meetings to working with your boss. The author admits that much of the material isn't new or revelatory, just often overlooked in practice. This is an excellent book for the starting manager or to review the principles upon which you are operating. A short read that can be picked up at any point because of the short chapter organization, Mr. Templar has a very entertaining style and makes reading this book a pleasure.CONSExperience managers will tell you to read "The 48 Laws of Power" because often advice such as "always be honest" and "your job is to make your bosses job easier" isn't 'real' world. Some of the rules in this book fall into that category. Only time, experience and the particular work culture you're in will reveal which ones. Mr. Templar, at least from my work experience, sometimes offers advice that only works in the world as it should be, not as it is. Always being honest, working hard, loyalty, appreciation are all discussed under different rules but not nuanced for an unfair and sometimes downright dishonest world.I recommend this book but suggest that for the real world you mix in some Machiavelli or Sun Tzu.Good Selling...Russ

Love this book. Must read for all management. Retail especially, motivates you through the stressful times. Short chapters.

The genius of this book is its simplicity! It's SO easy to pick up, read a quick page and get a nugget of wisdom in a short amount of time. I found many "oh, duh, well THAT makes sense" moments.

Firstly, Thanks to Richard for writing this book. Most of the contents ring true. The reason for only 3 stars is, that in my corporate experience working with many different managers, is that none have come close to the Rules that Richard espouses so well. So, my conclusion is, that although the book proposes a good way to be not just a good manager but a decent and honest human being, very few are. So, I would like to see this reality addressed; Most of the managers I've worked for in a 24 year corporate career in multiple different companies have been very, very human. But not in a good way. Unpleasant, demanding, bullying, manipulating, self-serving, lazy, arrogant, panicking, finger pointing, dishonest, uncaring .... let's stop there, lest I depress myself and my readers any more. It should not be this way. So all the more need for Richard's book, but in my extensive experience, it does not reflect reality. There is hope - one or two only have been decent types. Most are weasels. Sad but true. Let those of us who've read this book try to change it. And hope your boss has read it too.

This book is perfect for all types of managers and even the SL's and ELT members! It was a great read.

This is a book I bought for others as I had found it to be an excellent reference book.