The One Minute Manager
The World's Most Popular Management Method
It’s Story Time
I discovered The One Minute Manager after reading Who Moved My Cheese? while exploring the author's additional works. In fact, there are a number of other books within this series, however this is actually the first of them. Similar to Who Moved My Cheese?, this book is on the shorter side and shares a similar casual tone. I’ve come to appreciate fictional stories like these in which the author(s) wrap practical advice into a fun fictional dialogue. To the contrary, the same message could be delivered in a more formal nature, citing research and personal experiences. Truth be told, I appreciate both approaches, however stories are far easier to remember than lists of principles by themselves.
As Simple As One, Two, Three
As a Coach, I really appreciate the simple three step approach this story paints. Granted, this is about “management”, but even the story itself shares an example of how the same principles can be applied to raising children. As I reflect, I can see the beneficial application of these principles across a diverse set of careers and roles. For example: Teaches, coaches, parents, and of course… managers. The reality is, if you have an expectation that you would like to “manage” then you are a manager!
A few of my favorite quotes from the book!
Productivity is more than just the quantity of work done. It is also the quality.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
If you’re going to take out a long-term car loan, don’t buy a short-term car.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
If you can’t tell me what you’d like to be happening, you don’t have a problem yet. You’re just complaining.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
The more you understand why it works, the more apt you are to use it.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
The best minute I spend is the one I invest in people.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
Everyone is a potential winner. Some people are disguised as losers, Don’t let their appearances fool you.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
Take a minute: Look at your goals. Look at your performance. See if your behavior matches your goals.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
Unless discipline occurs as close to the misbehavior as possible, it tends not to be as helpful in influencing future behavior.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
Never attack a person’s worth or value as a person. Since their OK-ness as a person is not ‘up for grabs’ they don’t feel they have to defend themselves. (...) Reprimand the behavior only.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
We are not just our behavior, we are the person managing our behavior.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
Goals begin behaviors. Consequences maintain behaviors.Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson : The One Minute Manager
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