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

Part 2. Managing Yourself

	“The great danger is fossilization, becoming preoccupied with its internal tasks and systems and procedures, and losing touch with the world outside. And this will happen if everyone is concentrating on being efficient rather than being effective—in other words, if they don’t follow The Rules.”
	--Sir Antony Jay, creator of Sir Humphrey in Yes Minister and founder of Video Arts, in his Forword to The Rules of Work

So those are the basic rules for managing a team. And obviously most managers have a team to manage. But all managers have themselves to manage as well—that’s you. So the next set of rules is for you. These are rules to help you become more effective as well as more efficient. It’s hard enough just getting through ...