Reading to Lead - The One Minute Manager
Time for another oldie but goodie here at the Leadership Training recommended book list! First published in 1981, ‘The One Minute Manager’ has gone on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide. Written by Kenneth Blanchard and Spenser Johnson, it’s an extremely quick read (just over 100 pages in large print), but it makes some essential and fundamental points about being an effective and positive manager of people.
The book chronicles the journey of a “bright young man who was looking for an effective manager.” He hears of a ’special manager’ who lives nearby, and asks for an appointment to see him…
As he sat down, he asked, “We’ll you’ve already said that you’re not a participative manager. Just how would you describe yourself?”
“That’s easy,” he {the manager} responded without hesitation. “I’m a One Minute Manager.”
The young man’s face showed surprise. He’d never heard of a One Minute Manager. “You’re a what?”
The manager laughed and said, “I’m a One Minute Manager. I call myself that because it takes very little time for me to get very big results from people.”
…likewise, it will take you very little time to read this excellent book, and get your own very big results from it! Enjoy.
Book List, The One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard, Spenser Johnson, Reading to Lead
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