The Ten Commandments of Management

It describes the ten essential behaviors required to be a successful manager in business.

A 2014 Gallup poll indicates that the persons chosen by corporations for management positions are unsuccessful 82% of the time. The reasons for this high degree of failure have been attributed to multiple areas. One is the method in which the person is selected, since we often reward good performances with promotions to management. Another is the environment in which a person must manage, such as high stress, employee hostility, and even apathetic uninvolvement by both staff and management. The one area receiving the smallest amount of attention is with training. Most employers point to the plethora of management training courses offered in-house and online. Their assumption is that every facet of management must be covered in the curriculum that is offered. However, most don't realize that there are two basic components required for success; the tasks a manager performs and the way a manager behaves. The available management courses cover the tasks quite well and in detail. But, management behaviors are addressed, at best, only obliquely. The Ten Commandments of Management describes the ten essential behaviors that are required to be a successful manager in business. These make up such an important component of management that the omission of any one behavior can impede a career, or destine it to failure.

For over thirty years, George Holland has held management positions at the first, mid, and executive levels. He has experience in manufacturing, retail, support, public service, academia, and company ownership. He has firsthand knowledge of the practices that make a manager either successful or a failure. Now at the end of his career, he wishes to share all that he has learned to help others avoid mistakes and pitfalls that can seriously damage a management career.