THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER SUMMARY The one minute manager is a short story which explains the three management procedures or techniques that a manager needs and can use to be the superlative manager that he can be. It begins with a man probing for an effective manager anywhere and everywhere throughout the world. He comes across many of these managers but they are either harsh or pleasant. These harsh managers have the company operational but their employees are not pleased. The nice managers have
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book “Raving Fans”. This book was co-authored by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. This book deals with the topic of customer service‚ or the lack thereof in today’s society. These two authors “have taken an important‚ complex subject‚ peeled back all but the critical core‚ and set out fundamental truths in a simple‚ understandable‚ and enjoyable form”. (page#x) This book is a story about a man who accepted a job with a company as an area manager. The first day on the job he meets his so called
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the managers who are struggling constantly about creating a high-performing team‚ there are steps that one must cover in order to limit the amount of conflict that is caused and build a path for success that the team can drive easily upon. There are characteristics and elements that some of the managers have used to build a successful team‚ which is what can be used to build a solid foundation which all managers can follow to create the basis for a high-performing team. Initially‚ managers must
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Ken Blanchard – Situational leadership Ken Blanchard’s background and era in which he worked: Ken Blanchard – Kenneth Hartley Blanchard was born in 1939 in New Jersey and was raised in New York. He received a master’s degree from Colgate University‚ and a bachelor’s and PhD from Cornell University. He is a guru‚ an American author‚ a speaker and an influential business consultant. He is known as one of the most effective and sophisticated storytellers and leadership expert for his phenomenal book
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Managing High Performance Teams When thinking of a high performance team‚ I’m often reminded about the New England Patriots super bowl-run of 2001. Their roster was not full of super-stars and their payroll was and still is‚ relatively low‚ but every player‚ seemingly‚ motivates each other to perform at their highest level. This type of “can do” attitude comes from the top in an owner that knows every player’s name and shows he cares about their well-being and a coach who leads by example‚ and
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The One Minute Manager - Simple Ideas May A Profound Difference Like many common sense ideas‚ it’s only common sense when you know it so the One Minute Manager book could have the impact of being hit on the head with a baseball bat wielded by world super heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis. Yes I think The One Minute Manager is that good and powerful for anyone who has problems getting the most out of their staff. The critical ideas in the One Minute Manager all comes down to three simple techniques
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lives with more success and less stress. He is the co-author of ‘The One Minute Manager’‚ the #1 New York Times bestseller‚ written with Kenneth Blanchard. He has often been referred to as the best there is at taking complex subjects and presenting simple solutions that work. SUMMARY The book starts with a group of friends meeting for lunch after attending a school reunion the previous night and catching up with each other. One character then brings up the ‘Cheese Story’ and talks about the positive
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Book Report: The One Minute Manager This is the story of a young man who was searching for a unique type of manager‚ who could successfully lead an organization in such a way that both the people that work for it and the profit were important at the moment of making decisions. He spoke with many managers in different industries and cities trying to figure out the type of management they were using to run their organizations. After extensive conversations with many of them he found that their answers
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¨The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard‚ Ph.D. and Spencer Johnson‚ M.D. demonstrates three practical management concepts of being a One Minute Manager ¨someone who gets good results without taking much time (p.22) by story telling. The book begins with a young man who is seeking and wanting to learn an efficient and productive way of managing people. Interviewing with the One Minute Manager and the people work in the same organization‚ the young man reveals that the One Minute Manager has developed
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The One Minute Manager said that I was by no means alone in what I was doing. In fact‚ he implied it was almost becoming a disease in our country. He even had contemplated starting an organization called “Rescuers Anonymous” for people who were compulsive monkey-picker-uppers. It would be a gathering of “do-gooders” – very loving people who were running around trying to help others but who were crippling those they were trying to help by making them dependent. This is going to be a concise review
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