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Rules of Management, The: A Definitive Code for Managerial Success
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Rules of Management, The: A Definitive Code for Managerial Success

by Richard Templar
June 2005
Beginner
240 pages
2h 43m
English
Pearson
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Appendix . End Game

 

“Is it secret? Is it safe?”

 
 --Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen) in Lord of the Rings

Okay, no more rules. This is your book. Keep it secret, keep it safe. If you don’t let anyone else look at it, you’ll be one step ahead without having to do anything else.

I have enjoyed being a manager immensely—am still enjoying it. It has brought me great satisfaction as well as considerable stress at times. But it has always been an adventure, always exciting.

Over the years I have discovered these fundamental rules, which I don’t think you’ll ever get taught at a manager’s training weekend or course. These rules have sustained and kept me through many years, from a humble junior manager right up to CEO of my own company. I hope they will serve ...

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