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Title: The One Minute Manager: The World's Most Popular Management Method by Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, Eric Conger ISBN: 0-06-056750-3 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (95 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Management Made Simple
Comment: The One Minute Manager by Drs. Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson was a breviloquent, easy to read manual on efficient yet effective management. The text focuses on goal setting, one minute praising, and constructive reprimands; the principles are clearly stated and widely applicable to a range of personal and professional circumstances.
The authors underscore the importance of clearly visualizing, verbalizing, and working toward the actualization of short-term and long-term goals. Goals are written down in 250 words or less then used to guide and gauge daily progress toward the declared objectives. Goal-setting can be applied in one's personal life or professional life providing they are in harmony with the goals of the organization.
The "second secret" to effective management is the "one-minute praising". The authors stress the importance of catching subordinates in the act of "doing something good" and recognizing their good work. Correspondingly, constructive criticism is necessary at times. The authors stress the "one-minute reprimand" - good managers let subordinates know what they did wrong, that they are capable of doing better, and facilitate the identification and implementation of corrective action.
The principles discussed in One Minute Manager are extremely valuable in a professional medical workplace. Employees should be focused on their own goals as well as those of the office as a whole. In such a high-stress environment, recognition of even the smallest employee successes will lead to a more productive workplace.
Rating: 4
Summary: Got a few minutes?
Comment: "The One Minute Manger" by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson teaches the readers the three skills to achieving effective management. Although the keys to being an effective and successful manager, as described by Blanchard and Johnson, seems unbelievably simple, they will strike an understanding chord among most people who have ever managed and supervised employees. Not because managers typically follow the principles, but precisely because these simple principles are ones that they intuitively know they should be practicing yet do not because of lack of conviction in the methods, worry about changing management styles, low level of interest, or apprehension that they will take too much time.
Not to fear, Blanchard and Johnson address these concerns in their short simple book. The allegory starts off with a young man in search of an effective manager. Initially disillusioned by the managers he encounters, who are only results-oriented at the expense of the employees or only people-oriented at the expense of the organization, the young man discovers The One Minute Manager. The young man learns from The One Minute Manager and the people whom he manages the philosophy of the one-minute management style. The authors gradually convince the readers through examples, anecdotes, explanations, and quotable quotes why and how their three principles, when followed appropriately, actually work. A brief guideline list accompanies each of the three management skills: the "one minute goal setting," "one minute praising," and "one minute reprimand." There is even a concise flow chart to help solidify the management principles into one page near the end of the book; no doubt, designed to be cut-out or photocopied and posted in every manager's office. By the end of the short 60 minutes required to finish the book, most readers will be convinced to at least test out the method. After all, the title of the book already suggests that time commitment is not an issue; one can become an effective manager by investing a short 60-second of time. When one reads the book, this really translates to several 60-second intervals per day, but the amount of time will be much less than what most managers are used to.
More effective management in significantly less time? Is it possible? The authors certainly make a compelling yet uncomplicated and clear case for this. One does have to wonder if this is too easy. Will it work for managing all types of people in all types of organizations? How about the slackers? Or the employee who is the wrong fit for the job, doesn't have the appropriate training, or lacks motivation? How about the company with a long tradition of top-down management style? The book doesn't get mired in the details or specifics of every possible variation or situation; instead it attempts to provide the general strategies of effective management. The simple message of the book is to focus on making people feel valued which will lead to greater self-motivation and increased productivity for the individual and organization. As the One Minute Manager best described it, "People who feel good about themselves produce good results." And because they are not difficult to understand, learn, or implement, the skills can be readily used by most managers immediately.
The book is not only for managers of people. The message from the book is relevant to anybody interacting with people or when managing your own work and life. For example, I can utilize the skills to not only manage the people who report to me, but also in working with my colleagues or my supervisor, although the lesson on reprimanding may be less applicable in such situations. The most useful setting to apply the skills, perhaps, is when teamwork is involved, such as in committees, meetings, and group projects. This is when setting goals and timelines are critical and working effectively with colleagues, including giving praise and constructive criticism, is paramount to success. Furthermore, I can even see me being a One Minute Manager to myself, be it in the work environment, personal life, educational pursuits, or participation in hobbies. Who wouldn't want to be happier and have better results in all of these activities? I wouldn't mind impressing my boss more, fulfilling all my New Year's resolutions, or running a marathon in 3 hours and 15 minutes. After reading "The One Minute Manger", most readers will want to be a One Minute Manager tomorrow.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best management style out there--Bar None!
Comment: This should be in the library of all managers and those aspiring to be leaders. It keeps accountability straight; and promotes initiative and quality in all involved. I find that this method gives each person in my command a sense of worth and it is very respectful of that person's ideas and performance. Better than any other style of management.
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Title: Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard ISBN: 0399144463 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Leadership and the One Minute Manager : Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi ISBN: 0688039693 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 06 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey ISBN: 0671708635 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Putting the One Minute Manager to Work by Robert Lorber, Kenneth H. Blanchard ISBN: 0425104257 Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc. Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by William, Jr. Oncken, Hal Burrows, Kenneth H. Blanchard ISBN: 0688103804 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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