The Boss - Top Ten Boss Rules

Rule #10: Are you trying to fulfill your dreams or help your 

          staff fulfill theirs. 

Rule #9: Pay attention to your employee moral. Many bosses 

         are unaware or don't care about employee moral enough 

         to say or do anything to fix it. A bosses staff are 

         like their army of soldiers; no army can win a war if 

         the soldiers are all injured. You are only as strong 

         as your weakest link but in the army, no man is left 

         behind so that means that their are no weak links. So 

         as a good leader you must fix your weak links, not 

         replace them.
 
Rule #8: Admit your mistakes! A boss loses lots of respect, 

         trust and productivity every time they make a mistake 

         and then makes excuses for them. You must lead by 

         example, showing your staff that you make mistakes 

         and then improve to not make them again sets a tone 

         for your business. Rather than a boss that tries their 

         hardest to dodge blame, criticism and responsibility 

         for things that occurred in there business under their 

         watch.  
 

Rule #7: Do not be a "wait till I get my own business 

         hypocrite." A lot of people want to own their own 

         business because they did not like the way a former 

         boss treated them. Then, the first chance they get 

         as a boss, they do too their staff the same things 

         their former boss did to them.
 
Rule #6: Do not make decisions based off of emotion. A good 

         boss will never make an emotional decision. If your 

         goal as a boss is to make your business successful, 

         then decisions are made logically, creatively and 

         respectfully.  
 
Rule #5: Pick a side, you can either be the cool boss or the 

         all business boss, you can not be both.
 
Rule #4: Do Not take everything personally. Whither your a 

         boss or staff, if told about what could be done to 

         make things better. It shouldn't be taken negatively.
 
Rule #3.5: Never selfishly expect loyalty from your part time 

         staff. Just remember, it's PART TIME; how many part 

         time employees you know that will do anything for a 

         company. At some point, common sense will hit them 

         and remind them that they only work part time and 

         that the owners are the ones making all the money. 
 
Rule #3: Don't expect or demand employee commitment to your 

         dream. Unless your the OWNER, know that the staff 

         do not care about the success of your company. They 

         care about the success of their paycheck.
 
Rule #2: YOU ARE NOT GOD!!

Rule #1: If something happens when your in charge then you are 

         to blame.