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Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership [Hardcover]

Ken Blanchard , Susan Fowler , Laurence Hawkins
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Book Description

May 24, 2005

Ken Blanchard's phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager explores the skills needed to become an effective self leader. Now, Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager clearly and thoroughly reveals how power, freedom, and autonomy come from having the right mind-set and the skills needed to take personal responsibility for success.

In this captivating business parable, number one New York Times bestselling author Ken Blanchard, with coauthors Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkins, tells the story of Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. During a series of talks with a gifted magician named Cayla, Steve comes to realize the power of taking responsibility for his situation and not playing the victim. Passing along the knowledge she has learned from the One Minute Manager, Cayla teaches Steve the three skills of self leadership. These three techniques not only empower him to keep his job but show him what he needs to know in order to keep growing, learning, and achieving.

For twenty-five years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed Ken Blanchard's management method, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. Now, discover Ken Blanchard's newest techniques in Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager and experience the profitability that has been achieved by applying his management lessons.


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From Publishers Weekly

Blanchard, author of the bestselling One Minute Manager, has a made a career out of writing the business equivalent of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The self-appointed "Chief Spiritual Officer" of Ken Blanchard Companies, he portrays a business world in which magic tricks and mentors encountered in bohemian cafes lead troubled employees to promotions and advertising awards. Blanchard's point here is that managers are too busy and distracted to effectively mentor employees and that workers need to assume responsibility for their own failures and successes-seeking the advice of superiors only when they absolutely need to. This is undeniably true. The modern workplace-an uncertain world where layoffs and reorganizations occur with unsettling frequency-requires self-reliance. However, in Blanchard's "business parable," self-reliance is found amid a background of invariably cheerful coworkers, loving, maternal bosses and implausibly charming strangers. Blanchard's first maxim is correct: "Ultimately, it's in your own best interest to accept responsibility for getting what you need to succeed in the workplace." But readers may find his fairytale enactment of it too saccharine to be practical.
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About the Author

Ken Blanchard is an international bestselling author and motivational speaker whose books, including The One Minute Manager®, The One Minute Entrepreneur, and Leading at a Higher Level, have sold more than eighteen million copies in thirty languages. He lives in San Diego, California.



Susan Fowler is one of the world's foremost experts on personal empowerment and has spoken on the subject in all fifty of the United States and more than twenty foreign countries. With Ken Blanchard and Laurence Hawkins she created -- and is the lead developer of -- Situational Self Leadership;®, which focuses on empowerment and taking the initiative when you're not in charge. She is an adjunct professor for the University of San Diego's masters of science in executive leadership program.

Laurence Hawkins is an internationally renowned management consultant, motivational speaker, and -- with Ken Blanchard and Susan Fowler -- the coauthor of the Situational Self Leadership program. Hawkins received his bachelor's degree in American history and literature from Williams College and his master's and doctoral degrees in leadership and organizational behavior from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (May 24, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060799129
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060799120
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today. Ken is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management.

Dr. Ken Blanchard is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker and consultant, Ken also spends time as a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees.

Ken has received many awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management, leadership, and speaking. The National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the "Council of Peers Award of Excellence." He was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. Ken also received The Thought Leadership Award for continued support of work-related learning and performance by ISA--The Association of Learning Providers. Ken has been inducted into Amazon's Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 best-selling authors of all time. The business school at Grand Canyon University bears his name. In addition, Ken teaches students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego.

Born in New Jersey and raised in New York, Ken received a master's degree from Colgate University, and a bachelor's and PhD from Cornell University. An avid golfer, Ken belongs to the Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland.

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This book is a very easy read with useful information for everyone. April Mims  |  16 reviewers made a similar statement
A must read and reference book. Jagdeep  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
The lessons taught in the book can be applied to any situation in life. clarence  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Magic of No Excuses August 18, 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is a terrific, and terrifically wise little book. The message of having a "leadership" perspective--no matter what your title in your organization--is simply liberating. Being able to use the Situational Leadership II model to influence up is inspirational. So often we wait around for someone or something else to make it all happen...no more! My favorite is Points of Power. I never knew I had so much influence over my success and happiness. Wonderful!
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Leadership for the rest of us! September 8, 2005
By Perky
Format:Hardcover
This sassy little parable turns leadership upside down. Leading yourself? Fantastic idea! Why would I wait for someone else to tell me what to do and how to do it, never mind why I oughta do it? This book showed me how to set meaningful goals, what I need to do at each step of the way, and how to keep going when the going gets tough. And not just on the job. My 15-year granddaughter went through a student version of the self leadership workshop and used the concepts to make the tennis team at school. Nice of the management gurus to share their precious little secrets with us.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Self Leadership is the Key August 19, 2005
Format:Hardcover
I found this book to contain some key principles for individual success in all phases of life. It will help me become a better self leader by teaching me how to seek out the direction and support I need to be successful. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in being more successful in all areas of their life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Self leadership
I learned a lot from this short story, the three tricks of self leadership help you organize your thought process during project panning, on how to pinpoint your resources and... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Christopher J. Vigiano
5.0 out of 5 stars Great reminder
I feel like I've seen these ideas in different contexts (from people expanding on Blanchard's work maybe?), but I loved how well the book was done and how succinct it was . Read more
Published 13 days ago by A. Gibson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
This was an easy read with a good upbeat story with strong points. A feel good movie I would say.
Published 20 days ago by Momofasweetgirl
1.0 out of 5 stars Juvenile parable
The book is written as a parable. The characters are forced and unbelievable. As the main character, Steve, learns new management skills from the know-it-all "magician",... Read more
Published 1 month ago by NRL
5.0 out of 5 stars Very influential
This book was the first self improvement book I have ever read I think it was incredible. If you compare the examples to your life you will see where you stand in the spectrum of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Read!!!!
I absolutely recommend this book for leadership growth. The three components to self leadership are: To challenge your assumed constraint, to utilize your points of power and to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by coco
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for Leadership Skills
Have read this book over 6 times in the past few years. Had to get the ebook version so I could continue referring to it and improve my leadership effectiveness. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jagdeep
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
I had to read this book for school and I loved it… you can learn a lot in this book … not too long
Published 1 month ago by christi
5.0 out of 5 stars a must read for anyone that interacts with people.
This book is so important. It will help not only people new to leadership, but everyone in day to day life. Simple steps to communicating effectively in all areas of life. Read more
Published 1 month ago by gert
4.0 out of 5 stars Short, easy read and insightful
My supervisor referred to a graph in it which I remembered, I wanted to see the supporting information. I read it in just a few days.
Published 2 months ago by Cathleen Adams
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