Join Books.org — it's free

Book cover of The One Minute Manager
Human Resources, Management & Leadership

The One Minute Manager

by Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, Constance Johnson
Write a review
Log in to track your reading progress.

Overview

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees.

The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands.

The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.

That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.

A practical business guide for managers wanting to get the most from their employees introduces a wide range of timely strategies to promote employee morale and job satisfaction and, in turn, heighten profitability and productivity.

Synopsis

A phenomenon when first published, the strategies of One Minute Management are as timely as ever, and will remain so as long as job satisfaction, employee morale, and profit and productivity building are top workplace priorities. For any manager striving to get the most from people, The One Minute Manager is an indispensable success tool.

About the Author, Ken Blanchard

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.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Log in to write one.

Editorials

From Barnes & Noble

People invariably look to their boss for praise, a feeling of connection, and a sense that their work is meaningful. Bosses, meanwhile, worry about the need to address performance problems, redirect the work process, or any one of a number of contingencies that arise in the course of leading a team. To help facilitate the critical process of communicating objectives and structuring the corporate environment, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have written this bestselling guide to saying what needs be said as effectively as possible. By following the clear, accessible advice that the authors provide, you'll be able to take a minute to dispense praise or reprimands, set goals, and do much of the human work upon which management depends. An inspiration to thousands of leaders, this is a business book that should be read and reread as often as possible.

Book Details

Published
September 1, 1982
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
112
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780688014292

More by Ken Blanchard

Similar books