Leadership and the One Minute Manager (Paperback)

~ Kenneth H. Blanchard (Author), (Author), (Author) "THE One Minute Manager got a call one day from a woman who said she was an entrepreneur.""..." (more)
Key Phrases: situational leadership, partnering for performance, basic leadership styles, One Minute Manager, Diagnosing Development Level, Perceptions of Others (more...)

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"Simple, smart, and useful--this book demonstrates that leadership competence is attainable by all who truly desire it." -- --Warren Bennis

"Leadership and the One Minute Manager® will provide you with the knowledge you need to build a winning team." -- --Tom Managhan, founder, Domino's Pizza, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

Adapting one minute manager techniques to enable successful leadership to happen. Using different ways to motivate different kinds of people. Leadership and The One Minute Manager goes straight to the heart of management as it describes the effective, adaptive styles of Situational Leadership. In clear and simple terms it teaches how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting your style to the needs of the individual and to the situation at hand, and using the One Minute Manager techniques to enhance the motivation of others.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Business (March 1, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0007103417
• ISBN-13: 978-0007103416
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #54,065 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leadership and One Minute Manager - Good Read!, October 4, 2001

By	Dan E. Ross "Dan Ross" (Frisco, Tx USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership (Hardcover)

I prefer this book to the One Minute Manger because it has the same basic concepts but deals with situational leadership, which is what most managers truly face. There are three simple precepts, which the One Minute Manager establishes with his employees: One Minute Goal Setting, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands (just as in the original One Minute Manager).

1. Starting with goals that are clear to both the manager and the people who will help accomplish them. Goal setting is all about making sure employees understand perfectly what their duties are, what is expected of them and that there are no surprises.

2. The manager should work with his/her people to diagnose their "competence" and "commitment" to accomplish those goals.

3. Decide what management style is most appropriate for the individual

4. Following through and provide reprimands or praisings based on that adopted style. The Praisings and Reprimands are simply managers acknowledging that the employees are doing there jobs or not and how to deal with the situation and how to convey it to the employee.

As always, I was quite stunned to find the content extremely useful and extremely simplistic. For those seeking to find additional leadership books I recommend How to Become CEO by Jeffrey Fox and two books by John Maxwell, Power of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the "One Minute Manager" Series, July 28, 2001

By	Philip Hamilton (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership (Hardcover)

Don't let the title or the number of pages fool you. This small volume packs substance. Situational management was not a fad. As recently as 1999, Peter Drucker (in his book "Management Challengers for the 21st Century") emphasized that despite the apparent hunger for learning "the one best way to manage, one such method does not exist." Producing desirable results is the goal of management; how to manage varies tremendously according to differences in situations.

This book goes well beyond espousing the idea of "different strokes for different folks." Becoming a situational leader involves:

1. Starting with goals that are clear to both the manager and the people who will help accomplish them.

2. Working with her people to diagnose their "competence" and "commitment" to accomplish those goals. Diagnosis preceds effective management methods.

3. Contracting with each person on each of the tasks and jointly deciding which leadership style will likely be most effective.

4. Following through to provide the agreed-upon leadership style until either (i) enough progress or (ii) lack of suitable progress warrants a change in leadership style.

The book presents a practical model for diagnosing each person's level of development with regard to achieving each major goal.

One other note: Despite its "leadership" title, the book addresses one-on-one supervision methods. If you're looking for a book that addresses how to create and sustain a "vision" that will drive your organization forward, this is not that book. It is, however, the most practical presentation of situational management that I've read.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read from the Master of Situational Leadership, April 6, 1999

By	F. Wade (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership (Hardcover)

Dr. Ken Blanchard is indeed the master of Situational Leadership. He and Hershey were the great inventors of Situational Leadership I. They had something great going then. Now, Situational Leadership II is fully on the scene and it is catching on everywhere. From major corporations to the Lady Volunteers of Tennessee, everyone is successfully using Situational Leadership to manage their people. This book tells you how to do it the right way. When situational leadership is done correctly, your people will love you for it. You can also use situational leadership at home with your wife and kids. If you are a manager, you MUST have this book. You can't effectively manage or lead without it. Remember, when you undersupervise you frustrate yourself. When you oversupervise, you frustrate others. Situational leadership is simply providing for subordinate what they cannot provide for themselves. Dr. Blanchard's book will tell you how to do it! As U.S. Air Force instructor, I have taught this theory using this book to over 450 managers per year. All of them have praised this book and Blanchard/Hershey's theory.