However, effective managers have an interest in power and relationships.

Others lack the political savvy they need to become more effective managers.

All that effort is meant to help the attendees become more effective managers and leaders.

"He was in the past a very effective manager," the joke goes.

But an effective manager has to fight those urges.

It makes me a more effective manager and, I hope, a smarter person.

An effective manager also should always be willing to review the way he operates his system and make changes that are warranted by results.

But he was also known as an energetic, effective manager.

It is of course possible to be an effective manager without coaching but by using this skill you can achieve even better results.

His research showed that four main elements are normally present in any effective manager.