A Correct way to Manage?

I encourage all managers to adopt a personal style. There is no 'correct' way to manage. But, there are concepts, theories, and ideas that without question will positively influence each and every manager.

These ideas span human resource management, organisational behaviour, competitive strategy, project management, marketing, finance, accounting and leadership to name a few.

To be an effective manager in a competitive organisation, an individual must have a working knowledge of each of these topics.

I fear the day that the Guru's of outsourcing attempt to scientifically depict what constitutes a good manager in a futile bid to save money via a third party management provider.

Success resides not in the CEO's office, but in the minds of frontline managers and employees.

I place more value on employees and frontline managers then most management thinkers. This is not to say that other people and functions in a business are less important or that other thinkers are wrong. Rather, firms must get up to speed on the trends dictating success in these two organisational zones because they alone will be the source of the next revolution in competitive trends.

There is no sense patting every manager on the back. There are managers that consistently erode corporate value, destroy employee productivity and cost companies money. This is unacceptable and far from complimentary of the demands placed on them by their competitive environments.