There are an infinite number of management styles, probably as many as there are individual managers. There are books, seminars and entire MBA-level university classes on how to be an effective manager. The one thing these classes won't teach you, however, is how to avoid being the single worst kind of manager: a boring one.
There are many ways to not be a boring manager. In fact, some of the suggestions on this list may even give you the opportunity to be a non-boring manager at another company when your current one fires you for following them. So use them at your own risk.
1. Declare one day per month as "Come As a Clown" day. This is entertaining on several levels, especially given the fact that many people, and probably some of your employees, are terrified of clowns. I'm not talking about Bozo or Ronald McDonald here, either. Think Stephen King's It.
2. Start a contest where the lowest-performing employee each week is mocked mercilessly over the intercom system. It also serves as a fine team-building exercise for those not currently being mocked.
3. Fire one person at random every quarter, regardless of performance. Your company's unemployment insurance premiums will skyrocket, but the tension this will create is priceless.
4. During performance evaluations, add up 5% to the raise of those who can correctly name the capital of Romania, the first state to ratify the Constitution, the second song on Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run album, the only Dallas Cowboys quarterback to win a Heisman trophy and various other trivia questions that have nothing to do with your business.
5. Host at least one summer barbecue at your home. Invariably several people will drink too much and/or say things they shouldn't. This will ultimately assist in the implementation of items 2 and 3 above. Be sure everyone signs an accident/injury waiver before allowing them into your backyard.
6. Install a military-grade water cannon outside your office and spray anyone sleeping, shopping online, or doing anything else non-productive. No matter how many times you hose someone down, there will always be one employee who thinks they can beat the system. Thus you will never lack targets.
7. Implement a "You Are the Boss" day quarterly. This gives a lucky employee the opportunity to see what you deal with on a daily basis, which should increase empathy for your position. It also gives you the chance to emulate the biggest slacker in the office with no repercussions. Do not give the Boss-for-a-Day access to your water cannon, for obvious reasons.
Putting any of these suggestions into practice will immediately move you out of "boring manager" status. There are many others you could try that would make you even less boring. Just don't check with Human Resources first.
And just to give you a head start on #4, the second song on Born To Run is "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out." For the rest, you're on your own.