The One Minute Manager boxed set [Paperback]

Kenneth Blanchard (Author), Spencer Johnson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (November 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425094677
• ISBN-13: 978-0425094679
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,427,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best management series ever!, October 16, 1998

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This review is from: The One Minute Manager Boxed Set (Paperback)

The One Minute Manager techniques are phenomenal and the follow up book shows specific examples of how to implement them. Read them more than once!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Role Modeling of Communications and Motivation, September 13, 2004

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This review is from: The One Minute Manager boxed set (Paperback)

When most people become a manager for the first time, they are more than a little unsure of themselves. Naturally, they often use speech and ways of doing things that they have seen others use. That's great if their role models are good, but can be terrible otherwise.

The One Minute Manager provides a positive role model for those who have not yet seen one, and good reinforcement for those who have not seen one lately.

If organizations try to operate on the assumption that only the manager has ideas worth acting on, then very little will be accomplished. The One Minute Manager provides a useful model for opening up and stimulating the minds of everyone in the organization to accomplish more.

Not only is this advice worth following from an effectiveness point of view, it will also make you feel better about yourself as a manager and as a person when you follow it. And you will certainly make those who report to you feel a lot better, as well.

I like the use of a parable to help each of us reexamine ourselves, because it makes the reader feel less defensive. But be sure to remember what you gut instincts would have been in the same situations the One Minute Manager describes. Otherwise, you may miss the point of how much your behavior needs to change.

This is one of a handful of books well worth rereading annually.

Unlike most business books, this one is short and easy to read. The academic language has been banished, and it is well written.

If you want to go beyond The One Minute Manager to get even better results, you will have to learn and use other beneficial habits as well. But you can have all the great ideas in the world, and if you annoy and stifle everyone around you, not much will happen. So think of this book as necessary for more success, but not sufficient in and of itself for getting the utmost benefits in working with others.