A revised edition of the timeless business classic鈥攗pdated to help today鈥檚 readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world.
For decades, The One Minute Manager庐 has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drastically since the book鈥檚 publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instant communication, and pressures on corporate workforces to do more with less鈥攊ncluding resources, funding, and staff鈥攈ave all revolutionized the world in which we live and work.
Now, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have updated The One Minute Manger to introduce the book鈥檚 powerful, important lessons to a new generation. In their concise, easy-to-read story, they teach readers three very practical secrets about leading others鈥攁nd explain why these techniques continue to work so well.
As compelling today as it was thirty years ago, this classic parable of a young man looking for an effective manager is more relevant and useful than ever.
Ken Blanchard, one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic bestseller, The One Minute Manager, and 60 other books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 27 languages and in 2005 he was inducted into Amazon鈥檚 Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time.
Ken is also the cofounder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies庐, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California.
When he鈥檚 not writing or speaking, Ken also spends time teaching students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego. Ken can be found at .
Easy to remember: one minute goal setting, one minute praising and one minute re-directing. I was able to apply the teachings the day I read them. The story plotting is so real and I can even imagine the people. Highly recommended to those who are having difficulty managing people. Thanks to my client who recommended reading this!馃挮
A book you can read in 20 minutes. If you manage people and don't like managerial books, this is your ticket. Will be highly recommending to several of my clients.
This book was recommended to me by a mentor as I鈥檓 embarking on a new journey as a manager. It was easy to read in one sitting, and the message is told as a story so it makes it engaging and easy to connect with. It recapped the three main points throughout to help them sink in without it feeling repetitive. The analogies used were also clear effective at getting across the point. I definitely plan to implement this management style as I take on more leadership roles. This is a quick and easy read for any new manager!
Decent ideas but the pedagogical style is cloying. I like the various "one minute" actions but the author's choice to have the foolish young man go from person to person to acquire somewhat generically phrased wisdom does not fit my learning style well.
Sicuramente un volume che ha fatto "la storia" a partire dal 1984, ma di 112 pagine solo 6 (8 a essere ottimisti) hanno un qualche valore. Il resto 猫 contorno, una sorta di storiella/parabola che mi ha lasciata freddina...
Read the book. It's mainly common sense on how to treat your employees. Some things you should already be doing and if you aren't implementing them well help. It shows anyone can do it but most don't take the time to learn.
I think the premise of this book was good, I didn鈥檛 really find anything new or innovative but would recommend to anyone who is unable to distinguish their work from their team members and feeling that imbalance. The concept of monkeys felt gimmicky and the whole boomer rant about halfway through put a sour taste in my mouth but overall a fine read given its only 130 pages.
I liked it. Good takeaways for an aspiring manager.
1 - set one minute goals --> this will make it easy to constantly review and remind yourself of what you wish to accomplish. Employee and manager should set these together.
2 - one minute praises --> try to catch employees doing something right and praise them right away. Make sure they know how it makes you feel / brings value to the organization as a whole.
3 - one minute redirects --> if you see something was done wrong, address it immediately. Clarify the facts with your employee. After pointing this out, sit in silence for a second, so the employee feels the burden of the wrongdoing. Then, redirect by reiterating how valued this employee is and how you have faith in their abilities.
Another good point mentioned in the book - you have to hire winners (which is expensive, and it's hard to find them) and/or hire people with potential to be winners and invest into them. Otherwise, it ends up being that you hire people and hope and pray that they will succeed. Which is not a solid tactic.
I've just finished read this book. But the 3 secrets and the principles I've applied already on developing people! As a leader and as a manager - this is essential book to read. Easy language, simple principles, but powerful! The principles inserted on my training program called #ManagingPeopleSeries! Trust me it works!
Several inspiration quotes on this book: a. "The Best Minute I Spend Is The One I Invest In People" b. "Feedback Is the Breakfast of Champions. It鈥檚 feedback that keeps us going" c. "Everyone is a Potential Winner; Some People are Disguised as Losers, Don鈥檛 Let Their Appearances Fool You" --> this is the best!!! d. "We Are Not Just Our Behavior. We Are The Person Managing Our Behavior" e. "Goals Begin Behaviors. Consequences Influence Future Behaviors"
The brainpower isn鈥檛 only in the executive office鈥攊t can be found throughout the organization!
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reclassify goal, make sure you are cOne minute manager is easy to follow
Amazon paired this book with who moved the cheese. One minute manager is One minute goals, one minute praise and one minute redirects. Set one minute goals, go over in beginning a task, give options, let the employee figure out the problem. One minute praise, catch people doing things right and praise them. One minute redirects, reclassify goals, agree upon common goal and state that they are a valuable part of the team. Separate the behaviour from the person. Change is always personal. You work for yourself and learn by doing.
Luckily it鈥檚 a short book because there are really only three main points to learn from:
1) set goals early on with your team and help them early on to ensure success 2) try to catch your employees doing something right instead of wrong and ensure you offer lots of praise, especially in the beginning (similar to teaching a child to walk) 3) Make sure you catch mistakes early on, let the employee know they made a mistake and how it made you feel, and then reassure them with praise that they are better than their mistake.
I read this book in about one hour. This is the very first book to read when your professional life needs the very first basic management skills. It's a very simplistic story with very simple vocabulary, showing how easy one (wanna-be) effective manager should follow three important rules. They seemed to me pretty much common-sense, but I guess that a LOT of people should be reading this because maybe, it's not so common sense at all... 4 out of 5.
Quick, simple read that I cranked out in one sitting. While I don't believe that solutions have to be complex, sometimes concepts come off as too simplistic. This is where the three tenets for one minute management fall.
I believe in their effectiveness and how they can provide tools to managing, but I do not see them as anything but a tool in the tool chest.
It was a good opportunity to reflect and think on how I can be a better manager/employee/person.
This book has useful information and there are things that I will take with me. It is an easy and quick read, most people will finish this in one sitting. I鈥檓 giving it three stars because the useful information could be condensed onto three pages and I felt majority of the dialogue to be corny and repetitive. I would recommend this to people who are managers, but I suggest highlighting the important portions of the book and not re reading this book ever.