The DON’Ts of

Effective Managerial Interaction

• DON’Ts are as useful as DOs
• DON’T apply Guidelines
– That you do not endorse
– That go against your feelings
• DON’T take yourself too seriously

“Establishing and Sustaining Effective Managerial Interaction:

Insights and Guidelines from Experience”
AUEB International MBA, 2017
 Implementing the Guidelines
The Sieving Process for guidelines selection
•Step 1
•Select what is relevant and compatible with company culture and your
own authenticity and mentality
•Step 2
•Select among the Most Important Guidelines the ones most relevant for
the Phases, Mode and Type
•Use your experience
•Step 3
•Do not overdo by trying to apply too many of the guidelines
simultaneously
•Step 4
•Following the Interaction, note the ones that
•Came naturally to you
•The ones you had difficulty to follow
•The ones you did not follow (why?)
“Establishing and Sustaining Effective Managerial Interaction:
Insights and Guidelines from Experience”
AUEB International MBA, 2017