Rule number one: care about your colleagues’ success.  

This is a universal truth for all levels of a business but especially management. Running a team, regardless of its size, is a careful balance between company set goals and staff satisfaction.  

It does not matter if you are in the early stages of your management career or a veteran – do not “sacrifice individual success” for targets and never use a colleague “as a vehicle to get your own achievement”.  

These were the words of VP Sales at SAP, Tom Lück who we spoke with recently about the delicate tightrope act of building working cultures that both value individuals and meets quotas.