Leadership And The One Minute Manager + The One Minute Manager

THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees.

The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. 

By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation. A practical business guide for managers wanting to get the most from their employees introduces a wide range of timely strategies to promote employee morale and job satisfaction and, in turn, heighten profitability and productivity.

 The One Minute Manager gives managers three simple tools, which each take 60 seconds or less, but can tremendously improve how they do their job: getting people to stay motivated, happy and deliver great work.

Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson are legends on their own already. Blanchard is known for ‘Raving Fans’ and Johnson has found mega-success with Who Moved My Cheese? So when the two of them teamed up to publish The One Minute Manager in 1982, great things were to be expected.

The book has sold a staggering 13 million copies and was translated into 37 languages, maybe not in spite, but precisely because it’s just over 100 pages.

It holds three tools, 60 seconds each, which, if applied correctly, can change your management style for the better – forever. Set three goals for each of your employees, which you can review in one minute or less.

All struggles a company could ever possibly face will go back to one simple thing: communication. 99% of all problems are preventable, as long as you communicate well, honestly, openly and early.

If you’ve ever started a new job, chances are, it went like this. You arrive, you’re shown around, shake a lot of hands and try to remember at least half the names of all the new people you meet. You sit down, your new boss gives you a bunch of tasks and as soon as your email account works, it’s go time.

1. Use one minute praise to give your employees positive feedback.

Managers are by definition super busy. Managing people is often done on top of all their other work, even though it’s technically their primary job. This makes it easy for them to forget to tell people when they’ve done good work. Especially when responsibilities are unclear, employees tend to focus on what they haven’t yet done and can thus mostly expect negative feedback.

A good manager always makes time to tell her employees when they’ve done well, especially because it only takes 60 seconds.

1. A one minute reprimand is more than enough to express your dissatisfaction.

Just like giving positive feedback doesn’t take long, expressing your dissatisfaction with someone’s performance doesn’t have to be a big deal either. Once people are familiar with your management style, have their one minute goals and you’ve praised them a couple times, you can use what Blanchard and Johnson call the one minute reprimand.

Similar to the one minute praise, you should use it right after the mistake was made and be very specific. To show there are no hard feelings, include a note of appreciation in your criticism.

LEADERSHIP AND THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER

Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership

From Leadership and the One Minute Manager you’ll learn why tailoring management styles to individual employees is so important; why knowing when to delegate, support, or direct is critical; and how to identify the leadership style suited to a particular person.

“Leadership and the one minute manager teaches strategies that put possibility thinking into action. It’s a must for managers and parents.” Dr. Robert H. Schuller

“There is only one group of people that I wouldn’t want to read this book… my competitors. “Another winner from the one minute manager.” Harvey B. Mackay

“Simple, smart, and useful…this book demonstrates that leadership competence is attainable by all who truly desire it.” Warren Bennis