The New One Minute Manager
Written by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
Narrated by Dan Woren
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About this audiobook
With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard
The original, bestselling blockbuster which has transformed businesses world wide.
The blockbuster number one international bestselling phenomenon is back … not that it ever really went away. This easily-read story quickly demonstrates three very practical management techniques: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings and One Minute Reprimands.
The One Minute Manager also includes information on several studies in medicine and in the behavioural sciences, which help readers understand why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. The book is brief, the language is simple, and best of all … it works.
Kenneth Blanchard
Kenneth Hartley Blanchard is an author, business consultant and motivational speaker. His writing career includes 60+ published books, most of which are co-authored books.
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Reviews for The New One Minute Manager
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very refreshing!
Things to add on. Things to take off. Things to keep doing!
Brilliant! - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5If you care for people they'll work for you - and that's the book.
Stages - One minute goal setting (gives the name); immediate and in sync praisings; immediate and in sync reprimands.
The one minute manager does not spend too much time micromanaging, instead only enters at these stages. - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Overly simplistic and trivial. This book, true to its name, could be boiled down to a one minute essay without losing any of the content.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very practical
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Minute Manager written by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is one of the simplest ways to explain on how to plan, organize and reward people. It is not just applicable in large multinational corporations, but also in our daily lives.If you have a father who likes to keep talking some sense into you, or you teacher who keeps motivating you to study or a boss who keeps telling you to do things in a right manner or a guru who tried to give you a spiritual path of enlightenment (or Moksh); then next one and half hour when you would be reading this book, you will all start realizing that the book just keep emphasizing all those points that have been told to you earlier in more structured manner.The style of writing the book is to elucidate all the management concepts in the that one has studied and rephasizing on the importance of Goal Setting; giving individuals the opportunity to make their own decisions and reward them for it and repimanding behaviour and not people, if the deviate away from the objective or are unable to achieve it. Simple style of writing makes the concepts very easily understood and it makes you think, if you have diverted away from your path or no. It is inspiration, which will last for sometime, or untill you re-read it or read something else.In the most simple terms, the three things that the book tells you is that* Set your goals* Reward people* Reprimand peopleOn ManipulationHey, now that does not tell you everything about the book. You can still go ahead and read it. One of my question on manipulation got answered, after reading the book. Always thought that as public relations consultants we manipulate people emotions into achieving desirable goals for the orgnizations that we work for. My take from the book on manipulation is that if we inform everyone of our intentions and the objectives of the organization, then we would not manipulating them or making them think in terms of that we are using them. Manipulation is not just what organization decides to tell his employees and or hides from them, it is also which makes them think as what they want to achieve from the organization.Question answeredQuestion that remains answered from the book is that on the concept of reprimanding people, it says that you do not target the people, you target their behaviour. That is something one will definately be very difficult to achieve cause your biases towards a person will surely creep in and the book subtly states that you would want to hold back shouting and getting back at people in more aggressive tone. Again, this also very difficult to achieve, even though knowing and understanding people, if they dont shout at you, they would surely be sarcastic about it.Book easily available at all book stores at Rs. 125, you dont even wish to buy the pirated version of this book. Read it, get inspired and use the learning cause If you dont blow your own horn; someone else will use it as a spittoon.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Minute Manager briefly presents the techniques and the psychology behind an effective method for managing, leading and empowering others through the story of an eager young man looking for the secret to success. After searching high and low for the elusive "effective manager," the young man finally hears of a manager who really seems to know what he is doing. The manager is nicknamed "The One Minute Manager." There are three key components to the man's management technique: First, set one minute goals with an individual; second, provide one minute praisings to the individual when their performance moves towards the desired goal; and third, respond with one minute reprimands when performance does not meet or move toward goals. For a book that can be read in about two hours, there are plenty of practical applications where The One Minute Manager's recommended management technique can be practiced and developed.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A simple story written in a child-like fashion. The three key points to one minute management could have been summarized into three pages max. You could care less for the characters and their mindless adherence to the author's push of point. Just give me the facts and forget the contrived story. I'd have much more respect for the author if he had done so.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Minute Manager
This short book is a classic that everyone should read. It outlines a simplistic approach to management that calls for managers to empower their employees while fostering open and positive communication. This is a book on management, not leadership. There is no information on whether or how a One Minute Manager communicates the company's vision, his own vision, or holds departmental meetings. My highlights:
"The One Minute Manager always makes it clear what our responsibilities are and what we are being held accountable for...(he) feels that a goal, and its performance standard, should take no more than 250 words to express. He insists that anyone be able to read it within a minute."
You create goals for the most important tasks-- for the 20% of your tasks that are 80% of your productivity or key responsibilities. If there is a special project that comes up, you set another concise goal for it. The manager doesn't micromanage, the manager and employee agree upon the goal and it's up to the employee to figure out how best to accomplish it.
One-Minute Praisings:
"Tell people up front that you are going to let them know how they are doing. 2. Praise people immediately. 3. Tell people what they did right—be specific. 4. Tell people how good you feel about what they did right, and how it helps the organization and the other people who work there. 5. Stop for a moment of silence to let them “feel” how good you feel. 6. Encourage them to do more of the same. 7. Shake hands or touch people in a way that makes it clear that you support their success in the organization."
One-Minute Reprimands:
"1. Tell people beforehand that you are going to let them know how they are doing and in no uncertain terms. 2. Reprimand people immediately. 3. Tell people what they did wrong—be specific. 4. Tell people how you feel about what they did wrong—and in no uncertain terms. 5. Stop for a few seconds of uncomfortable silence to let them feel how you feel. 6. Shake hands, or touch them in a way that lets them know you are honestly on their side. 7. Remind them how much you value them. 8. Reaffirm that you think well of them but not of their performance in this situation. 9. Realize that when the reprimand is over, it's over."
Every reprimand has two parts, the initial pointing out of the error and the personal affirmation at the end: "If you are first tough on the behavior, and then supportive of the person, it works."
Goals Begin Behaviors
Consequences Maintain Behavior
Also, the One Minute Manager never repeats himself as that's a waste of valuable time. That'd be nice but most bosses I've had tend to forget both what they've said and what I have previously told them. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An extremely quick read about applying behaviorism to management. I think the title of this approach is highly sensational, it's not really about saving time but rather about effective behavior change. The format of the book was also neat at first, but overall felt like the authors were stacking the deck by creating fictional characters that loved the method. I enjoyed the 'plaques' in the book, and will keep them handy, but overall I'm not convinced that this method would work. I think employees would also be able to connect the dots to the roots of this method in behaviorism and feel used, like the pigeon getting grain.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really do like these fable business books. They truly work for me. What's impressive with this one is that it's clear that piles and years of research were distilled down to a bare minimum for maximum relayability and efficiency. Certainly I gained a tool or two as I move up the management track in my career.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Short and sweet read and extremely easy to imply. For such a short book it full of great advice and techniques. I’ll be re-reading this book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The One Minute Manager is a simple story teaching three powerful tools: 1) Let those you manage know what behavior is expected, 2) Praise them for doing the right behavior (or the approximate correct behavior to help them eventually achieve the final desired behavior), and 3) Give them immediate feedback when they do the wrong behavior. These three tools work in business, with family, and in community groups. It works well with adults and children. This book is overly simplistic, but it is meant to be so in order to clearly teach the principles. Applying the principles takes a bit more practice.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Laughably oversimplified advice, for the most part very truthful and common sensical, that I'm sure works spectacularly in a healthy, homogeneous, and fully functional society that I'm having a hard time envisioning in today's world. Written in 1981, the type of managerial relationship portrayed here was already gone, it just hadn't evidenced itself yet. The advice contained within actually works better for dealing with children, specifically your own, when it comes to the much-stressed aspect of "touch" and "physical contact," otherwise the manager may be in for one of a dozen potential future lawsuits that I see arising from implementing some of the advice.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good managers need to be concerned with both people and results.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Succinct. Maybe too simple?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read this over 15 years ago. "What gets rewarded is what gets done." is the one line I remember.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was asked to read this book by my managers as part of a learning plan. I thought this book was fantastic and read it in a little over an hour. I think this should be required reading for anyone who's in a job that doesn't involve managing one's self. Even if employees and managers/ supervisors don't read the entire book, they could still learn a lot from just having the three keys to one minute managing explained to them. I think this book is so fantastic because of the format it uses, and because you don't need to be a manager to learn or take information from it. This book will benefit you even if you're just an employee because it will help you understand your manager's actions (if they're a good one minute manager) and also learn to not take reprimands so personally. Also, this book could easily be adapted to anyone's life. Setting goals for yourself, checking the progress of those goals, being upfront with people about exactly what you want and expect from them, and letting them know "in no uncertain terms" what they did wrong to upset you are all ways to live a happier, healthier life. The KEY thing that I learned from this book is to not try to catch someone doing wrong, but to try to catch someone doing right. Genious.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Common-sense advice, but a pretty easy read.The "Catch People Doing Something Right" as it compares to teaching a whale to jump out of the water was a pretty good metaphor.Start by putting the hoop in the water and feed the whale based on them going through the hoop. And then slowly raise the hoop until it's out of the water and they have to jump.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very very quick read. A classic. Very simple to understand. Great for communication and goal setting. You can incorporate this mindset into your management right away. Highly recommend
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Since its initial publication in the early 1980s, The One Minute Manager has taught generations of leaders about effective management. It's a quick book to read (I read it in under an hour), and is filled with wisdom regarding dealing with others, both at work and outside it. This original edition is a little dated (today, one would hope that managers would refrain from touching subordinates while giving reprimands) but is still recommended.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5very good book one of the best ones I have listened to.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great read / listening. Provides an interesting perspective on management.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Short, clear and concise blueprint to essential management skills that could be the base on which you build your own unique leadership style.