Six Principles for Managers The Six Principles from Sun Tzu and the Art of Business 1) Capture Your Market Without Destroying It. "Generally in war, the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this.....For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill." Sun Tzu Sun Tzu calls this the need …showed first 75 words of 800 total…

…showed last 75 words of 800 total…must also always be "first in the toils and fatigues of the army", putting their needs behind those of their troops. It is leaders with character that get the most out of their employees. These principles have been utilized throughout time in both the military arena and the business world to build creative strategies and achieve lasting success. They provide an example of the solid concepts a company needs in order to build a strategy.