CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[uspGetEmployeeManagers] @EmployeeID [int] AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; -- Use recursive query to list out all Employees required for a particular Manager WITH [EMP_cte]([EmployeeID], [ManagerID], [FirstName], [LastName], [Title], [RecursionLevel]) -- CTE name and columns AS ( SELECT e.[EmployeeID], e.[ManagerID], c.[FirstName], c.[LastName], e.[Title], 0 -- Get the initial Employee FROM [HumanResources].[Employee] e INNER JOIN [Person].[Contact] c ON e.[ContactID] = c.[ContactID] WHERE e.[EmployeeID] = @EmployeeID UNION ALL SELECT e.[EmployeeID], e.[ManagerID], c.[FirstName], c.[LastName], e.[Title], [RecursionLevel] + 1 -- Join recursive member to anchor FROM [HumanResources].[Employee] e INNER JOIN [EMP_cte] ON e.[EmployeeID] = [EMP_cte].[ManagerID] INNER JOIN [Person].[Contact] c ON e.[ContactID] = c.[ContactID] ) -- Join back to Employee to return the manager name SELECT [EMP_cte].[RecursionLevel], [EMP_cte].[EmployeeID], [EMP_cte].[FirstName], [EMP_cte].[LastName], [EMP_cte].[ManagerID], c.[FirstName] AS 'ManagerFirstName', c.[LastName] AS 'ManagerLastName' -- Outer select from the CTE FROM [EMP_cte] INNER JOIN [HumanResources].[Employee] e ON [EMP_cte].[ManagerID] = e.[EmployeeID] INNER JOIN [Person].[Contact] c ON e.[ContactID] = c.[ContactID] ORDER BY [RecursionLevel], [ManagerID], [EmployeeID] OPTION (MAXRECURSION 25) END;