Book Byte #138 "The One Minute Manager" by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

Managing Your Work and Life

📣 Curious Quotes from the Author

“Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.”

“Secret #1 : One minute Goal Setting "People who feel good about themselves produce good results”

“Help People Reach Their Full Potential, Catch Them Doing Something Right”

“Secret #3 : One minute Reprimand
"We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior”

“Secret #2 : One Minute Praising
Help People to Reach Their Full Potential. Catch Them Doing Something Right”

“Goals begin behaviors, consequences maintain them.”

“Effective managers,” he thought, “manage themselves and the people they work with

“The people who work with you as their manager will look to you as one of their sources of wisdom”

“If you can´t tell me what you'd like to be happening, you don't have a problem yet. You're just complaining. A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.”

“The best minute I spend is the one I invest in people.”

“When I first came to work here I spotted a problem that needed to be solved, but I didn't know what to do. So I called the One Minute Manager. When he answered the phone, I said, Sir, I have a problem. Befor I could get another word out, he said, Good! That's what you've been hired to solve.”

📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:

Good managers should focus on helping their employees reach their maximum potential, as this is the most effective approach to boost the company's performance. To accomplish this effectively, managers should employ three time-saving management tools: one-minute goals, one-minute praise, and one-minute reprimands.

Onboard new staff personally.

The next time you recruit someone, use the one-minute manager's tools. Begin by creating one-minute performance targets, and then explain that you will observe and examine the employee's work to evaluate their performance. Then, when assessing their work, try to identify something - anything - that they did correctly or about right, and give them some one-minute praise. It will enhance their drive and inspire them to go harder the following time.

🛠️Fixing the Tech Industry

It’s crazy to think how many managers shouldn’t be managers. We think that the person who has been doing the job the longest should be promoted to handling the team that does the job.

But this is far from normal. Usually Executives don’t want to hire managers from within the company. Too much familiarity can cause production issues. But isn’t that a sign of good manager? Someone who knows exactly what its like at the bottom?

🤝Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:

Who’s been the best manager you’ve ever had? What did they do specifically that caused you to like them so much?

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